Remembering Eva Marie Schicke

On September 12, 2014, friends, family and firefighters came together to remember Eva Marie Schicke.

Eva was a member of an elite 9 person helitack team who lost her life on the Tuolumne River Fire on September 12, 2004 when wind shifted causing Eva to be overrun by fire. She is the first CDF woman firefighter to die in the line of duty.

A memorial stands on the bluff overlooking the canyon where she lost her life.

Fire Service Remembers Eva Schicke

Flags at Fire Stations throughout Calaveras County were at half mast today and a moment of radio silence was requested in remembrance of fallen firefighter Eva Scicke.

Firefighter I Eva Schicke was killed on September 12, 2004, when her helitack crew was overrun by fire in the Tuolomne River Canyon on the Stanislaus National Forest in California. Shicke, who was 23, had been a seasonal firefighter with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for five seasons.