Andrew Brake
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
CAL FIRE
Sacramento, California
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 6
Date of Incident: Aug. 9, 2018
Date of Death: Aug. 9, 2018
On Aug. 9, 2018, at 12:19 a.m., Heavy Equipment Mechanic Andrew Brake was driving northbound on Highway 99 when his CAL FIRE support vehicle left the road, hit a tree and burst into flames. He was the only person in the vehicle.
The collision happened near Los Molinos in Tehama County. Brake was assigned to the Carr Fire, burning in Shasta and Trinity counties.
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