Wildland firefighter Collin Hagan will be honored at a memorial service for close friends and family today, at Michigan Technological University in Houghton.
Members of the public who wish to honor Hagan may view the livestreamed service on Facebook at 5:00 p.m. ET, hosted by the National Interagency Fire Center.
Hagan, 27, was originally from Twin Lakes, southwest of Houghton in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He was a firefighter with the federal Craig Interagency Hotshot Crew, based in Colorado, and was working on the Big Swamp Wildfire near Oakridge, Oregon, on Aug. 10 when he was struck by a falling tree.
Dan Laux, fire section chief in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Forest Resources Division, knew Hagan well.