https://www.wnd.com/2021/07/plane-carrying-firemen-crashes-uncontrolled-az-wildfire/

Sad, witnesses said it shucked a blade. RIP

I thought all their airplanes for that work were twins.  Shucing a propeller blade just means shut the engine down, not dive into the ground.

Sorry,it was my feeble attempt to relate a fixed wing issue to a rotor board. "Shucked a blade" was meant to mean rotor blade which is the rotor equivalent of a wing.

https://fireaviation.com/

The front page article references the BLM account of the wing coming off prior to the crash.

Not being critical AT all, BUT that part of flying sure has alot of accidents in a short period of tim the past to seasons.  RIP to all!!

"I believe" Part of the problem is the agencies themselves.  For years they have been militarizing operations.  I'm not saying briefings and organization is a bad thing but the way it's went about seems to give cause.  I haven't been involved for a few years but the last project fire I was on (a firebase) was just that, a RVN firebase.  Fork lifts, people all over, hollering, directing and naturally RLOs running all over giving orders.  Every fire seemed to rise to the level of a major enemy attack and everyone about to be overun.  To make a point, it seems that overzealousness seems to create the senario for accidents.  If a life is at stake,  take the chance within reason.  If not just fight the fire and quit looking for opportunites to be a hero.  

I don't think the non-stop BS is creating an unsafe environment.  It just leads to widespread inefficiency and bigger fires. 

Everything you said is true, I just don't see it as unsafe.