Dot Survives Man Gulch Fire

12 smoke jumpers paid the ultimate price because dodges behavior didn't make sense to them. Under acute stress people typically revert to their automatic well learned responses. If you're a smoke jumper, your well learned response is to put out a fire, not start another one. In normal circumstances those instincts might save your life. Dot survived man Gulch because he swiftly overrode both of those responses.