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A member of the Ventana Hotshots works to keep fire out of a tree canopy during backfiring operations on the Monument Fire. In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-25 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They ...
Lone Peak Hotshots must be nationally available for dispatch for at least 180 days of the year and seasonal crewmembers may work up to 365 days. [11] Crewmembers are expected to be in excellent physical condition throughout the fire season and work an average of 150-160 days during a 6-month season.
On November 1, 1966, the El Cariso Hotshots, a U.S. Forest Service Interregional Wildland Firefighting Hotshot crew, was trapped by flames as they worked on a steep hillside in Pacoima Canyon on the Angeles National Forest. An unanticipated upslope wind came up in the afternoon and a spot fire was fanned and funneled up the steep canyon.
The image predates the fires burning in Southern California by more than six years. It shows a McDonald's restaurant that was destroyed by the 2018 Camp Fire in the Northern California town of ...
Prices have increased 3.2% over the last year, according to the July Consumer Price Index (The release of August data is scheduled for Sept. 13). The most expensive and least expensive states vary ...
A California nurse went viral showing how she paid off her student loans by 27 while making up to $500K a year — 4 ways to build wealth even if you don't make six figures Moneywise August 1 ...
Florida leads the nation in placing state prisons in the hands of private, profit-making companies. In recent years, the state has privatized the entirety of its $183 million juvenile commitment system — the nation’s third-largest, trailing only California and Texas.
Today, the Flathead Hotshot crew consists of 20 highly skilled wildland firefighters. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] When assigned to fires, crewmembers work shifts of 16 ...