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The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters within the Prescott Fire Department. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived (Brendan Mcdonough)—he was posted as a lookout on the ...
Lightning caused fire west of Prescott. Lightning Grassland / Juniper Pinyon Yavapai 1,000 0 0 0 1999 Rainbow Fire [53] Fire north of Whiteriver, Arizona in the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Human Ponderosa Pine Navajo 4,500 17+ 0 0 2000 Pumpkin Fire [54] Lightning caused fire burned for 17 days on Kendrick Peak. Lightning Ponderosa Pine Coconino
The Goodwin Fire was a wildfire that burned 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona over 16 days, from June 24 to July 10, 2017. The fire destroyed 17 homes and damaged another 19 structures, but no firefighters or civilians were injured or died in the fire.
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office issued the order for residents near Mount Union, about 10 miles south of Prescott, after a wildfire began Monday morning.
Only the Brave, originally titled Granite Mountain and subtitled as The True Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots in previews, is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski, and written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer, based on the GQ article "No Exit" by Sean Flynn. [1]
Yarnell Hill Fire: Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, part of the Prescott Fire Department, died on Sunday, June 30, 2013, while battling the wildfire that had ignited two days earlier south of Prescott. [23] Goodwin Fire: The wildfire ignited in the Bradshaw Mountains south of Prescott on Saturday, June 24, 2017. The fire ...
The Tiger Fire was a wildfire that burned 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona from June to July 2021. The fire was caused by a dry lightning strike in the Prescott National Forest.
Additionally, the PFD provides aircraft rescue and firefighting for the Prescott Municipal Airport. [3] Founded in 1885, it is the oldest fire department in the state of Arizona. [1] With a coverage area of 41.5 square miles (107 km 2) and serving a population of 39,843, the PFD consists of 92 career personnel, split among five fire stations. [1]