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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 are assigned to work the most challenging parts of the fire and are considered strategic and tactical wildland fire experts.
In trucking, a backhaul is a hauling cargo back from point B to the originating point A. [1] Since it costs almost as much time to drive empty as fully loaded, the truck is often hired to carry revenue cargo on both the outbound and backhaul legs of a cargo route. This makes economic sense, since it helps to pay for the operating expenses for ...
A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi".. The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.
The city of Prescott released the names of the 19 firefighters on July 1. [22] The only survivor from the 20-man crew was 21-year-old Brendan McDonough. [23] He had been serving as a lookout when the fire threatened to overtake his position. McDonough contacted the Granite Mountain Hotshots' team by radio to let them know of his situation.
Then Hurts began shouting, and stepped back toward Barkley with a message. Wide receiver DeVonta Smith motioned left to right as Hurts began to actually field the snap, but Barkley got the pitch.
The Lolo Hotshots were founded in 1961 and are considered to be one of the first hotshot crews in the United States. [3] [4] [5] The Lolo Hotshots received their first dispatch in 1969 to fight the Russian River Fire in Alaska.
Michigan City Generating Station is a coal and natural gas-fired power plant located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Michigan City, Indiana. It is operated by Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), owned by NiSource .
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s, [1] when it was an important part of the culture of the trucking industry.