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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 ...
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.
The crew is hosted and sponsored by the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (FFSL). [8] [9] The crew is located in the U.S. Forest Service Region-4 The crew is spearheaded by one superintendent (Crew Boss) and is broken into two squads of eleven firefighters. [10] One Superintendent; Two Captains
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park is a state park near Yarnell, Arizona, created to memorialize the nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died there on June 30, 2013, while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. The park opened on November 30, 2016, and had over 18,000 visitors in its first year.
A hot shot firefighter was killed on Wednesday after sustaining critical injuries from being struck by a tree while engaged on Oregon's Big Swamp Fire near Oakridge.
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.
They were subsequently renamed the Flathead Inter-Regional Fire Suppression Crew. [2] [3] From 1966, until 1982, the crew was based out of the Big Creek Ranger Station located 27 miles north of Columbia Falls, MT. [4] In 1982, the crew was relocated to the Glacier View Ranger Station.
The Loop Fire was a wildfire in Angeles National Forest, above Sylmar, California. Twelve members of the El Cariso Hotshots were killed: 10 died at the scene November 1, 1966; two died later as a result of their injuries while hospitalized.