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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 ...
On June 30, wildland firefighters with the Prescott Fire Department's interagency Granite Mountain Hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. [17] Initial reports indicated that one of the firefighters was not a member of the hotshot crew (IHC), but Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were Granite Mountain Hotshots. [18]
Date(s) September 15, 2018 12:00 AM: Location: Bridger-Teton National Forest, Lincoln and Sublette County, Wyoming United States: Coordinates: 1]: Statistics; Burned area: 61,511 acres (24,893 ha): Land use: National Forest and private property: Impacts; Deaths: 0: Non-fatal injuries: 3: Structures destroyed: 55 [2]: Ignition; Cause: Human caused: The Roosevelt Fire was a wildfire in Bridger ...
Oct. 7—CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation now has an easier-to-find list of the state's missing persons. As of Wednesday, the webpage listed 74 people currently ...
Jun. 2—A firefighter was seriously injured when a helicopter dropped a load of water on several members of a hotshot crew Sunday morning as they helped contain the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire.
In addition to wildland firefighting operations, the crew has also responded to natural disasters including Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ian and other search and rescue operations. [3] [13] [14] [9] The Flathead Hotshots are 1 of 7 interagency hotshot crews located in the U.S Forest Service's R1 Northern Region. [1] [15]
Feb. 5—What does it take to build a Hotshot firefighting crew from the ground up? How about two of them? New Mexico officials are about to find out. The State Forestry Division, part of the ...
From 1991 until 1998 the Flame ‘N’ Go Hotshots operated as a regional hotshot crew. In 1998 the crew achieved status as a nationally recognized Type 1 Interagency Hotshot Crew. [5] In 2001, The crew switched from a prison crew to the all civilian Lone Peak Hotshots. [5] The Lone Peak Hotshots are one of only three non-federal Interagency ...