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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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
2018: Hoda Becomes a 'Today' Co-Anchor. When Matt Lauer was dismissed from NBC in late 2017, Savannah Guthrie revealed Hoda would take his spot and become her co-anchor for the 7 a.m.-9 a.m. hours ...
During the two hours Today is on the air, there are substitute hosts in Studio 1A as the Today crew prepare to host the parade. During coverage of presidential inaugurations or other major events scheduled in Washington, D.C., the show broadcasts either from NBC's Capitol Hill studios or from NBC's Washington bureau.
Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. of Michigan, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was born on the Fourth of July in 1924.