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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 20-22 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They ...
[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. In 1993, the Flathead Hotshots were again relocated, this time to the Hungry Horse Ranger Station where they remain to this day. [3]
The Lolo Hotshots focus primarily on wildfire suppression and management. [3] [4] The crew's wildfire season typically starts in mid-April and ends in early to mid-October.. Crewmembers are expected to be in excellent physical condition and must meet the Standards for Interagency Hotshot Crew Operatio
Making “Hotshot” has turned them into advocates. “We financed this film ourselves, trying to get people to understand. We were given a rare opportunity to be on the front lines with brave ...
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 ...
The Chilao Hotshot Crew, two Los Angeles County crews, and several tankers (engines) were working a large slop-over near Contract Point. At 12:00 the Dalton Hotshot Crew on-scene at Contract Point and were assigned by Division Boss William Westmoreland to build direct handline south from the Chilao crew along this east flank of the fire.
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.
Two or three firefighters will be dispatched to a newly reported fire. Helitack crews are usually used for initial attack on fires that are difficult for other firefighters to access, or on extended fires that require aerial support in the form of water drops, cargo delivery, crew shuttling, or reconnaissance.