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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]
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.
Only the Brave, originally titled Granite Mountain and subtitled as The True Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots in previews, is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski, and written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer, based on the GQ article "No Exit" by Sean Flynn. [1]
Fires such as the Granite Mountain fire exposed the 19 to temperatures over 2,000 degrees (F). According to the coroners reports that I read on all 19 deceased, cell phones melted, some wristwatches melted, and aluminum tools used to service chainsaws inside one of the hotshots trouser pockets melted.
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Zerick's autopsy report said that in addition to his stab wounds, he suffered scrapes to his head and neck and a bruise to his left shin. Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
The Granite Mountain Hotshots were a group within the department whose mission was to fight wildfires. Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew, it transitioned to a handcrew (Type 2 I/A) in 2004, and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008. [ 5 ]