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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. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived (Brendan Mcdonough)—he was posted as a lookout on the ...
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.
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 ...
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McLane was part of a hotshot crew in northern California during November 2018 when thousands of firefighters battled Camp Fire, the deadliest blaze in California history. The fire killed 85 people ...
Western Refining Employees Support Firefighters' Families PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Phoenix-area employees of Western Refining, Inc. (NYS: WNR) recently raised $108,058 to provide assistance for ...
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.
Lone Peak Hotshots crew logo. The Lone Peak Hotshots are an Interagency Hotshot Crew [1] located in Draper, Utah in the United States. The crew consists of 23 firefighters 7 of which are permanent and 16 of which are seasonal. [2] [3] The Lone Peak Hotshots season typically begins in mid April and extends until late October. [4]