One of the last photos taken of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, shown at 4:01 p.m. local time as they watch the Yarnell Hill fire spread. (Industrial Commission of Arizona/Yarnell Hill Fire Information) Inspectors for the Arizona State Occupational Safety […]
The 19 Granite Mountain Hot Shots who died battling the Yarnell Hill Fire, were trapped as they were changing locations. Darrell Willis, Prescott wildland fire division chief and one of the founders of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot crew, led a […]
A smoke plume from a wildfire near Mountain Center blocks the sun in Palm Springs. “Mountain Fire” burns in Southern California A wildfire in the San Jacinto mountains, west of Palm Springs, has destroyed seven homes and burned 22 square […]
The rugged terrain of chaparral and other dry vegetation burns just west of Yarnell, Ariz., on June 29. (U.S. Forest Service photo) In the wake of the devastating Yarnell Hill fire, fuels reduction over the dry terrain in and around […]
A MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130E makes a fire retardant drop on the Simi Fire in Southern California in 2003. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt Dennis W. Goff) Where are the air tankers? […]
With Tuesday’s national service of memorial and remembrance complete, the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots are making their way home and to their final resting places. Services are being planned in hometowns across the nation for the […]
“They were heroes…long before we knew their names,” Vice President Joe Biden said at a memorial service for the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots crew who were killed while fighting the Yarnell Hill wildfire. The fallen men were honored […]
Good news in the latest update on the deadly Yarnell Hill fire, which is now 80 percent contained — and that may be the only good news in a difficult week for firefighters, their families and the residents of this […]
By Tracy Schlater There are events that are so ingrained your memory you can recall exactly where you were when you heard about them. The Oklahoma City bombing. The day Princess Diana died. 9/11. Sunday night I added one more as […]
(Photo from National Wildfire Coordinating Group) Fire shelters are considered the last resort for firefighters caught in a deadly burn-over event. But with overall effectiveness in question — some experts say a firefighter who deploys his fire shelter may have […]