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At least one of the first crews carrying the name of "hotshots" originated out of a former CCC camp in the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California.[3] Conflicting sources report the first hotshot crews as starting in 1946 (Del Rosa and Los Padres Hotshots)[3] or 1947 (Del Rosa and El Cariso Hotshots).[1] In 1961, the Inter-Regional Fire Suppression (IRFS) program was developed, establishing six 30-man crews across the Western United States.[2] These IRFS crews were stationed near airports for quick transportation to high-priority fires. Due to their effectiveness and value in fire management, the program expanded to 19 IRFS crews by 1974.[1]
In order to effectively perform their duties, hotshot crews must maintain a high level of physical fitness. Aerobic fitness is correlated with the time it takes to reach a safety zone. The minimum physical fitness standards for hotshots set by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group are: a 3-mile hike carrying a 60-pound pack in under 90 minutes, one and a half-mile run in 10:30 or less, 25 push-ups in 60 seconds, 45 sit-ups in 60 seconds and 7 pull-ups. These are the bare minimum requirements prescribed by policy and most operators far exceed these requirements.
Located on one side of the building that houses the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, the mural is a collage composed of 462 square feet of acrylic art pieces broken into three sections. They feature portraits of each of the men and larger images that describe their work as hotshots. It also includes an image of the 2,000-year-old alligator juniper tree the Granite Mountain crew saved in the Doce Fire west of Prescott just a few weeks before they perished.
McDonough was enrolled in an EMT class in 2011 with a few men who were already hotshots. He overheard them talking about an opening in their crew. Granite Mountain Hotshot Superintendent Eric Marsh was in a tight spot after four hotshots left the department.
He continued his dream of being a firefighter by joining the Granite Mountain Hotshots in the spring of 2008. Through his passion for firefighting and willingness to help others, he ascended rapidly through the ranks of the hotshots. He was quickly promoted to the role of a Saw Boss before being promoted to a Squad Boss.
When the commanders in Yarnell, Ariz. asked for six large airtankers to drop retardant onto the fire from the afternoon into evening -- the period when it then intensified and swept over the hotshots -- the federal response was, \"Unable to fill at this time.\"
Prescott got reimbursed at a rate of $39 an hour per man when thehotshots were deployed on state or federal lands, according to anagreement with the state Forestry Division. The city declined to producea copy of the current 2014 Wildland Division budget, approved in lateJune.
The division supervisor is in charge of all operations in adesignated geographic area and often acts as the lookout so he can makedecisions based on the most current information about weather and fireconditions, former hotshots say.
During the six months of peak wildfire season, hotshots are on call 24 hours a day and seven days a week. In fact, much of their work is done at night when temperatures are cooler and the relative humidity in the air is higher.
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