The Real Granite Mountain Hotshots Crew

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.

The real granite mountain hotshots crew. Blue ridge hotshot assistant superintendent captain trueheart brown drove the granite mountain chase vehicle himself all the way from where it was parked that morning over to the youth camp at the end of shrine road along with two other as yet unnamed blue ridge hotshots driving the gm crew carriers and of course brendan mcdonough in. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived. Granite mountain interagency hotshots crew andrew ashcraft 29 andrew sterling ashcraft was born on february 15 1984 to parents deborah pfingston and thomas ashcraft in orange california. So what happened that fateful day.

The granite mountain inter agency hotshot crew successfully went on wildfire responses to perkinsville prescott valley green gate hart thompson ridge doce where again they protected the city prescott west spruce and mount josh fires. Wildfires since the 1991 east bay hills fire which killed 25 people and the deadliest wildland fire for u s. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them. The granite mountain hotshots were a group within the department whose mission was to fight wildfires.

The granite mountain hotshots were a crew within the prescott fire department whose mission was to fight wildfires and when not so engaged in work to reduce growth of fire prone vegetation. The yarnell hill fire was one of the deadliest u s. Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only.

After burning for two days it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including. 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. The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified.

The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby.