Hotshots
Collin Hagan, a firefighter with the Craig Interagency Hotshot Crew, was battling the Big Swamp Fire near Lemolo Lake
Nearly 1,600 firefighters, 74 engines and 15 helicopters remain on scene
Through the televised memorial service, books and big screen dramatization, countless Americans discovered the story of 19 fallen firefighters
A member of the Vale Interagency Hotshot Crew has required surgeries to repair skull fractures and a broken kneecap
Shasta Lake Hotshots member Robby Burns is taking a special item with him to the Games
A memorial near California’s Camp Tahquitz honors Charlie Morton, the 39-year-old crew boss who died during the 2020 El Dorado Fire
Union members said low pay, competition with other departments and longer fire seasons have hampered hiring efforts
Officials said failure to recover the equipment will impact firefighting efforts in the 2021 fire season
U.S. Forest Service Firefighter Carlos Baltazar was reported missing on Sept. 24, one day before the memorial service for fellow Big Bear Hotshot Charles Morton
Firefighter Robert Daniels, a Hotshot working the BTU Complex, raced to put out flames threatening his home after the Bear Fire exploded in size
Firefighter Sara Madsen was working on a Hotshot crew for the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana prior to the crash
The memorial ceremony will be viewable online Tuesday afternoon, on the seventh anniversary of the blaze that killed 19 wildland firefighters
Six years later, experts are still contemplating the crew’s actions in the context of other major LODD events
Firefighter Brent Witham was killed in the line of duty in Montana when a tree fell on him while battling a wildfire
Fred Schoeffler is seeking aircraft radio transmissions that may help explain the deaths of 19 elite firefighters in the fire
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