In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They are assigned to work the most challenging parts of the fire and are considered strategic and tactical wildland fire experts. Hotshot crews are considered the most highly trained, skilled and experienced wildland firefighters, along with smokejumpers. They are qualified to provide leadership for initial-attack and extended-attack on wildland fires. Hotshots are trained and equipped to work in remote areas for extended periods of time with minimal logistical support. They are organized by agencies such as the United States Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, and state/county agencies; the National Interagency Fire Center coordinates hotshot crews on the federal level.
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 HotshotCrew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond...
hotshotcrew, an elite team of wildland firefighters Hotshot, in the Hero Hotline comic series Hotshot, in the Starriors comic and toy line Hotshot (film)...
Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park is a state park near Yarnell, Arizona, created to memorialize the nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who...
ultimately to a hotshotcrew in 2008. The crew had their own fire station, station 7, where equipment, including two 10-person crew carriers, was housed...
overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived—he was posted as a lookout on the fire and...
On November 1, 1966, the El Cariso Hotshots, a U.S. Forest Service Interregional Wildland Firefighting Hotshotcrew, was trapped by flames as they worked...
The Flathead Hotshots are a U.S. Forest Service interagency hotshotcrew located in the Hungry Horse Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest in...
for fire assignments. Type I Interagency HotshotCrew Type II Initial-Attack (IA) Crew Type II Crew Type III Crew Incarcerated handcrews in California fire...
The Lone Peak Hotshots are an Interagency HotshotCrew located in Draper, Utah in the United States. The crew consists of 23 firefighters 7 of which are...
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arrived on site, smokejumpers utilize similar strategies to hotshotcrews and terrestrial crews to extinguish fires. Primarily, firefighters use axes to...
(October 19, 2021). "Weekend snowfall slows activity of Sequoia wildfire. A hotshotcrew enters Giant Forest". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on September...
protective equipment is generally standardized for a certain type of team or crew. Smokejumpers for example require more protective equipment because of their...
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The Lolo Hotshots are a specialist Interagency HotshotCrew based out of the Lolo National Forest in west-central Montana. The crew consists of 21 permanent...
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little differation for the different agencies that have hotshotcrews. Hotshotcrews have two crew transports and a superintendents vehicle, which is a pickup...
21,678 acres (8,773 ha) by the next day. While U.S. Forest Service Hotshotcrews conducted controlled burns near Angelus Oaks on September 17, wind gusts...
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Society of Silliman University, Philippines. The Granite Mountain Hotshots, a hotshotcrew from Prescott, Arizona who perished battling the Yarnell Hill Fire...
History of the New York State College of Forestry - Franklin B. Hough - Hotshotcrew - Hydro axe mulching Illegal logging - Increment borer - Independent...
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land. The Entiat Interagency HotshotCrew (IHC) arrived at the scene about an hour later, at 1 am on July 10. Hotshotcrews are among the most highly trained...
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forester – forestry expert responsible for forest management and training Hotshotcrew/Handcrew – a group of wildland firefighters specialized in fire suppression...
The Arizona Hotshots were a professional American football franchise based in Tempe, Arizona, and one of the eight members of the Alliance of American...
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