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Location:
Arizona -
Date:
06/30/2013 -
Incident Type:
Entrapment -
Description:
Link to video: Yarnell Hill Briefing Video
Nineteen firefighters died on the Yarnell Hill Fire in central Arizona on June 30, 2013 after deploying fire shelters. They were members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), hosted by the Prescott Fire Department. One crewmember was separated from the crew earlier that day and was not at the deployment site.
The Granite Mountain Hotshots lost on the Yarnell Hill Fire were: Andrew Ashcraft, Robert Caldwell, Travis Carter, Dustin DeFord, Christopher MacKenzie, Eric Marsh, Grant McKee, Sean Misner, Scott Norris, Wade Parker, John Percin, Jr., Anthony Rose, Jesse Steed, Joe Thurston, Travis Turbyfill, William "Billy" Warneke, Clayton Whitted, Kevin Woyjeck, and Garret Zuppiger.
Hand Crews, Entrapment, Fatality, Fire Shelter Deployment
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