The Granite Mountain Hotshots Wiki

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park is a state park near yarnell arizona created to memorialize the nineteen members of the granite mountain hotshots who died there on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire.

The granite mountain hotshots wiki. The park located at the site where the firefighters died is accessed by a. A three mile 4 8 km path leads from a parking area on highway 89 up to an observation deck. Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching. A trail follows the last steps of the hotshots down to the fatality site where they made their last stand.

Only the brave is a 2017 american biographical drama film directed by joseph kosinski and written by ken nolan and eric warren singer based on the gq article no exit by sean flynn. 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. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. The park opened on november 30 2016 and had over 18 000 visitors in its first year.

On the morning of june 30 all 20 members of prescott arizona s granite mountain hotshots headed into the mountains to protect the small town of yarnell from an advancing blaze. The crew had their own fire station station 7 where equipment including two 10 person crew carriers was housed. Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was created to honor the hotshots. Later that day.