granite mountain hotshots autopsy
Jeremey Sullivan Oscar Martinez-Redding IHC In the three months since 19 wildland firefighters burned to death in Arizona, a key question has hung over the tragedy: Why did the men, all members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, choose. Ronald Cole-CA Eric Weber-NJ VENTURA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, CA Nicholas Costa-CA-Fulton IHC 1609 Josh Pargas, NV Rifle Peak Handcrew Dick Huber-Ashley National Forest Nat Grainger-Baker River Hotshots A Tribute Wall at the Observation Deck is available to leave stickers, patches and other mementos in honor of the sacrifice the Granite Mountain Hotshots made to protect our community. Michael Vinton, OR Entiat IHC 2417 Teddie Anzaldo, CA 2640 John Platt, UT 3232 Kyle Ford -Bear Divide IHC 162 Zion Wildland Fire Use Module Leeopened the front door. Michelle Lane-WY The redactions were done before these videos came into the possession of Arizona State Forestry. Dave Soldavini-CA 413 Al Crouch, ID Susan Seber-ID Adam Lind-CA 1089 Philip Ketel USFS 901 Megan Williams In Memory of Vic Olsen A J Huston-CA Samuel Magnifico-Snake River Hotshots 1698 Michael Thompson, CA IMO Granite Mountain Hotshots Gilbert Becenti-CO Ukonom IHC 2249 Mary Colton , CA Jason Simmons BLM Christopher Sousa Botelho, CA Ventura County Pro FF Mike Law-OR FFs Desi Hollingsworth-USDA Forest Service Honor Guard Devin Limberg-Moki Helitack Miller Bailey-UT Alta Hotshots 959 Dick Smith, ID Carmine J Terracciano, CA -Ventura County Pro FF 1314 Christian Holm, NM Tom Johnston, ID Gage Millard-Slide Mountain Handcrew FFs Ryan Flemke-MN Shelby Friend, OR First Strike Environmental Co. 546 Janine Summy, OR Landen Nielsen-WI 2934 Fred Brewster -Lassen IHC Dylan Kane-OR Lorenzo Miranda Jr-CA Laura Conrad-Wolf Creek IHC Gregory Smith-AZ Cheryl Dickson-AZ Jeremy Kolaks-IN Taylor IHC Gerardo Diaz-AZ-Phoenix Crew 1 3074 Glenn Bartter, CO 719 Sandra Hoffman, WA Gila Hotshots-Mitch Lazarz-NM 1408 Winter West, Entiat IHC Jessica Matoy-TN FFs Deborah Calkins, NM Western NM University Aaron Jones-Pioneer Peak IHC Kim Valentine, OR USFS [23] He had been serving as a lookout when the fire threatened to overtake his position. James Archbeault-WA Ted Mason-ID Ian Rodgers-OR Taylor Olsen-Alta IHC 2501 Kristi Duarte, CO 1956 JT Sohr, OR Engine E-3631 Jarrod Pickell-TN FFs Brian Jenkins-MN Keveen Chavez-Tahoe Douglas Fire District Peter To-USFS Allegheny NF Shayne Ward-Lone Peak IHC Jun Kinoshita-CA Andrew Beam, OR 503 Bill Paxton, Info Man Bill, MO Matthew David Eugene Gurrola, CA Ventura County Pro FF Kristen Marshall-OR Matthew Caouette, AZ Mormon lake IHC IMO Kirk Smith Jaycob Adams-Lone Peak Hotshots 106 Brendan Ripley Ventura County Pro. 3382 Mike Sulffridge- Diamond Fire 3466 Dean Whitney Tylan Zavalla-Klamath IHC Sirena Fugitt-TX USFS/Nimo Michelle Ellis-HI 2378 Josh Osteen, Modoc IHC, CA 2659 Joe McCann, CA 2275 Joshua Tibbetts, NV Mary Greenwood-WY IHO Michael B Cahill 1738 James Riggs, AZ -Black Mesa IHC 3007 Justin Shine -Silver State IHC Ryan Bell-NV Robert Heair-NM Kelly Perkins-CO Adam Park-Klamath IHC 1761 Jeremy Sisneros, UT Glenn Stubbs, AK 297 Bonnie Wood, ID 2579 Alex Plascencia, OR IHO Richard Wally Ochoa Jr. Dileep Bobba-Redding Smokejumper 2560 Travis Bennett, OR -Malheur Rappel Crew Jake Lueck-IL Midewin IHC Paula Chambless-TX Sean Moreno-IN Hoosier National Forest 2727 Orlando Genao, CA Lassen Volcanic NP Fire & Aviation Management 853 Thomas H. OMalley Jr. Ben Martin-MN Connor O'Neil-TX Isaac Crabbe-OR Charles Sinclair-Texas A&M Forest Service Lawrence Michael Kohagen, CA Ventura County Pro FF 114 Keith Lawrence Smith Ventura County Pro. Mike Fritsen MT Janet Evans-UT Angela Koch-CA Jeff Wilson-WI 2057 Errick Kimbrell, NM Smokey Bear IHC 3064 Robert Hoag -First Strike Environmental R Lloyd Bittner-ID 2033 James Stone, ID Ryan Green Idaho City Engine 431 1840 Donna McCain, CA 2076 Tyler Erskine, UT Great Basin Fire Bryce Baldwin-UT Dromedary Peak Handcrew Mike Burnham-NM Curtis Palmer-WA SNF Chief 1 Retired Santos Quintanc-UT Dromedary Peak Handcrew Scott McCreary-San Juan Hotshots 1372 Linda Kerr, CO 2473 Brian Timothy Nix Ventura County Professional Firefighters, CA Blake Wallrich-TN FFs William Vore-WY 752 Aaron Humphrey, Eldorado Hotshots Bethany Dubia-CA Gayle Sorenson-UT Carl Nelson-AZ-Bear Jaw Type 2 983 Michael Law, OR 3219 Suzanne Flynn- Fenix Forestry, LLC Nicolas Olalla-CO Tamara Dierks-SD 1351 Lucas Mayfield, OR 488 Bryan Thompson, UT Eric Paul- CO Pedro Rodriguez-TX Kenny Parlsey-OR Mike Klimek-CA Lassen Volanic National Park Hank Shepard-Logan IHC 3187 Travis OLeary Del Rosa IHC A framed map of the Yarnell Hill Fire hangs among the Western art in their living room. 1933 Gavin Young, UT Squad 8-1 SFRD Michael Dunn-PA 719 Pat Sullivan, CA Dianna Mecham-ID 392 Nicholas Strohmeyer, AK Kendall Vondriska-NV Sandra M Smith-TN 600 Greg Nordyke, AZ 2816 Donald McLaughlin, CA IHO Teddy Hall & Arnie Q IMO Stati Stuart Bell-Rogue River IHC Troy L Swichard, CA Ventura County Pro FF 135 Samuel R. Villavicencio Ventura County Pro. 3171 Jon Lester -Dalton IHC Bonnie Pascucci-MT 2524 Robert S Welsbie Ventura County Professional Firefighters, CA 478 James Coleman, AZ 1089 Karen L Hoffman, OR Dave Garrison Edward Rammrath-TX Vance Hazelton-WI Steven Shuck-SD 2128 Zane Cuthill, Lassen IHC, CA Shawn OConnell-AZ 401 Mindy Clark Infinity Fire Communications, LLC County of Nevada Jennifer Stevens-GB Team 1 Jon Bontrager-MI Please, take a moment to pay your respects, but remain outside of the gabion enclosure out of respect for the Hotshots and their families. Caleb Desmarais, NH Wenatchee Valley Reppellers David Zuares-BLM SMJ David Smith- Chuchupate Helitack 1827 Stacy York, CA 1687 Justin Shine, NV Silver State IHC 50 Meaghan Buehler, SD David Borero-CA-Del Rosa IHC Evan Karp, AK Jake Morton-Sundance Fire Eric Weber-NJ 2928 Michael J Monaghan, CA IHO The 19 Colton Huber-Rifle Peak Hand Crew 262 Scott Vail, CA 1662 Carlie Falk, UT Geoff Melly-WA 318 Jennifer Bartley, NM Lance Barajas-Baker River IHC Their lives touch many family members, friends, and co-workers. 207 Andrew Barrey, OR Benji Hegg-MT Erin Davitt VA Denis Moran-UT 1986 Bruce Hillman, Bonneville IHC 425 Trevor Lima Ventura County Fire Protection District Handcrew 306 Jason Kjenstad, Shasta Trinity National Forest, CA 1524 Sunbear Vierra, NM Joshua Whitman-NV Slide Mountain Hand Crew Mark Johnson-CA 1812 Clayton Gardner, CA 2326 Charlotte Thompson, CO Daran George Vanden Bossche, CA Ventura County Pro FF Fire officials asked permission to use the ranchas a safety zone for firefighters, if necessary. Wild-land firefighters know that such canyons are death traps. Rudy Sandoval-UT Edward Coughlin lll-WA FFs 588 Dr Marilee Coriell, CA Craig Pettigrew-UT 1429 Brett Brodersen, AZ 996 New Member Sarah E Johnson, MN 364 Steven Hartenstine, CA Betsie Gettings WY Nicholas Wyndra-MT Lewis & Clark IHC 1396 Benjamin Urista, Del Rosa IHC 2713 Jeremy Ellis, CA 357 Vinson Johnson, FS Retired 1776 Tom Stevens, CA 1618 Glade Campbell In Memory of the GM 19 Brett Low-CA Eric Kingston-NH Zig Zag IHC 574 Buffy Bandley Strawberry Vol Fire Dept Slide Mountain Handcrew Connor Fallon-NV 111 Israel T Gutierrez Ventura County Pro. 2873 Paul Klinefelter, CA Klamath IHC 879 Kermit Johansson CA Interagency Management Team 4 Rocky Opplinger IC 3214 Paul MCClelland -Folsom Lake Hand Crew Donna McCain-CA CDF Casey Dunn-CA Albert Kellogg, CA CIIMT4 Julio Campos--Arrowhead IHC Christopher Finn-CO FFs Darren Holt Digbys Fire Support, Visalia, CA Victoria Neal-PA Joseph Friedmeyer-MN Ryan Johnson, OR First Strike Environmental Co. Elizabeth Bauer-MT Dennis Cueva-NC-Kaweah WFM CAL IMT # 1 Marcia DeLong-NY William Loyd Breuklander, CA Ventura County Pro FF Josh Shroyer-WY Tyson Moya-Arrowhead IHC Sig Palm WY Jesse Kiene-OR Anders Henrickson-CO 911 Stanley J Ziegler Cody Chiverton-Rogue River IHC [7][24], After moving the vehicles, Frisby and other members of the Blue Ridge Hotshots attempted to rescue the entrapped Granite Mountain Hotshots, but were forced back by the intense flames and heat of the fire. 1706 Jill Rausch, ID IHO Jill Rausch Jeffrey Brink-ID Jacob Portillo-Bear Divide IHC Sarah Wetzel-OR Elizabeth Bauer, MT 2742 Alex Shipp, CA Feather River IHC Christy Merritt-WA Gerardo Diaz-Phoenix Crew 1 1088 Laura Herley, CO Brenda Matlock-Pacific NW Incident Business Workshop Nathaniel Prunetti-Bald Mountain Helitack James Williams-OR Erika Lennox-Pacific NW Incident Business Workshop Montecito Fire Department CA Mary Nicholson-GB Team 1 Carl Doaty-Wind Cave National Park Barbara Clark-CO Mark Hopkins-FL Caroline Miller-TX Robert Osborne-MN 1593 Linda Chappell In Memory of all Fallen Wildland Firefighters Ian McCord-OR Entiat IHC 510 Gregg Smith, CA David Wischer-WA Washington DNR&NW Team 11 Forrest Throckmorton-ID Jake Keithly-Silver City Hotshots Daniel Pearson- Honor Guard Chelan Pauly-WA Entiat IHC Linda David-WA 1751 Gabe Cortelyou -Bridgeport Helitack 3512 Ron Sharpe, AZ Brent Morrison, ID McCall Smokejumpers Jaime Velasquez-CA Folsom Lake Veterans Crew Michael Kennard-CA Rick Vollick-MA USFWS Retired 2735 Lynda Alberico, CA 947 Terry Tilford, Moab 6313 Michael Purdy, CA In Memory of David Erickson Andrew Pohlman-CO John Pavlik + NU5Tp 1374 Penny Myers Fire Prevention 2425 David Vitwar, CO IHO Rocky Mt. She refers to thehotshots fondly as"boys," even though they ranged in age from 21 to 43, and many had families. Taylor Ford-UT Alta Hotshots Wesley Odom-AZ Paul Oltrogge-AZ Aron Levin-CA CIIMT 4 Breckenridge Hotshots Charles Waters-AZ Peter Irvine-VA 3447 Steven M Reather Henry Ferndo-Black Mesa IHC 122 Linda Austin, Colorado Anne Connor IMO Retired AK Fire Service John F. Greene Daniel Bastion Jr-NM USFS Retired 2234 Charles Hammer, WA 558 Greg Suszek, FL Rick Lancaster Mike Miller-Westwood Fire 519 Ken Nelson, MRCA Fire 3047 Oceana Morgan Winter Rim Paisley RD Engine 633 Kevin LoGiudice FL 636 Kevin LoGiudice, FL Dean Rasmussen-NB 1597 John T. Huff, CO Rifle Peak Handcrew Debby Benjamin-OR Sara Diggs-CA FFs Curtis Coots-CA Ben Erhart-Ahtantum Type 2-1A Handcrew Owen Johnson-MT Jess Estrada-Vista Grande IHC-CA Kayla Jenkins-MN 763 Elizabeth Bunzendahl, KY 1128 Robert Osborne, MN Marin Stark-MT USFS Justin Gagnon-CA Carol Daviscourt-OR 1641 Adrian Graves, Klamath IHC Nancy Taylor-VA Casey Glines-SD Wildland Fire Division 250 Kim Kufta, CA Jeff Brousseau-MT 2127 Fernando Estrada, Lassen IHC, CA Clint Mitchell-CO Brian Yaeger-Lewis & Clark IHC Jennifer Peterson, OR Pamela Feld-ID Cameron Teeter-WI 2359 Matthew Peacock, CA Klamath IHC Margrete Bjornsen-NV Tad Morelock-CA 477 Dennis Baldridge, CA 2606 John Crouch Dalton IHC Tom Poulos-Montecito Firefighters Association-CA Jim Norris In Memory of Scott Norris 2428 Ceth Hodson, CA Timothy Donohoe-MI Pedro Ortiz-CA-Kaweah WFM Sarah Whetzel-Flathead Banquet 52 Club Scott Gorman-CA Charles Tobias-CA Wildland Firefighter Apprentice Foundational 10 and Core 80 Academies IHO Justin Beebe 1607 Dan Bradley, NV Rifle Peak Handcrew Joseph Rinaldi, ID IHO Northern Colorado Helitack Samuel Crenshaw-CA Brendan OReilly-OR Ashley Taylor, ID McCall Smokejumpers 2328 Mitchel Diehl, CA CIIMT4 180 Neil Kornze -IMO Mark Urban Haverhill Womens Fellowship-NH 353 Shane Freeman State of Utah 2593 Jesson Vasey, WY 330 Jeff Wenger, CA 2504 David B Stevens Ventura County Professional Firefighters, CA 3017 Kristen Marshall, OR 1959 Aramee Hagemeier, CA Lawrence Crane NM Jeremiah Balliett-ID-SCF E-681 1748 Scott Dehnisch,CO 688 Richard Rusk, UT 183 Bill Macaulay 496 Ray Kingston, AZ 3061 Anthony Galati -First Strike Environmental Randy Throop, ID McCall Smokejumpers 1007 Lance Roberts, ID 2036 Ian Johnson AZ BLM Phoenix District 3502 Justin Bybee, AZ Jonathan Lindquist-CA Redding IHC 2751 Andres Moreno, CA Feather River IHC Steven Otopoulik-OR 2186 Eric Hooper, CA 329 Louisa Evers, OR Kris Cinio-ID Michael Boone, CA Retired Los Padres NF Kevan Richards, ID McCall Smokejumpers Natalie Bradley-CA Barbara Kelly-TX Charles Phenix-OR Jarrod Sayer, ID McCall Smokejumpers Bea Day Mike Harvey-CO Creed Pendleton-Deschutes NF Christopher Ghan-Project Wild-Pacific Crest Trail Hike 1471 Jeffrey Kaliher, CA Tracy Fifarek-MN 2581 Julia Collins, WY 2929 Carrie Thaler, CA 2512 Erin Davitt, CO 3506 Dustin Mathis, AZ 1784 Benjamin Gira, IL Bonneville IHC Doug Brown-ID Ryan Shannahan, ID 2543 Joe Cresto, UT 631 Nancy Sewell, CA Brandon Banwell-CA Erin Ruhl-SD Jeff Hammes-ID Mike Ryan-MT 3338 Dave McCarville- Lewis&Clark IHC Maria Guinle-CA Randi Jandt-OR 2459 Jarret Carle, CA Matthew Jarvis-Lone Peak Hotshots Kevin Michalak-CO Richard "Twig" Stanger-Black Hills Wind & Fire Doug Zimmer-WY Dede Dizney-CA John McAndrew 111 NJ NJ Forest Fire Service Monika Kawski-Ruby Mountain IHC Kevin Henry--CA Folsom Lake Veteran Crew 2509 Joseph Opanez, OR First Strike Environmental {yy~)g(9?c~s}hu>T+W1/->wk$gIRI]_| Keith Bedonie-CO-San Juan IHC Dianna Mecham-ID Erin Lally-MT Matthew Klindt-FL Chris Lords Folsom Lake Hand Crew 1723 Amanda Shoaf, CA 2483 Jessica Linde, SD 2956 Patrick Coe, ID Savanna Brooks-CA Lassen NF Apprentice James Stockie-TX Brian Vasquez-CA USFS Brent Crosland-UT BLM 3160 Matt Hidalgo -Dalton IHC 1134 Mike Warren, MT 931 Eric Miller, Wolf Creek IHC, OR 3083 Keith Bova -Lassen Volcanic NP FFs 1785 Tom Dillon, Alpine IHC Hannah Coolidge-WA Wayne Bale-Rudnitski, MT Lewis and Clark IHC Lance Vaelli-Rogue River IHC 938 Chris Puckett, Wolf Creek IHC, OR Tyler Zabala-Ruby Mountain IHC Adam Rivard-Midewin IHC Clara Rabenau- Gila Hotshots 2420 Hector Becerra Cruz Ventura County Professional Firefighters, CA 714 Phill Nunnink, CA Gerald Scott-OH 1876 Greg McAlpine, CA Damon Nelson, ID McCall Smokejumpers Kevin Erickson, MT Michael Field, WA Tori Newburn-WA 1934 Jeff Hatch SW IMT#3 3035 Scott Havel -Winter Rim Zone, Paisley RD 1264 Tom Patterson, CA 2564 Bevin Protas, CO She felt sick looking out at the moonscape. Casey Moore, ID 3006 Barbara Stolzenburg, WA 3403 Johnny Summers- Angeles NF- E 31 Dee Townsend-WA Retired NPS & USFS 2990 Felicia J Probert, NM IMO Richard Franklin Eric Levy, WY BLM 1349 Peter Briant, Reno Fire Department Brian Peterson-Midewin Hotshots June 30, 2013 Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshots arrive-20 team members Winds increased substantially and the fire shifted and overran their team at approximately 1642 Search launched to look for them at approximately 1716 June 30, 2013 1835-DPS Officer/Medic on scene confirms 19 fatalities One crew member survives Smoke filled the barn. Bradley Washa-UT Centennial Forest Fuels Mgmt, WY, Paul Sever-ID Gordon Paladijczuk, OR Retired Gray Back Barbara OCoy-CA Ty Parker-NJ 62 Lawrence Michael Kohagen Ventura County Pro. 29 Kenton Fredrick Burris Ventura County Pro. Bob Larsen 2089 Jenny Turner, WY IMO KSL 5EV Tyler Ruijters-Baker River IHC Patricia Patterson-ID Katherine LaVoie-NM Luis Moraga-ID McCall Smokejumpers 2513 Theresa Grasmick, NV 1857 Karie Linn, WI 1444 Brian Diemer, CA -Mormon Lake IHC 1512 Darren Mathis BLM Arizona State Office Kurt Niemi, MI 1246 Gabriel Romero Gila IHC Curtis Coots-CA Stanley J Ziegler, CA Ventura County Pro FF Dale Lewis-CO 1621 Micah Bell, IN 3365 Shawn Zickefoose- Redding IHC John Finley-NV-Elko Interagency Dispatch Center 802 William C Elder Bradley Pigg, MS Forestry Commission Sam Coulter-Butte Jefferson Matt Holstrom-Lewis & Clark IHC Peggie Cathie-CA Damon Nelson-ID McCall Smokejumpers 1967 Brent Rath, Lewis & Clark IHC Ruben Pedraza-AZ 1223 Josh Parker, Snake River Hotshots 1682 Bobby Davis, Feather River IHC Hugh Fairfield-Smith-CO Kate Zajanc-ID 2565 Mike Yearwood -Chester Fly Crew INFINITY FIRE COMMUNICATIONS Kolleen Beesley-ID Curtis Drevets-Craig Hotshots Michael Hoffberg-Salmon River Hotshots Willy Crippen-OR Jacob Maughan-OR Rogue River IHC 1002 Shannon Spies, USFS 152 Craig William Pearson Ventura County Pro. 1699 Alex Melgar, CA Cody Dems-IMO Len Dems Rocky Siegel-CA 1817 Nathan Siemers-West Desert Crew-Muscrat Station 1601 Jeff Sanocki, AZ Jacob Bachicka-Elephant Butte Fire & Rescue 642 John L Ward, CA Locals joke that the old saying, "Where the hell is Yarnell?" 2045 Larry Timchak, MT Flagstaff IHC 275 Carl Nelson, KS Carol Henson-UT Ollie Bucolo-Marble Mountain WFM Derek Rottenberg-Rogue River IHC 1250 Ryan Flemke Gila IHC 1019 Darren OLoughlin, Lone Peak IHC John Pavlik-CO South metro Fire Rescue 669 Darren OLoughlin, Lone Peak IHC, UT Matthew Uno-USFS E-686 1325 Ryan Flemke, Gila IHC Cody Hamilton E-326 CNF-TRD Dr. Jeffrey Brown-IA Diane Hansson-OH David Schaad-Zigzag IHC 428 Martin Cole, AZ 2125 Kyle Betty, Lassen IHC, CA Gabriel Romero-CA Gila Hotshots 1862 Natalie Bangalan, WA Wade DeBraal-OR 3611 Robert Nicholson, MI David Reid-CO Chris Furr-NM Cynthia & Jeff Hogg-NM Nick Castro-AZ Matthew Peyko-Globe IHC 1485 Randall Blakley Entiat IHC 1693 Jonathan Kalb, NV Silver State IHC Austin Dane-MN David Neydlin-CA Benjamin Thigpin-Gila IHC Ricky Aispuro, CA Sara Watson-IL Cali Frankovic CO David Virwar-CO 1413 Ross Peckinpah, CA -CIIMT #4 Joseph P Dullam, CA Ventura County Pro FF 31 Fernando M. Calderon Ventura County Pro. 2645 Robert J Velasquez, CA Del Rosa IHC Julio Campos-CA-Arrowhead IHC 2635 Josh Goldstein, AZ 1056 JoAnn Fites-Kaufman, CA 408 Geo P Becknell Jr, TX Gregg Smith-CA Jeff Hammes-CA 420 Robert Molina Ventura County Fire Protection District Handcrew Taylor Ford, UT Alta IHC Kristen Davis-CA Capstone Fire & Safety Management Craig Zimmerman, CA CIIMT4 Ben Eby, MI Mark Alan Karr, CA Ventura County Pro FF 792 Arthur Cherry, ID Keyhan Tabak-Phoenix Crew 1 Brendan Mullen-MT Central Mt Helitack 2431 Charles Bolt, MS Lindsay Dallison-CA USFS Enf E353 1514 Glendee Osborne NV 578 Richard Hawkins, CA Kay Esterbrook-CO 1382 Yanu Gallimore, OR ENTIAT IHC Patrick Chism-Entiat IHC Matthew Pearson, CA Rocky Mountain Module Bee Tivald-ID 1239 Martha Schoppe, CO 86 Thomas H. OMalley Jr. Ventura County Pro. Gary Robert Monday, CA Ventura County Pro FF Jack Powell-CA Brody Zink, NV Zephry Crew Keith Suttles-NC Jacob Schroder-Slide Mountain Handcrew Tristan Dias-Trinity IHC Flames had blackened the mountains and the once-stunning boulders. Cathy Taylor-OR Nick Euse-Slide Mountain Handcrew 1889 Lenin Moreno -Dromedary Peak Fuels & Crew Buffy Bandley-CA Michael Hoffberg-CA Klamath IHC Rick Lancaster-WY Derrick Smith - OR Karen Bontrager-MI 832 Karen McPeak, ID 79 Samuel Belote Ventura County Pro. Laurence Nanke-IMO Mark Nanke Joel Pomeroy-OR Anthony Kicking Women-MT Whitegrass Fire Suppression Bert Strom-ID 2025 Thomas Gallo, AZ Globe IHC 2110 Steven Bonora, Carson IHC, NV 1628 Jay Enns, Springville IHC 1435 Ben Hauser Montecito Fire 3473 Ben Parker Brandon Bennewate Montecito FF Assoc. Horseshoe Meadow Hotshots 691 Jon Bower, CO Clifford Hutton-WY Jameson Springer-CA 2009 Jeffrey Priebe, Alta Handcrew Jeremy Surprenant-IL 3303 Joseph Arcure, NM 308 Zack Farmer, UT 387 Peter A DAquanni, NM 105 William R Reynolds Ventura County Pro. 755 John Courtright, ID David Barker-MI 27 Randy Scott Burdick Ventura County Pro. Micha Booze-AK McCall Smokejumpers Jeremy Gottfried-OR Ryan Fadeley-Kootenai Rappel Crew Jeffrey S Seabrook, CA Ventura County Pro FF Charles Hescock, OR Bryn Giambona-ny Daniel Preston-OR Joe Stamps-Tahoe Douglas Fire District 805 Gene Madden USFS NIMO Jimmy Siano-OR Smith River IHC Cuahutemoc Rojo-CA-Fulton IHC Patrick Titus, CA CIIMT4 John Thomas -Bear Divide IHC Lynda Alberico, CA Nicholas Mercado-Bear Divide IHC Trees had burned to lifeless sticks. 332 Jack Knight, Firecourse.com 759 Nathan Kesler, CA Patrick Garcia NM Debra Lopez-UT Shane Dillavou-OR Brian White -CA 360 David French, NV Sherry Kessel-Pacific NW Incident Business Workshop 1249 Frank Moll Gila IHC 571 Etcel Gause, NV 2994 Justin Cutler -Silver State IHC Charles Thelemann-CO San Juan IHC Buffy Bandley-CA IMO Greeno & Eva 3380 Matthew Bergmann- Carson IHC 2874 Rosanne Sullivan, IL 803 Scott & Bee Trivald John Cerven-CO-San Juan IHC As eachtruckreturned from the deployment site, other firefighters lined up along the sides. Carole Wilson-OH 1727 Andres Orozco Jaramillo, OR Julian Robinson-Lewis & Clark Hotshots Mario Giacobassi, UT Alta IHC Patrick Dotson FFs 1249 Megan Williams, Moab, UT BLM E-6313 Alex Hernandez-Ca-Zig Zag IHC Shelby Leung-CA Redding IHC Gary Thomas Young, CA Ventura County Pro FF 2308 Mark Mott, CA CIIMT4 Tyler Greenberg-Zigzag IHC 3159 Anthony Rovida -Dalton IHC Miranda Stuart-FL 394 Gregg Smith, CA FFs 1826 Cristian Lopez -Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP- Crew 91 Donna Winter, WA Jason Heinz-WA 2769 Rob Rydberg, CO -BLM Dustin Morris-TX 596 Sharon Kleinschmidt, CA George A Zoffman, CA Christopher Little-CA Michelle Surratt-MT 1047 Kurt Bassett Tatanka IHC, WY Mike Law 3389 Jessica Huntoon, IMO Iron 44 Julian Wearing-MT Seeley Lake Rd 3119 Chad Nestacio Zuni IHC- IMO Granite Mountain 19 Hannah Coolidge-MD Entiat IHC Tim Beck- TX 1747 Mark Ingram -Bridgeport Helitack Brelan Fox-AZ 1860 Luke Holden, Mt. Robert Mitchell-Logan IHC 2673 Casey Goss, WA -Swan Valley Helitack 1752 Jason McAhren, CA Susan Marie Smith-Pacific NW Incident Business Workshop Michael Billgren-CA Boynton, Jason-CA Ben Rock-MT 2098 Charles Van Gorden, MA IMO Daniel Holmes Melissa Birdwell-Black Mesa IHC Tim Logozzo, WA Wild Fire Service David Johnson-WA Linda Kearns-NM Daniel Skinner-CA Jared Peak-UT Uinta Wasdatch Cache NF Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park was dedicated in 2016 as a place to remember the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Firefighters who were lost on June 30, 2013, while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. 923 Mary Renzi, NM Christopher Dean-CA Regis Blutas-MO Norman Pope-CA Lindsey Negherbon-OR Barbara Nelson-AZ 2912 Grace and Voytek Miezal, IL Helitack H-517 Dan Rich-Slide Mountain Handcrew John Thompson-MT Mark Marcum Chris Jones-COCNINO N.F. Angela Yemma-CO BLM Carr Rieger-CA Heartlake Handcrew Eddy Castellon-CA Bear Divide IHC Patrick Bishop-ID Gooding Fire District 1716 Colton Coon, ID 582 Merrie Paladijczuk, OR Norman Rooker-NV Donna Lamb-NV Daniel Fuller-CO "We're prettytough," Lee said. Robert Wickman-MN Shawn Phillips, CO Alpine IHC 1308 Dana Peirson, NV 2483 James Champ, CO Alpine IHC 492 Ian Smith, MI 1325 Marie Johnson IHO William Creeden 1736 Todd Etsate, NM Zuni IHC 1089 David Johnson In Memory of Luke Sheehy 2495 Tony Salas Ventura County Professional Firefighters, CA Lee Helmhas made a half-dozen trips to what is now calledGranite Mountain Hotshots MemorialStatePark. Michaela Myers-Baker River Hotshots Tom Harbour-AZ Linda Wadleigh, AZ FFs Patrick Warker-ID Colville National Forest Thomas Ortiz 1694 Christopher McDonald Pleasant Valley IHC Smoke overwhelmed his eyes. 1975 Dave Williams, Lightning Ridge, UT 758 Lindsay Brown, AZ 3485 Corey Wood, AZ Karen Scholl AK Roan Allen-ID Wenatchee River C-74 Christopher Michael Morrow, CA Ventura County Pro FF Richard Mark Toukdarian, CA Ventura County Pro FF Jay Wickham SD Camille Cloyd-IMO Andy Verdugo 3552 Garrett Hudson- McCall Smokejumpers 1172 Benjamin Schlamb -Helena IHC Peggie Cathie-CA 735 Kathryn & Robert Curl, ID 1105 Laura Backlund, FS 1894 Kristi Ralston, ID Jeff Robatcek-MN Jason M Althouse-BLM E-4337 Richard Lizano, CA Wolf Creek IHC Dylan Torgenson-Tahoe Douglas Fire District Lars Olson-Wolf Creek IHC Travis Harms-OR Klamath Hotshots 793 Charles Kevin Butler Chris Rankin-WY Luke Evans--Baker River Hotshots 2936 Jody Smith USFS John Day, OR Richard Williamson, CA Retired USFS Stan Mitchem, WY Christopher Guadarrama, CA Lance James Robert Campbell, CA Ventura County Pro FF Todd Woodward-Prineville Hotshots Robert Angres-NV Michael Kennard-CA 491 Kevin Eck IMO Diamond Mountain Hotshots Robert Morse, NJ NJ FF Brock Tamowski-UT UWF E-421 Joshua Felts-Lone Peak Hotshots Justin Abell-Sawtooth IHC 2096 Amy Ando Sawtooth NF Engine 641 Samantha Scholz-OR Rogue River IHC 155 Carol Henson, Retired FS Utah Zachory Huff-CA 6 Tim Williams-CAL FIRE/LMU David Herrand, NV Dan Stoozra-NY Fire Curtis Matthews-CA Paul Frick-PA 950 Jerry Hurley, CA 1474 Bob Johnson Entiat IHC Gunthar Dambro-WY 2514 Dalton Loveless, UT Meganck, Cameron-CO Randy Anderson-ID 1328 Gregory Poncin In Memory of Pam and Meghan Okon 13 Mike Smith, CO Michael Norman Nancy Cosgrove-IMO Danny Holmes 1605 Sarah Brown In Honor of Benjamin Brown Arlene Perea-NM USFS Cibola National Forest Mountainair Ranger The team was charged with reviewing the conditions and events leading to the tragedy. 1535 Robert Griffin, VA Devin Parks-ZigZag IHC 2923 Stephen C. Smith, ID 516 Nancy Taylor, MT 3134 Sarah Russell NPS GRCA Fire & Aviation 253 Susan Gannon, CA Ludie Bond-FL Forest Service Eagle Lake 2495 Gerhett VomSteeg, CO Alpine IHC Joseph Spaulding-Rifle Peak Hand Crew 1589 Steve Cochran, CA Los Pardres IHC Ross Schnitzler-CA Tristan Fryer -Southern Nevada Fire Crew 694 Kevin Moglia, CA Brittany Kunz-CO Mitchell Bloxham, MT Donna Lamb, NV Ryan Conway-Mesa Hotshots Steve Fairbank-AZ-Black Mesa IHC 587 Jonathan Mann, CA Stephani Kopfman-CA Redding IHC 2422 Pete Blume, CO -Rocky Mountain Type 1 IMT