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Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir, "Wildfire Days," follows her rookie seasons as a wildland firefighter on an elite hotshot crew in ...
Former wildland firefighter Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir is about the mental and physical cost of being on the frontlines of ...
Kelly Ramsey’s first year as a hotshot wildland firefighter in California broke all kinds of records. In 2020, California was ...
Flags will be lowered to half-staff on Monday, June 30, in Arizona. Here's why, plus the difference between half-staff and ...
Here's a look at what happened and how you can honor their lives with official events. The 19 hotshots were members of a wildland firefighting crew based out of the Prescott Fire Department. The group ...
It was 12 years ago today that 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire.
YARNELL, AZ (AZFamily) — Monday marks the 12th anniversary since 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. Only one person of the 20-man crew survived, having been ...
Beyond the physical demands and structural shortcomings in wildland fire, a growing body of research has revealed a silent ...
Much like the blazing infernos that he battled for more than three decades, Ryan “Tedd” Swartz vividly recalls the day a ...
Twelve years ago, 19 wildland firefighters perished while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire outside of Prescott in northern Arizona.The big picture: It was the largest loss of life among U.S.
Kelly Ramsey’s first year as a hotshot wildland firefighter in California broke all kinds of records. In 2020, California was an inferno. Ten-thousand fires broke out across the state and turned ...