Remembering The Granite Mountain Hotshots

10 Years Ago Promises Were Made.

If you were a wildland firefighter the year the Yarnell Fire rolled over the top of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, you remember where you were when that news came. I was in Colorado on the West Fork Fire with the Lone Peak Hotshots. Our assignment on that fire was a relatively simple but shitty one. We were asked to assess and complete structure protect…