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24baja
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fellow nomad firefighters
In honor of all the fire fighter here on nomads. So sorry to hear of all the fire fighters who died in Prescott, AZ
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Curt63
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Amen and Amen!
No worries
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bajamedic
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May they rest in peace and prayers for their families. JH
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Terry28
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That's just hard to take in...19 wildland firefighters...that's a whole Hot Shot crew.....how tragic........
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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schwlind
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Curt...
I add my Amens too!... God bless those that tragically lost their lives and their families!
Linda
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tripledigitken
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Very sad news to hear. My heart goes out to their families and friends.
Ken
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woody with a view
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i hadn't heard.
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chuckie
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A tragedy.....Godspeed....
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Bubba
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Tragic and sad.
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Alan
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My heart and prayers go out to the families of these brave men as we once again must mourn the loss of our brothers. I do find solace when I consider
how many lives they have impacted through their actions in their all too short time among us. RIP brothers
In Memory of E-57
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snowcat5
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Please, Fellow Nomads, Please reach deep into your hearts and pockets and donate to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. The WFF is the number one
source of help for the families of lost Heros. The Foundation is in need of funds now to help the survivors in Arizona. Please dig deep- I've helped
the Foundation for many seasons raise funds for incidents just like this one- the Foundation has helped many people over the years and is very "real".
The Wildland Firefighter Foundation
wffoundation.org
2049 Airport Way
Boise, Id. 83705 208-360-2996
Thanks for the help. The whole city of Prescott is in pain today and any and all help will be appreciated. Rock- thanks to Vicki Minor and son,
Bourke Minor for what you guys do !(WWF) Today is a sad day....
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DocRey
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Prayers, thoughts & donations.
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desertcpl
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R I P,,, so terrible,, I didn't know until this morning when I turn on the news, its hard to wrap your brain around some thing like this,
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DianaT
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So very, very sad. 
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Alan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
Someone, probably not part of that crew, who was supposed to be watching their backs made an imprudent judgement call... what a thing to have to live
with... |
I will hold my personal comments until they at least post the Green Sheet.
In Memory of E-57
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Terry28
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Lencho...It's time to grieve not lay blame....Unless you are part of the investigative team, and your not....stfu
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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BajaRat
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News still coming. What I've heard so far is they were in a burn out operation, had a radical wind change and were forced to deploy their fire
shelters. Our fuel moisture levels are next to nonexistent and the energy release component is well into critical. Yesterday the thunderstorms were
developing here on the rim and moving down over the Prescott and Payson area creating erratic wind outflows and downdrafts. These have been the
hottest days I've experienced since moving to the high country of Arizona and our monsoonal flow has not arrived yet, just high based isolated thunder
storms which produce lightning without rain. This will be a loss in our service that will not be forgotten soon. Please say a prayer for the families
left behind. 
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BajaBlanca
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So sad. RIP brave souls.
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Terry28
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I have 30 years as a wildland fire fighter and a member of national teams, and I still can't say what happened because I was not there!!! I know what
goes on during large fires and these were highly trained folks...It just proves how dangerous the job can be.....My heart breaks for the families of
all these fine professionals.....the finger pointing can wait.
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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bajaguy
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From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
YARNELL, Ariz. — A sudden windstorm turned an Arizona forest fire into an out-of-control inferno that trapped and killed 19 firefighters, nearly all
of them members of an elite crew of “hotshots,” authorities said Monday. It was the nation’s biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years.
The flames swept over the victims Sunday evening as they took cover in their foil-lined emergency shelters.
“This is as dark a day as I can remember,” Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement. “It may be days or longer before an investigation reveals how this
tragedy occurred, but the essence we already know in our hearts: Fighting fires is dangerous work.”
The fire killed 18 members of a hotshot crew based in nearby Prescott, plus a firefighter who was not part of the unit, Arizona Forestry Division
spokesman Mike Reichling said.
One member of the hotshot crew survived because he was moving the unit’s truck when the flames roared over the men, Reichling said.
It was unclear exactly how the crew became trapped. Southwest incident team leader Clay Templin said the crew and its commanders were following safety
protocols, but it appears the fire’s erratic nature simply overwhelmed them.
The team had spent recent weeks fighting fires in New Mexico and Prescott before being called to Yarnell, entering the smoky wilderness over the
weekend with backpacks, chainsaws and other heavy gear to remove brush and trees as a heat wave across the Southwest sent temperatures into the triple
digits.
The disaster all but wiped out the Prescott hotshot crew, leaving the city’s fire department reeling.
“We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the city,” Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said. “We’re devastated. We just lost
19 of the finest people you’ll ever meet.”
A makeshift memorial of flower bouquets and American flags formed at the Prescott fire station where the crew was based. Prescott resident Keith
Gustafson showed up and placed 19 water bottles in the shape of a heart.
Hotshot crews go through specialized training and are sent in to battle the nation’s fiercest wildfires. Sometimes they hike for miles into the
wilderness with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. They remove anything that might burn in the direction of homes and
cities.
As a last-ditch effort at survival, members are trained to dig into the ground and cover themselves with a tent-like shelter made of fire-resistant
material, Fraijo said.
“It’s an extreme measure that’s taken under the absolute worst conditions,” Fraijo said.
Reichling said all 19 victims had deployed their shelters.
The National Fire Protection Association website lists the last wildland fire to kill more firefighters as the 1933 Griffith Park fire of Los Angeles,
which killed 29. The biggest loss of firefighters in U.S. history was 343, killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York.
In 1994, the Storm King Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colo., killed 14 firefighters who were overtaken by a sudden explosion of flames.
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