Please begin a new chapter for the Yarnell Hill Fire comments here:
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Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III and Chapter IV.
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Archives for February 2014
Blue Ridge Hotshots’ reports provide insight into Yarnell Hill Fire tragedy
Correction posted 6:37 p.m., Feb. 16, 2014: An earlier post incorrectly stated that the material included in the 40-page Blue Ridge Hotshot report was based on interviews with the firefighters. The report is actually a compilation of written statements provided by Blue Ridge Hotshots to federal officials soon after the June 30, 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.
The Arizona Industrial Commission has released a heavily redacted copy of written reports made by members of the Blue Ridge Hotshots that were provided to federal officials concerning the events leading up to the deaths of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots last June 30. [Read more…]
Arizona Center for Investigative Journalism receives IRS approval
The Arizona Center for Investigative Journalism, Inc. has received formal approval from the Internal Revenue Service as a public charity and can now receive tax deductible donations.
InvestigativeMEDIA receives funding from the Center.
This is an important milestone and will allow the Center to help finance a major investigation and multimedia presentation by InvestigativeMEDIA on the Yarnell Hill Fire and the conditions that created this extraordinary disaster.
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