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State Forestry Division Releases New Yarnell Hill Fire Video In Response to InvestigativeMEDIA’s Public Records Request

November 8, 2014 By John Dougherty 5 Comments

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The Arizona State Forestry Division Saturday released additional video taken by Prescott National Forest firefighters during the Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots on June 30, 2013 in response to an Oct. 11 public records request filed by InvestigativeMEDIA.

The Forestry Division posted the videos on its website Saturday afternoon. All of the newly released videos are posted at the end of this story.

“On November 7, 2014, the following video clips were received by Arizona State Forestry through a Freedom of Information Act request to the US Forest Service,” the division stated in a press release posted on its website.

“To be transparent with the public, the videos are presented exactly as they have been received.  The redactions were done before these videos came into the possession of Arizona State Forestry,” the division stated.

An eight-minute segment of the video taken by the Prescott National Forest firefighters was released last year and contained the dramatic audio of Granite Mountain Hotshots’ desperate calls for help moments before they were killed in a ferocious wildfire.  The segment is included in the supplemental records that accompanied the Forestry Division’s Serious Accident Investigation Report into the tragedy and identified as “Exhibit A-22 HelmetCamVideo”. The supplemental records were released last winter and are posted here.

InvestigativeMEDIA learned that there was additional video taken by the PNF firefighters and filed  a series of public records with state and federal agencies for the video. [Read more…]

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Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter IX

September 8, 2014 By John Dougherty 1,405 Comments

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Please begin Chapter IX of the Yarnell Hill Fire discussion here. Once again, do not include more than one link in your comment in order to avoid the spam folder. Thank you, John

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII and Chapter VIII.

 

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20 Years Later, Legacy of a Deadly Colorado Wildfire Endures

July 6, 2014 By John Dougherty Leave a Comment

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John N. Maclean

for National Geographic

Published July 4, 2014

Twenty years ago, at 4 p.m. on July 6, a wave of flame swept along a ridge on Colorado’s Storm King Mountain, killed 14 firefighters, and became a benchmark for wildland firefighting with repercussions that continue to this day.

On Sunday, firefighters from across the nation will gather at the site of what became known as the 1994 South Canyon Fire, about seven miles west of the resort town of Glenwood Springs in central Colorado, to mark the anniversary and take stock of its legacy.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140704-south-canyon-wildfire-colorado-wildlands-fire/

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Yarnell Hill Chapter VIII

July 3, 2014 By John Dougherty 1,026 Comments

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Please begin Chapter IX that is posted at the top of the home page and the Yarnell Hill page. Thanks to everyone for continuing to analyze the Yarnell Hill Fire.

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI and  Chapter VII.

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Yarnell residents file lawsuit against Arizona State Forestry Division

June 25, 2014 By John Dougherty Leave a Comment

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More that 180 Yarnell residents and business owners today filed a lawsuit against the Arizona State Forestry Division alleging that the state acted with “extreme negligence” in responding to and controlling the Yarnell Hill Fire that destroyed much of the town and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots last June 30.

The lawsuit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court is the first of several expected to be filed this week as the deadline for filing lawsuits within one year of the tragic wildfire approaches.

The lawsuit provides a detailed timeline alleging the state was negligent by failing to quickly respond to the lightning-caused fire on the evening of June 28 and subsequently deploying inadequate resources to manage the wildfire after it escaped the initial attack on the afternoon of June 29.

“The Arizona State Forestry Division committed extreme negligence by entrusting management of the Yarnell Hill Fire to a low-level, exhausted, negligent, situationally unaware, inadequately experienced and overwhelmed Type 4 Incident Commander,” alleges the lawsuit filed by the Scottsdale law firm Knapp & Roberts P.C.

“What’s bothered me from the beginning is why this (fire) was not put out the first day,” says attorney Craig Knapp. “I just don’t get it.”

Knapp says Yarnell firefighters and volunteers were told to “stand down” by state forestry officials on the evening of June 28 when the fire was smoldering near the peak of the Weaver Mountains west of Yarnell.

They “should have attacked it when it was small,” Knapp says. “It takes very little resources and you can save millions of dollars and lives. They just didn’t do that.”

Knapp said his firm intends to file additional lawsuits this week including a class action suit on behalf of Yarnell residents who are not identified as plaintiffs in today’s claim and wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of families of three members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.

 

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Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter VII

May 18, 2014 By John Dougherty 1,007 Comments

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Please start Chapter VII here:

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V and Chapter VI.

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InvestigativeMEDIA posts supporting documentation for ADOSH Yarnell Hill investigation

March 20, 2014 By John Dougherty 14 Comments

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InvestigativeMEDIA today posted the supporting documentation for the Arizona Department of Safety and Health investigative report into the Yarnell Hill Fire disaster that killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots last June 30.

The investigative report, which includes audio interviews of key personnel who fought the fire including Granite Mountain’s only surviving member, is located here. [Read more…]

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Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter VI Comments

March 20, 2014 By John Dougherty 1,614 Comments

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Please post Chapter VI comments here.

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III, Chapter IV
and Chapter V.

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Arizona Forestry Division belatedly releases key Yarnell Hill records

March 6, 2014 By John Dougherty 9 Comments

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The Arizona Forestry Division has released important documents describing actions of firefighters dispatched to the Yarnell Hill Fire that were not previously made available when the division released records late last year.

The “unit logs” provide new information concerning the actions of the fire crews including the crucial initial response period on June 28 and 29 when the small fire escaped from efforts to bring it under control. [Read more…]

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Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter V Comments

February 16, 2014 By John Dougherty 657 Comments

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Please begin a new chapter for the Yarnell Hill Fire comments here:

Previous Comments:

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III and Chapter IV.

Thank you, John

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