im about to finish my enlistment in the marine corps i want to be a hotshot crew member when i get out, can anyone tell me how to get started or what i should start doing...please and thanks
was Situation Coordinator at the National Interagency Fire Center for two years, was the first Fire Protection Forester for the Territory of Guam, and was a Battalion Chief for a busy Washington State fire district for seven years. Out of all of this experience, my best time and proudest moments were with the Dalton IHC. There was only one strong enough to pull me away from firefighting and it did. Study for and ordination to priesthood and eventual consecration as a bishop.
It seems we were out on fire season but, unfortunately, our last fire, the Loop Fire, ended the fire season tragically when 12 of our friends on the El Cariso IHC died in a blow up about 30 minutes after we talked with them. I had two seasons on Dalton, two seasons on ANF tankers, Was a lookout at Grand Canyon NP, got a forestry degree from NAU, worked 3 years on a School of Forestry crew in Arizona, was a helitack Foreman on the Mt. Hood NF in Oregon, worked as a BLM Plans Chief in Alaska,
What kept me going? Pride mostly. I really was a member of the Dalton IHC and we really were the best. I didn't want to let the crew down. Belief I was just as good as any one else on the crew. Wildfire fighting was fun and exciting..and addicting. Yes, I discovered later in my career our boasting wasn't just barggadocio, hotshots really are the best. I worked that year for two of the best wildland firefighters ever, Chuck Hartley and Paul Gleason.
Great vid and oh so true. Shots are occasionally accused of arrogance but they really are the best and have always been. I was lucky, I joined the ANF Dalton IHC immediately after high school graduation in 1966. I was fit but not the jock type. I was the youngest qand smallest on the crew. PT was challenging, the work was hot, draining, and a little frightening, As the youngest and smallest, I was the but of a lot of jokes and teasing and acquired a number of nicknames that aren't printable.
Last I checked, every IHC in the nation abides by, and follows the Standards for Interagency Hotshot Crew Operations Guide. It shouldn't matter where your paycheck comes from.
im sorry but all you people that talk shit about firefighters you cant even talk because people like me might have to save yur house or yur town we put in hard work and dedication to do or jobs right and in this field there aint no room for mistakes its a job you cant only look after yourself you have to always look after your crew as one body one person can make a mistake and forfeit the lives of 40 people thanx for posting this video reppin minnesota
Right now is an excellent time to recruit our returning veterans to help aid in Wildfire suppression. They are in top physical shape, gung ho spirit, but most of all.. willing to protect our Nation. It's a shame so many of our returning Vets end up jobless, let alone homeless. I firmly believe that our government needs to bring back the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), giving the unemployed and opportunity to work and restore our nations parks and public areas. Sound Good? OK..let's GO!
It's true not all Hotshot crews are on the same level physically and with regard to production. Just like all Type 2 and Type 2IA crews are not on the same level. The main difference is in span of control and adaptability.
On a Type 1 IHC crew the Superintendent is at least an Incident Commander Type 4 and Task Force Leader if not a Division Supervisor or higher. The Assistant is also IC4 and a Strike Team Leader. The three Squad Bosses are all Crew Boss qualified. Most of the crew members wi
@jkdclayson we use both all the time in Alaska. All the small villages have airstrips for a small plane and doing cabin protection along the river systems a boat it the quickest and efficient mode of transportation. Last summer at the Railbelt Complex each area along the river had their own fleet of jet boats to ferry them around.
@jkdclayson fixed wing, all the time, they have comercial airlines that they can fit seven to eight crews on each flight, but they only use those for pretty big fires. boats are not used as much as planes, but still get used.
@jkdclayson It depends where your at or where your fire is. If your somewhere like central idaho, jet boats are very common because of all the rivers that run through the mountains which are always burning. With fixed wing it always seems like an urgency thing. Fixed wing is used a lot if 1. Its available, and 2. They need a crew in a hurry not in a few days.
Comments you disagree with are not spam. you haters need to stop being so fascist. let people speak their mind without being censored by douchebags with no sense of morality. go read a fucking book, or better yet, the Constitution.
Cool video! If you're thinking about giving it a try, might want to search for"hotshot fitness", they offer some PT programs and workouts to help you train for the job. Not a bad resource. Big thing about being a hotshot is working hard, keeping your mouth shut, showing up in shape, and respecting the vets, and volunteer for all the grunt work. Do that, and you'll be a good rookie!
@rudedogii in these areas we dont have hose lines or anything. the shovels are used to create an containment area for the fire, for example, we will usually find an area that is relatively free of trees and clear a buffer strip out so that the fire will burn through the grass to that point and then run out of fuel we use an area that is free of trees because the flames can spread through the branches. sometimes we use chainsaws when we cant find a good clearing.
I was a wildland firefighter 10 years ago for Ventura CDF. I was in tyhe Cal. youth authority. Those were the days!! I was first pulaski almost made swamper but got released. I loved those days, the commoroderie with my team and captain I had were speechless
get with your local dept go through the training company then your wild land fire S130 and S190 will be next. Get your Red Card whihc give you your ff2 then you can get with a contractor. As far as EMT great but might be a good idea to get your first responder first and pay some dues with the boys. Then go for your EMT-B you're 21 don't rush it you have a hell of allot of time head of you get there slowly rather than not get there fast that is my motto Oregon
hi! right now i am trying to become a ODF or a HOTSHOT if anyone could give me a good website where i would beable to join that would be great! thanks
This vid had a bit of smoke jumping in it as well. Hotshots and smoke jumpers are pretty closely related. Once they are on the ground at a fire they do the same thing. Smoke jumpers just get an additional adrenalin boost before they start working. :)
Hey I don't doubt it, I'm just giving shit. I did a part time fire academy, that was more than enough for me. I can't imagine how hard this shit would be.
actually i worked on a crew that whatever fire we were on , all the high ups thought we were hot shots...thing is..we were just type II. nonetheless Hot shots make ALOT more money, and go on ALOT more fires, and do carry more weight. fact is fire suppression tacticts these days are endangering our forests, and killing them off, giving way to too much underbrush. we need to calm down and let things burn a little more, controlled ofcourse.
Being a hotshot involves more than just hiking the farthest, digging the best line, or pulling off that clutch burnout. So you worked a few 16 hour shifts, good for you. I encourage you to push yourself and move up from your deuce crew, and try to become a hotshot. Send me your info and we will talk. Think you can handle a 180 day availability, with a 160+ days on fire?
Please don't bash a shot crew, just because you feel you have pulled a few shifts that were just as hard.
I am happy to have seen this, because I am heading into this field and I need allot of work ahead of me then and I give these men and women a load of credit for what they do till this day forward.
Great Cinematography, but a little heavy on the drama - because I've met more than a couple Hotshots who have the endurance of a turd. Simpson - Santa Fe IHC
One of the most professional well done mini documentaries I have ever seen. Whoever did this is a credit to the Wildland Fire services. Salute Guys.Greetings from R-8.
What is the average pay for a beginner Hot Shot?
Wildeyman 6 days ago
I am currently a paid-on-call FF/EMT for my local FD. How do I get a job on a handcrew?
dakotarcher09 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Nice Video!!!
pelonbombero 2 months ago
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im about to finish my enlistment in the marine corps i want to be a hotshot crew member when i get out, can anyone tell me how to get started or what i should start doing...please and thanks
budearta 3 months ago
was Situation Coordinator at the National Interagency Fire Center for two years, was the first Fire Protection Forester for the Territory of Guam, and was a Battalion Chief for a busy Washington State fire district for seven years. Out of all of this experience, my best time and proudest moments were with the Dalton IHC. There was only one strong enough to pull me away from firefighting and it did. Study for and ordination to priesthood and eventual consecration as a bishop.
smokey1255 5 months ago
It seems we were out on fire season but, unfortunately, our last fire, the Loop Fire, ended the fire season tragically when 12 of our friends on the El Cariso IHC died in a blow up about 30 minutes after we talked with them. I had two seasons on Dalton, two seasons on ANF tankers, Was a lookout at Grand Canyon NP, got a forestry degree from NAU, worked 3 years on a School of Forestry crew in Arizona, was a helitack Foreman on the Mt. Hood NF in Oregon, worked as a BLM Plans Chief in Alaska,
smokey1255 5 months ago
What kept me going? Pride mostly. I really was a member of the Dalton IHC and we really were the best. I didn't want to let the crew down. Belief I was just as good as any one else on the crew. Wildfire fighting was fun and exciting..and addicting. Yes, I discovered later in my career our boasting wasn't just barggadocio, hotshots really are the best. I worked that year for two of the best wildland firefighters ever, Chuck Hartley and Paul Gleason.
smokey1255 5 months ago
Great vid and oh so true. Shots are occasionally accused of arrogance but they really are the best and have always been. I was lucky, I joined the ANF Dalton IHC immediately after high school graduation in 1966. I was fit but not the jock type. I was the youngest qand smallest on the crew. PT was challenging, the work was hot, draining, and a little frightening, As the youngest and smallest, I was the but of a lot of jokes and teasing and acquired a number of nicknames that aren't printable.
smokey1255 5 months ago
when is the 2011 video getting posted??sweet vid!
MrStryperfan 5 months ago
@MrStryperfan
Probably first week of November. We still have 2 weeks left for our season.
LonePeakHotshots 4 months ago
@LonePeakHotshots alright cool you guy saty safe you guys have my dream job
MrStryperfan 4 months ago
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rednceck44 8 months ago
@rednceck44
Last I checked, every IHC in the nation abides by, and follows the Standards for Interagency Hotshot Crew Operations Guide. It shouldn't matter where your paycheck comes from.
LonePeakHotshots 8 months ago
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rednceck44 8 months ago
@rednceck44 I didn't take it as an insult, but I do believe agency boundaries are an unnecessary discussion point.
LonePeakHotshots 8 months ago
Little Tujunga Hotshots!!
ralphie247 8 months ago
poor food? I don't know what you talking about. I ate like a king, in order not to be physicly tired
ElecTron1k 1 year ago
@landgrader6 Why go through all that, just apply on Avue digital services online and do it.
concoursboy 1 year ago
Yay Hot Shots!!! An honored mother of a USAF PJ AND a HOT SHOT! Doesn't get any better than that!
kbacheller 1 year ago
im sorry but all you people that talk shit about firefighters you cant even talk because people like me might have to save yur house or yur town we put in hard work and dedication to do or jobs right and in this field there aint no room for mistakes its a job you cant only look after yourself you have to always look after your crew as one body one person can make a mistake and forfeit the lives of 40 people thanx for posting this video reppin minnesota
heliraisers9 1 year ago
Yea man I'm type 2 I.A. In alaska , in type 1 training. I love it!
ImpulseIndustries 1 year ago
Right now is an excellent time to recruit our returning veterans to help aid in Wildfire suppression. They are in top physical shape, gung ho spirit, but most of all.. willing to protect our Nation. It's a shame so many of our returning Vets end up jobless, let alone homeless. I firmly believe that our government needs to bring back the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), giving the unemployed and opportunity to work and restore our nations parks and public areas. Sound Good? OK..let's GO!
EricBBrandon1 1 year ago
hotshots must be AGILE MOBILE HOSTILE
hunterboy46 1 year ago
It's true not all Hotshot crews are on the same level physically and with regard to production. Just like all Type 2 and Type 2IA crews are not on the same level. The main difference is in span of control and adaptability.
On a Type 1 IHC crew the Superintendent is at least an Incident Commander Type 4 and Task Force Leader if not a Division Supervisor or higher. The Assistant is also IC4 and a Strike Team Leader. The three Squad Bosses are all Crew Boss qualified. Most of the crew members wi
firespyder123 1 year ago
@jkdclayson we use both all the time in Alaska. All the small villages have airstrips for a small plane and doing cabin protection along the river systems a boat it the quickest and efficient mode of transportation. Last summer at the Railbelt Complex each area along the river had their own fleet of jet boats to ferry them around.
firespyder123 1 year ago
@IStillBleedGreen could not agree with you any more. USFS Vista Grande Hot Shots, San Jacinto District, California US. be safe out there guys
dgaf512 1 year ago
Sweet video. How often is fixed wing and boat transportation really used though?
jkdclayson 1 year ago
@jkdclayson fixed wing, all the time, they have comercial airlines that they can fit seven to eight crews on each flight, but they only use those for pretty big fires. boats are not used as much as planes, but still get used.
nbctc 1 year ago
@jkdclayson It depends where your at or where your fire is. If your somewhere like central idaho, jet boats are very common because of all the rivers that run through the mountains which are always burning. With fixed wing it always seems like an urgency thing. Fixed wing is used a lot if 1. Its available, and 2. They need a crew in a hurry not in a few days.
TAustinPHOTOGRAPHY 8 months ago
theres nothing like fighting wild fire and making money doing it
BakedAlaskan420 1 year ago
Comments you disagree with are not spam. you haters need to stop being so fascist. let people speak their mind without being censored by douchebags with no sense of morality. go read a fucking book, or better yet, the Constitution.
The4LA2Baker0 1 year ago
@Fromanttodugong I disagree. It's what we need in Australia, but budget and lack of brains from the boffins buggers that idea
alanbstard4 1 year ago
Cool video! If you're thinking about giving it a try, might want to search for"hotshot fitness", they offer some PT programs and workouts to help you train for the job. Not a bad resource. Big thing about being a hotshot is working hard, keeping your mouth shut, showing up in shape, and respecting the vets, and volunteer for all the grunt work. Do that, and you'll be a good rookie!
1footintheblack 1 year ago
My dad is GS 13 and was a hot shot in Lowman Idaho.
Blahandmoreblah1 2 years ago
Nice video. Texas Canyon IHC.
TwoMoreChains 2 years ago
How do you put out a Forest fire with nothing but a shovel?
rudedogii 2 years ago
they have a thing that like a shovel but also a rake
C25M 2 years ago
@rudedogii in these areas we dont have hose lines or anything. the shovels are used to create an containment area for the fire, for example, we will usually find an area that is relatively free of trees and clear a buffer strip out so that the fire will burn through the grass to that point and then run out of fuel we use an area that is free of trees because the flames can spread through the branches. sometimes we use chainsaws when we cant find a good clearing.
drweelz 1 year ago
Roosevelt IHC..best in the region....
SelassiesSon 2 years ago
USFS
Rickfirefight 2 years ago
The second song towards the end is the overture from the robin hood prince of thieves movie/soundtrack
TAustinPHOTOGRAPHY 2 years ago
I was a wildland firefighter 10 years ago for Ventura CDF. I was in tyhe Cal. youth authority. Those were the days!! I was first pulaski almost made swamper but got released. I loved those days, the commoroderie with my team and captain I had were speechless
inkaoner 2 years ago
omg cant WAIT for my first fire season
TheSergeantdiessel 2 years ago
get with your local dept go through the training company then your wild land fire S130 and S190 will be next. Get your Red Card whihc give you your ff2 then you can get with a contractor. As far as EMT great but might be a good idea to get your first responder first and pay some dues with the boys. Then go for your EMT-B you're 21 don't rush it you have a hell of allot of time head of you get there slowly rather than not get there fast that is my motto Oregon
randallpaulcom 2 years ago
Check out "fairholme prescribed burn" good video.
manysticks 2 years ago
hi! right now i am trying to become a ODF or a HOTSHOT if anyone could give me a good website where i would beable to join that would be great! thanks
bnortlax37 2 years ago
This vid had a bit of smoke jumping in it as well. Hotshots and smoke jumpers are pretty closely related. Once they are on the ground at a fire they do the same thing. Smoke jumpers just get an additional adrenalin boost before they start working. :)
OneSkiWonder 2 years ago 2
Not as much $ as we should though
topoutman 2 years ago 3
do you guys get paid well?
dankovision 2 years ago
%70 mental %40 percent physical, lol.
patio87 2 years ago
Yeah, something to the effect of giving 110% of yourself.
LonePeakHotshots 2 years ago 4
Hey I don't doubt it, I'm just giving shit. I did a part time fire academy, that was more than enough for me. I can't imagine how hard this shit would be.
patio87 2 years ago
actually i worked on a crew that whatever fire we were on , all the high ups thought we were hot shots...thing is..we were just type II. nonetheless Hot shots make ALOT more money, and go on ALOT more fires, and do carry more weight. fact is fire suppression tacticts these days are endangering our forests, and killing them off, giving way to too much underbrush. we need to calm down and let things burn a little more, controlled ofcourse.
fireballkiller 3 years ago
Great video. See you out there. Smokey Bear IHC
seanmcl42 3 years ago 2
nice video !!! another season in the books . globe IHC ...
nben13 3 years ago 4
myself two years on vb shot i tip my hat to all shot
ArchangelV11 3 years ago 4
Being a hotshot involves more than just hiking the farthest, digging the best line, or pulling off that clutch burnout. So you worked a few 16 hour shifts, good for you. I encourage you to push yourself and move up from your deuce crew, and try to become a hotshot. Send me your info and we will talk. Think you can handle a 180 day availability, with a 160+ days on fire?
Please don't bash a shot crew, just because you feel you have pulled a few shifts that were just as hard.
LonePeakHotshots 3 years ago 15
@LonePeakHotshots Little Tujunga Hotshot crew!! Rocking my buckle all day everyday!!
ralphie247 1 year ago
@LonePeakHotshots You guys are the special forces of firefighting.
dixievfd55 1 year ago
@LonePeakHotshots Amen! Well put! You can't describe to someone what it means to be a Hotshots.... until they experience it, they will never know!
josh022 1 year ago
@LonePeakHotshots Well done guys. Way to lead up. Just another dirty face out on the line that says thanks for the professional publicity.
TwoMoreChains 7 months ago
Sweet doc. My hardhat goes off to hotshots everywhere.
I.A. R-6.
abster96744 3 years ago 3
i'm starting my first year as a wildland firefighter..
45tylerbarnes45 3 years ago 4
Awesome video good job!!! the men and women that are hotshot are BAD ASS FIREFIGHTER!!!
bab777734 4 years ago 3
I am happy to have seen this, because I am heading into this field and I need allot of work ahead of me then and I give these men and women a load of credit for what they do till this day forward.
aighost 4 years ago 2
YUM....I mean...great job guys;)
sllychk 4 years ago 2
Great Cinematography, but a little heavy on the drama - because I've met more than a couple Hotshots who have the endurance of a turd. Simpson - Santa Fe IHC
dmsimpson 4 years ago 2
One of the most professional well done mini documentaries I have ever seen. Whoever did this is a credit to the Wildland Fire services. Salute Guys.Greetings from R-8.
FireLineUP 4 years ago
They are good guys
ProSnowboarderGab 4 years ago