Posted on 07/01/2013 8:19:51 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Nineteen members of an elite firefighting crew who were killed Sunday in an Arizona wildfire tried to protect themselves by deploying tent-like structures before they were overtaken, a state forestry spokesman says.
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Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said the firefighters, whose names had not been released, were part of the city’s fire department. A helicopter pilot discovered the bodies and authorities are working to remove them, a Department of Public Safety spokesperson said, according to Fox 10.
Nineteen fire shelters were deployed on Sunday, and some of the firefighters were found inside them, while others were outside the shelters, Mike Reichling, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman, told the Arizona Republic.
The fire killed all but one member of the Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshots crew, which were known for battling the region’s worst fires, including two earlier this season. The average age of the men in the crew was 22-years-old, Fox 10 reports.
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It’s amazing how many people don’t take it seriously. They think there is no way to get rid of towns the size of Sierra Vista and Douglas. All they would have to do is set some fires, force us to evacuate and then not let us back in.
Unfortunately most FReepers do not give Agenda 21 or the New World Order any credence whatsoever, possibly because they cannot conceive how America could change from the country where individual liberty was once displayed everywhere to a communist controlled society.
Most don’t understand how far down that road we already are.
I’ll tell you what needs to change. The stupid environmentist and their control. These fire prone areas NEED to be cleaned up without their complaining and griping all the time.
Laws need to be loosened.
And even at that, BAD stuff still happens. :(
Slaughterhouse-Five, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut is based on his World War II experiences as a POW held in a slaughter house basement refrigerator in Dresden. He related that when they left their shelter they saw perfectly normal "people sitting on benches near the sidewalk, as if they were waiting for the trolly. All were dead from suffocation."
Vonnegut was never quite the same...
Regards,
GtG
Something is very wrong here
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Sometimes these fires are too hot and sustained to allow these measures to protect the occupant. Fire will use ALL the oxygen which I surmise was a component in this case.
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