A Hotshot Chronicle - Evolution of the Interagency Hotshot Crew

 The wildland fire service that exists today has evolved over many  decades through forward thinking experimentation, interrupted by  organizational reaction to tragedies, all mixed with public and  political pressures.  Out of all of this, the Interagency Hotshot Crew  has emerged as the premier asset for fighting large fires and doing  projects on a landscape scale.  Just as the current wildland fire  service has evolved, so too have present day crews evolved from those  who came before...here is a thread of that story.