GC42D1E Hot Shots
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Pixel Magic @ | Hide Date: 12/23/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 36.114 W105° 04.903 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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Congratulations to Denali41 for FTF!

This past year, this area saw a deadly and devastating fire season. A critical tool in helping fight those fires and others are the Forest Services' Hot Shots.

This cache simply brings attention to the brave men and women who have dedicated themselves to protecting others.

There is no need to enter into the compound. It is on the outside of the fence. Getting to it may prove a bit prickly! Be careful!

Tweezers may be necessary.

A bit of history about the Hot Shots in Colorado.

The USDA Forest Service, Roosevelt Hotshot Crew (IHC) is a twenty-person wild land fire crew. The crew is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland. There are approximately 90 Hotshot crews in the United States. The Roosevelt Hotshots are one of five hotshot crews in Colorado.

The 2000 fire season burned 2.3 million acres of National Forest system lands, the most in 91 years. As a result of this, President Clinton asked the secretaries of Agriculture and Interior Departments to prepare a report that would recommend how to respond to the severe fires of 2000 and reduce impacts of these wild land fires on rural communities and ensure sufficient firefighting resources in the future.

The report commonly known as the National Fire Plan was funded for implementation in 2001. The strategic establishment of the Roosevelt Hotshots in Fort Collins was part of the implementation of this plan to help ensure sufficient firefighting resources for the future. The Roosevelt Hotshots became the third hotshot crew in Colorado joining the USDA Forest Service sponsored Pike Hotshots located in Monument, Colorado, and the USDI Park Service sponsored Alpine Hotshots located in Rocky Mountain National Park. Recently, two other Hotshot crews have been added to Colorado, the Craig Hotshots in Craig and the San Juan Hotshots in Durango.
The Roosevelt Hotshots responded to fourteen fires their first season and received their formal certification in early 2002.
Construction of a 20-person crew quarters complete with training room and workout area was completed prior to the 2002 season.

Above info taken from http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/home/?cid=fsm91_058164

06/12/2019 By AbvAvg
In the area finding a DNF and made the walk for a couple more caches for the day. All is well here. SL, TFTC.

05/31/2019 By Dannkovt
Found but forgot our pen

05/01/2019 By marmotandgoatcachers
Happy May Day! Desert Rogue and I did a short jaunt down the northern bike path to find this geocache. I underestimated the perils of the wet, pot holed road though so was sporting mud spots the rest of the day! The cache was a quick find given current plant conditions. Thanks for the hide!

05/01/2019 By Desert Rogue
Found with Marmot, Tftc!

03/29/2019 By dbrents
All is well. TFTC!

01/08/2018 By LLYN-lhvwn50
Ack! Fumbly fingers (I blame the cold) dropped the lid, which disappeared into the weeds and grass. It must have bounced, but after scrabbling around for awhile I recovered it and was able to close the cache. Whew. Thanks for a cache honoring the Hot Shot crews.

11/03/2017 By Cache U
Found with Sam_I_AM. This is a nice tribute cache. Thanks for the cache!

11/03/2017 By Sam_I_AM
Found with Cache U on a nice tour of this section of the river. Thanks for the fun!

05/24/2017 By Path Pacer
I looked for quite a while, but no luck. I was also trying to avoid the muggles who kept hanging around the front of the building.

03/12/2017 By artguru20@gmail.com
Found with chuppalloop. We had a hunch where this one was based on the other one from this series. Tftc!