Emergency fire shelters last chance for
survival.
The wildfire in Arizona took lives of 19,
mostly in their 20s, elite firefighters called “hotshot crew”, or an interagency
hotshot crew (IHC). It is a crew of 20 firefighters specially trained to cope
with wildfires. Hotshot crews are considered an elite group among wild land
firefighters, because of their extensive training, high physical fitness
standards, and ability to undertake difficult, dangerous, and stressful
assignments.
The last effort for survival when those
wildfire fighting crews is to put themselves into their emergency fire shelters,
which is designed to reflect heat and trap cool breathable air inside for a few
minutes while a wildfire burns over a person. Unfortunately, this shelter wasn’t
resistant enough to protect their lives from the blaze.
Read and learn about what the emergency
fire shelter is like.
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