The Granite Mountain Hotshots Movie

Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots.

The granite mountain hotshots movie. The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including. Two widows of the granite mountain hotshots say they helped with the creation of the movie and they feel that it portrays their husbands and the elite team s story. It perfectly illustrates the kind of teamwork and camaraderie that informed the legendary squad of hotshots working to save in this case their hometown from utter destruction by fire. Take a 360 degree tour.

The granite mountain hotshots formed in 2002 as a group within the prescott volunteer fire department. Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew. The granite mountain inter agency hotshots had been protecting the city with over 3 1 billion in assessed value over 18 000 homes and 24 000 residents. Granite mountain is a harrowing story of heroism in the face of natural disaster.

Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only. The film tells the story of the granite mountain hotshots an elite crew of firefighters from prescott arizona who lost 19 of 20 members while fighting the yarnell hill fire in june 2013 and is dedicated to their memory. Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.

Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy. They trained under the supervision of eric marsh depicted by josh brolin in the movie.