Amanda Marsh Granite Mountain Hotshots

They trained under the supervision of eric marsh depicted by josh brolin in the movie.

Amanda marsh granite mountain hotshots.

Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. Granite mountain hotshots team leader eric marsh radioed through to let his commanders know the group had a predetermined safety zone. He is awesome and well loved and they are. Amanda was married to eric marsh leader of the granite mountain hotshot crew that battled the yarnell hill wildfire in arizona in 2013.

Below amanda marsh. The granite mountain hotshots formed in 2002 as a group within the prescott volunteer fire department. I live in congress az just 10 miles down the 89 from yarnell. The fire overtook the granite crew resulting in the deaths.

It would be a long time before amanda would speak openly about her husband eric the man who led the granite mountain hotshots. And it would be a long time before she could come to terms with the. He s was great he was the best at what he did racquer said. Richard brody on the new movie only the brave about the granite mountain hotshots a real life unit of heroic arizona firefighters and what the film doesn t include.

He and 18 other members of the crew were entrapped and killed on an arizona wildfire in 2013. Marsh was superintendent of the hotshot crew and the oldest of the 19 who died. On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united. Eric marsh was the crew superintendent of the granite mountain hotshots.

They first operated as a fuels mitigation crew until they transitioned to a handcrew in 2004.