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Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter VI Comments

March 20, 2014 By John Dougherty 1,614 Comments

Please post Chapter VI comments here.

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III, Chapter IV
and Chapter V.

Arizona Forestry Division belatedly releases key Yarnell Hill records

March 6, 2014 By John Dougherty 9 Comments

The Arizona Forestry Division has released important documents describing actions of firefighters dispatched to the Yarnell Hill Fire that were not previously made available when the division released records late last year.

The “unit logs” provide new information concerning the actions of the fire crews including the crucial initial response period on June 28 and 29 when the small fire escaped from efforts to bring it under control. [Read more…]

Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter V Comments

February 16, 2014 By John Dougherty 657 Comments

Please begin a new chapter for the Yarnell Hill Fire comments here:

Previous Comments:

Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter II supplement, Chapter III and Chapter IV.

Thank you, John

Blue Ridge Hotshots’ reports provide insight into Yarnell Hill Fire tragedy

February 15, 2014 By John Dougherty 2 Comments

Correction posted 6:37 p.m., Feb. 16, 2014: An earlier post incorrectly stated that the material included in the 40-page Blue Ridge Hotshot report was based on interviews with the firefighters. The report is actually a compilation of written statements provided by Blue Ridge Hotshots to federal officials soon after the June 30, 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.

The Arizona Industrial Commission has released a heavily redacted copy of written reports made by members of the Blue Ridge Hotshots that were provided to federal officials concerning the events leading up to the deaths of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots last June 30. [Read more…]

Arizona Center for Investigative Journalism receives IRS approval

February 9, 2014 By John Dougherty Leave a Comment

The Arizona Center for Investigative Journalism, Inc. has received formal approval from the Internal Revenue Service as a public charity and can now receive tax deductible donations.

InvestigativeMEDIA receives funding from the Center.

This is an important milestone and will allow the Center to help finance a major investigation and multimedia presentation by InvestigativeMEDIA on the Yarnell Hill Fire and the conditions that created this extraordinary disaster.

Please consider making a fully tax deductible contribution to the Center. For more information on the Center please click here or on the “donate” button to the right.