Sunday 07/14/24
Workout
Warm Up
AMRAP 7
20 Mtn Climbers
10 Squat Jumps
5 Scap Retractions
5 Jump P.U. (or Kipping P.U.)
-with an empty bar-
3 Deadlifts
3 Hang High Pull
3 Hang Cleans
WOD
“Hotshots 19”
6 Rounds For Time
30 Air Squats
19 Power Cleans (Rx 135/95 lb)
7 Strict Pull-Ups
400m Run
(* Options to scale)
Background:
Nineteen City of Prescott (Arizona) firefighters, members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighting team, tragically lost their lives on June 30, 2013, while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, which was the deadliest wildfire in Arizona’s history that took place June 28th - July 10th 2013.
The fire was ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013 in an area experiencing a recent drought. On June 30, 22 MPH winds expanded the fire from 300 ac to over 2,000 ac. In rapid erratic fashion. On July 2, the fire was 8% contained with 400 firefighters on the line. By the end of the day on July 3rd the fire was only 45% contained, but on July 4th some residents in certain areas were allowed to return home. Six days later on July 10th the fire was declared 100% contained.
During the rapid and erratic expansion of the fire, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots (23 more firefighters were non-mortally injured). Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived—he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them. The Yarnell Hill Fire was one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires since the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, which killed 25 people, and the deadliest wildland fire for U.S. firefighters since the 1933 Griffith Park fire, which killed 29 "impromptu" civilian firefighters drafted on short notice to help battle the Los Angeles area fire.
Yarnell also killed more firefighters than any incident since the September 11 attacks. The Yarnell Hill Fire is the sixth-deadliest American firefighter disaster in history, the deadliest wildfire ever in the state of Arizona, and (at least until 2014) was "the most-publicized event in wildland firefighting history.”
The tragedy is primarily attributed to an extreme and sudden shift in weather patterns, causing the fire to intensify and cut off the firefighters' route as they were escaping. The victims were killed by the intense heat and flames of the fire. Other factors that contributed to the tragedy include the terrain surrounding the escape route, which may have blocked the victims' view of the fire front and limited situational awareness, and problems with radio communications.
The workout was created in memory of: Jesse Steed (36), Wade Parker (22), Joe Thurston (32), William Warneke (25), John Percin (24), Clayton Whitted (28), Scott Norris (28), Dustin Deford (24), Sean Misner (26), Garret Zuppiger (27), Travis Carter (31), Grant McKee (21), Travis Turbyfill (27), Andrew Ashcraft (29), Kevin Woyjeck (21), Anthony Rose (23), Eric Marsh (43), Christopher MacKenzie (30), Robert Caldwell (23).
This workout was first posted on the CrossFit Main Site as the workout of the day for Saturday, August 31, 2013 (“130831”). CrossFit established a fundraiser through its foundation and raised money for the families of the lost heroes.
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