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Interagency Hotshot Crews (IHC) are diverse teams of career and temporary agency employees who uphold a tradition of excellence and have solid reputations as multi-skilled professional firefighters. Ninety-three crews are available for the 2003 fire season, employed by the USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, various Native American tribes, and the states of Alaska and Utah. Their physical fitness standards, training requirements, operation procedures are consistent nationwide, as outlined in the Interagency Hotshot Operations Guide.

Their core values of "duty, integrity, and respect" have earned Hotshot crews an excellent reputation throughout the United States and Canada as elite teams of professional wildland firefighters.

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2008 Survey Form

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(PDF File) (Revised 2005)

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  • 2008 Survey Form
    (Excel Spreadsheet)
    Please use this form and
    submit electronically to Rep on National Steering Committee.
 
 
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