Interagency Hotshot Crews Mission
The primary mission of IHCs is to provide a safe, organized,
mobile and highly skilled hand crew for all phases of wildland
fire operations. The arduous duties and specialized assignments
required of IHC personnel require staffing, certification,
training, equipment, communications, transportation, organization
and qualifications that are uniform, adhered to by all IHCs
and ensure the redemption of IHC duties and responsibilities.
Alpine Interagency Hotshot Crews
Vision
"Through their actions, ethics and traditions the Alpine
Hotshots exemplify the firefighter leadership core values
of safety, duty, respect, integrity and teamwork."
Brief History
The National Park Service established its Interagency Hotshot
Crew program in May of 1981. These Hotshot crews were the
first Hotshot crews funded by the Department of Interior and
were known as Arrowhead 1, 2 and 3 and originally stationed
in Arizona, California and Wyoming. In 1982 the names were
changed to Alpine, Arrowhead and Bison IHCs. These names were
derived from the National Park Service emblem. In 1985, budgetary
constraints eliminated Bison IHC.
Alpine has been assigned to several different
duty stations during it's history including Grand Canyon,
Yellowstone, and Zion National Parks. In 1993, Alpine was
reassigned to its' current location in Rocky Mountain National
Park where the crew moved into a new work center and dormitory
facility in view of Longs Peak. Although the majority of Alpines'
suppression assignments are to locations other than Rocky
Mountain National Park, prescribed fire and fuels reduction
projects provide plenty of work in the "Front Range"
area. Primary dispatching duties for the crew are handled
by the Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch in Fort Collins,
CO. Interregional resource orders are received through the
Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center (RMACC) located in
Lakewood.
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