2017 fire season: Midewin Hotshots

Today I am sharing a video highlighting the Midewin Hotshot's 2017 fire season. The Midewin Hotshots are the only Interagency Hotshot crew in the eastern region (region 9). Their home base is the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois. You may also find the Midewin Hotshots on Facebook. Finally  they also have an unofficial webpage that may be found here that is chock full of all kinds of goodies including links to fire season videos from prior fire season and seasonal accomplishment reports, see for example the report on their 2017 fire season. If you take the time to read their 2017 fire season accomplishment report you will find information about the Midewin crew and length of service; training; deployment to prescribed fires, wildfires, and other deployments among other information.

According to their 2017 Accomplishment Report, the Midewin Hotshots worked that they worked wildfires in the following areas:
Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri,
Big Cypress National Park, Florida,
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia
Winnemucca District, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada
Wasatch-Unita National Forest, Utah
Boise District, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho
Miles City District, Bureau of Land Management, Montana
Montana DNRC, Helena Montana
Lolo National Forest, Montana
Beaverhead/Deerlodge National Forest, Montana

Their season started in February and ended in early September 2017.

Enjoy this video that includes some footage of tankers and helos. It is a little under nine minutes long.


Direct link to video