Robert Caldwell Granite Mountain

Caldwell was honored on the national fallen firefighters memorial in emmitsburg.

Robert caldwell granite mountain.

He died with honor with his brothers in the line of duty with his boots tight on his feet. He attended santa ynez high school where he played football and ran track. The granite mountain hotshots were assigned to the yarnell hill fire in central arizona. The granite mountain inter agency hotshots had been protecting the city with over 3 1 billion in assessed value over 18 000 homes and 24 000 residents.

From the age of 10 sean played football baseball and soccer. June 30 marked the seventh year since 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots were killed on the yarnell hill fire south of prescott arizona. Dave linda caldwell. The park opened on november 30 2016 and had over 18 000 visitors in its first year.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park is a state park near yarnell arizona created to memorialize the nineteen members of the granite mountain hotshots who died there on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire. He received his emt from yavapai college and joined his cousin robert caldwell on the granite mountain hot shots in 2013. The park located at the site where the firefighters died is accessed by a. Hampton funeral home handled arrangements.

Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy. Arizona pioneers home new section y 20. In memory of the granite mountain hotshots. The granite mountain hotshots were a unit of the prescott fire department.

Prescott fire department granite mountain interagency hotshots. 2013 i d rather die in my boots than live in a suit robert caldwell lived by these words and was always a man true to his word.