,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #aic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,mc,cain 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,flake7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,honoring the  
fallen heroes of the ,granite ,mountain 
,interagency ,hotshot ,crew4  ,whereas1 
on ,june #cj1 #bjac1 #ai firefighters of
 the ,prescott ,fire ,department's      
,granite ,mountain ,interagency ,hotshot
 ,crew 7referred to in this preamble as 
the ,crew7 gave their lives battling the
 ,yarnell ,hill ,fire in ,yavapai       
,county1 ,arizona2 ,whereas the loss of 
these #ai brave men makes the ,yarnell  
,hill ,fire the deadliest wildfire in   
the history of the ,state of ,arizona   
and the worst wildland firefighter      
fatality incident in the ,united ,states
 in #hj years2 ,whereas ,eric ,marsh1   
who was #dc years old and a native of   
,ashe ,county1 ,north ,carolina1 served 
as the ,crew's superintendent2 ,whereas 

,jesse ,steed1 who was #cf years old and
 a native of ,cottonwood1 ,arizona1     
served as the ,crew's captain2 ,whereas 
,clayton ,whitted1 who was #bh years    
old1 was a native of ,prescott1         
,arizona2 ,whereas ,robert ,caldwell1   
who was #bc years old1 was a native of  
,prescott1 ,arizona1 and was the cousin 
of ,grant ,mc,kee1 who also perished    
battling the ,yarnell ,hill ,fire2      
,whereas ,travis ,carter1 who was #ca   
years old1 was a native of ,prescott1   
,arizona2 ,whereas ,christopher         
,mac,kenzie1 who was #cj years old1 was 
a native of ,hemet1 ,california2        
,whereas ,travis ,turbyfill1 who was #bg
 years old1 was a native of ,prescott1  
,arizona2 ,whereas ,andrew ,ashcraft1   
who was #bi years old1 was a native of  
,prescott1 ,arizona2 ,whereas ,joe      
,thurston1 who was #cb years old1 was a 
native of ,cedar ,city1 ,utah2 ,whereas 
,wade ,parker1 who was #bb years old1   
was a native of ,chino ,valley1         
,arizona2 ,whereas ,anthony ,rose1 who  

was #bc years old1 was a native of      
,zion1 ,illinois2 ,whereas ,garret      
,zuppiger1 who was #bg years old1 was a 
native of ,phoenix1 ,arizona2 ,whereas  
,scott ,norris1 who was #bh years old1  
was a native of ,prescott1 ,arizona2    
,whereas ,dustin ,de,ford1 who was #bd  
years old1 was born in ,baltimore1      
,maryland and raised in ,ekalaka1       
,montana2 ,whereas ,william 8,billy0    
,warneke1 who was #be years old1 was a  
native of ,hemet1 ,california2 ,whereas 
,kevin ,woyjeck1 who was #ba years old1 
was a native of ,seal ,beach1           
,california2 ,whereas ,john ,percin1    
,jr41 who was #bd years old1 was a      
native of ,west ,linn1 ,oregon2 ,whereas
 ,grant ,mc,kee1 who was #ba years old1 
was a native of ,newport ,beach1        
,california1 and was the cousin of      
,robert ,caldwell1 who also perished    
battling the ,yarnell ,hill ,fire2      
,whereas ,sean ,misner1 who was #bf     
years old1 was a native of ,goleta1     
,california2 ,whereas the ,granite      

,mountain ,interagency ,hotshot ,crew   
was founded as a fuel mitigation crew in
 #bjjb1 and1 around #bjjh1 became the   
first municipal hotshot crew in the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,granite  
,mountain ,interagency ,hotshot ,crew   
was an elite ground firefighting crew1  
hailed from diverse backgrounds1 and    
worked long hours in extreme            
environmental conditions while          
performing physically demanding fireline
 tasks2 and ,whereas1 on ,july #a1      
#bjac1 the ,governor of ,arizona        
declared a state of emergency because of
 the ,yarnell ,hill ,fire1 by which date
 the fire had already burned            
approximately #h1cjj acres1 threatened  
or destroyed hundreds of homes and other
 structures1 and forced the evacuation  
of approximately #a1bej people3 ,now1   
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 honors the memory of the fallen    
heroes of the ,prescott ,fire           
,department's ,granite ,mountain        
,interagency ,hotshot ,crew2  7#b7      

extends its deepest condolences and     
sympathy to the surviving families of   
the #ai firefighters lost in the line of
 duty2 and  7#c7 commends the bravery   
and sacrifice made by these fallen      
wildland firefighters in the service of 
their communities4