Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Alaska Fire Service Hotshot crews are considered some of the best firefighters in the nation. "They were really, really high-quality crews," former smokejumper Charlie Brown said.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Stroud, second from right, stands with fellow Hotshots during last summer's record-breaking fire season.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Gavin Stroud of Durango signed up for more than he expected when he joined an Alaska Fire Service Hotshot crew in summer 2015 for an intense fire season.
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Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. More than 5 million acres burned in Alaska's 2015 fire season.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Alaska Fire Service Hotshots battled an intense fire season in 2015. Some of the best firefighters over the past decade have come from Durango, where people grow up outdoors and accustomed to high elevations.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Summer 2015 marked one of Alaska's worst fire seasons, during which 5 million acres burned.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Alaska Fire Service Hotshot crews are considered some of the best firefighters in the nation. "They were really, really high-quality crews," former smokejumper Charlie Brown said.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Stroud, second from right, stands with fellow Hotshots during last summer's record-breaking fire season.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Gavin Stroud of Durango signed up for more than he expected when he joined an Alaska Fire Service Hotshot crew in summer 2015 for an intense fire season.
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Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. More than 5 million acres burned in Alaska's 2015 fire season.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Alaska Fire Service Hotshots battled an intense fire season in 2015. Some of the best firefighters over the past decade have come from Durango, where people grow up outdoors and accustomed to high elevations.
Courtesy of Gavin Stroud. Summer 2015 marked one of Alaska's worst fire seasons, during which 5 million acres burned.
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