DiscoverArizona State Parks and Trails PodcastRemembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: A conversation with Ben Palm
Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: A conversation with Ben Palm

Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: A conversation with Ben Palm

Update: 2023-06-26
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Ben Palm, former fire chief for the town of Yarnell, joins Arizona State Parks team member Ken "Gecko" Sliwa for a conversation to remember the hotshots who lost their lives fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013.

Ben served as the Yarnell Fire Chief after the fire up through 2019, and currently works as the department's Assistant Chief and a Liaison Officer on Incident Management Teams for wildland fires.

Learn more about the Firewise program and creating defensible space around property to protect it from wildfire at dffm.az.gov/fire/prevention/firewise.

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Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: A conversation with Ben Palm

Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: A conversation with Ben Palm

Ken "Gecko" Sliwa and Ben Palm