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Horseshoe Meadow Hotshots Agency USDA Forest Service Home Unit Sequoia NF, Hume Lake District

Established 1974

Contact Information: 

Horseshoe Meadow Hotshots
Pinehurst Work Center
53921 Hwy 245
Miramonte, CA  93641
559-336-2651

The “Horseshoe Meadow Crew”, has been proudly serving the U.S. Forest Service for the past 30 years.  The crew was established in 1974 on the Hume Lake Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest.  Ben Charley was the first superintendent.  The crew was stationed at Horseshoe Meadow KV (Knudsen-Vanderbilt) camp.  Originally there were 27 crew members, this allowed for seven-day-a-week staffing. In the late 70’s due to budget short falls, manpower programs such as California Indian Manpower Consortium and Young Adult Conservation Corps were used through Native American programs to hire crewmembers.  The philosophy behind this was to create diversity and develop a young, strong, workforce.  It also provided the district and forest with a multiple-use resource.

          In 1980, the crew earned Hotshot status through a reputation of hard work and safe firefighting becoming the Horseshoe Meadow Interagency Hotshots. Ben Charley retired in 1989, but his famous line of “only two more chains! We’re almost tied in”, is still spoken as a motivational tool on Horseshoe to this day.  Robert Bennett has been leading Horseshoe as Superintendent since August of 1989.

          At present, the crew is stationed at Pinehurst Work Center in Pinehurst, Ca. We are approximately 60 miles east of Fresno, Ca.

 

Horseshoe Meadow IHC 2005 ~ Click photo to enlarge.