May 17, 2018
T-shirts from fire departments from around the country line the back wall of the new Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew Learning and Tribute Center that is under development at the Prescott Gateway Mall. Project volunteer Dennis Bueschel, right, talks with Jim and Karen Norris, parents of fallen Hotshot Scott Norris, Friday, May 11, about the progress on the center. Karen Norris serves on the nine-member board of directors that has been overseeing the center’s development for nearly a year. (Cindy Barks/Courier)
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Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew (GMIHC) Learning and Tribute Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Prescott Gateway Mall, #120 (near Dillard’s). www.gmihc19.org. info@gmihc19.org. www.facebook.com/gmihc19. (Fri & Sat.)
Over the nearly five years since the loss of 19 of Prescott’s Granite Mountain Hotshots, those close to the tragedy heard a recurring comment: “Something needs to be done.”