This article will look at what it is like to be a member of the San Juan Hot Shot team.
Five Questions:
1. Who are hotshots? What is their job?
2. When is fire season? When are the hotshots in town?
3. What fires do the hotshot control?
4. Do the hotshot work in preventing fires in addition to putting them out?
5.How does someone become a hotshot firefighter?
Three most important points of the story:
a. The work hotshots do while in town.
b. The strenuous lifestyle these individuals.
c. The work hotshots do outside of Durango and outside of Colorado.
Why the reader should care:
a. The firefighters contribute to the community fire safety.
b. These workers are hiking and camping out by the fires in order to control them and keep them from invading towns.
c. These workers are shipped to other states and help control all the summer fires in the west.
Text: A major part of the story will be told via text.
Audio and Video: Interview with pictures via slide show.
Photo gallery: Photo of team and headquarters.
Proposal for Hot Shot Project
Original Proposal Verbal Pitch
Description: Fort Lewis Flashbacks, a glimps into how our school is changing. A combination of light hearted topics such as size, and traditions, as well as more serious issues, like programs being cut, changing to university status, and the failed divestment plan.
Questions:
1. What did FLC look like/ what were the ideals at establishment verses today?
2. What was life like for students 20 years ago?
3. Why the sudden funding for the geosciences building and engineering program?
4. Why did FLC say no to divesting/ would it have happend 20 years ago?
5. What will FLC be like in 5-10 years on all fronts?
Important Points:
1. Explaination of where we started verses where we are going
2. Why movement toward university status when enrollment is down
3. How the issues affect students
Media:
Text- Interviews with senate, Dean Thomas, and Students as blog posts and interviews
Audio- Interviews with president Scott Greeler and vice president Phil Carter
Video- Shots of FLC, new building, and construction with voice over.
Slideshow- Pictures of students, and faculty.
Chart- Showing enrollment over 10 years to present
Timeline- Establishment to present
Audio Script:
Voice of Haylee Knippel:
MOST OF US WOULD RUN FROM A MOUNTAIN SIDE ON FIRE, BUT NOT DURANGO'S LOCAL HOT SHOT CREW
THEY RUN STRAIGHT AT IT PREPARED WITH THE TOOLS AND DETERMINATION IT TAKE TO CONQUER A WILD FIRE.
THE SAN JUAN HOT SHOTS ARE A GROUP OF HIGHLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS
THEY FIGHT ALL TYPES OF NATURAL DISASTERS, THE MOST COMMON OF WHICH IS WILD
I INTERVIWED LANCE MARTIN OF THE SAN JUAN HOT SHOT CREW TO GET AN INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HOT SHOT IN DURANGO COLORADO
23 SECONDS
LANCE MARTIN SPEAKS FOR 1 MINUTE AND 36 SECONDS
TOTAL RUN TIME IS 1 MINUTE AND 59 SECONDS
With the ability to edit this audio it would begin at 36 seconds and run until 1 minute and 10 seconds.
Video Script:
HUNDREDS OF CARS USE HIGHWAY 160 EACH DAY TO TRAVEL BETWEEN DURANGO, COLORADO AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS.
WHAT THEIR PASSENGERS WILL SEE JUST 5 MILES OUTSIDE OF MANCOS COLORADO IS A MOUNTAIN COVERED IN GREY AND BLACK.
THIS IS A REMINDER OF THE WEBER FIRE IN JUNE OF 2012.
150 FIREFIGHTERS INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN HOT SHOTS WERE SENT TO THE FIRE TO AID IN ITS CONTAINMENT.
THE FIRE SPANED OVER 9,000 ACRES AND CAME CLOSE TO BURNING HOMES, BURNING ONE BUILDING.
THANKS TO THE HARD WORK AND SKILL OF THE SAN JUAN HOT SHOTS THE FIRE WAS SUCCESSFULLY PUT OUT.
TODAY PASSERS BY CAN SEE THE DYING LEAVES OF NEW GROWTH ON THE BURNT AREA, LEAVING HOPE FOR A MOUNTAIN COVERED IN GREEN AND BROWN RATHER THAN GREY AND BLACK.
TOTAL RUN TIME 39 SECONDS
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