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Iron Fire

Unit Information

3005 E. Camino del Bosque 
Silver City, 
New Mexico 
88061 
3005 E. Camino del Bosque 
Silver City, 
New Mexico 
88061 

Incident Contacts

Photographs Gallery

A helicopter on the Iron Fire conducts sling load to transport hotshot crew equipment into the fireline from Negrito Fire Base.

Morning briefing at the Iron Fire Incident Command Post (ICP) on May 8, 2025

Flagstaff Interagency Hotshot Crew preps all their personal gear, equipment and supplies such including food and water at the Negrito Fire Base. These items will be placed in a net that will hang from a helicopter to be transported into the fireline.

Two helicopters at the Negrito Fire Base working to complete sling load missions to transport gear for the Flagstaff Hotshots and the Smokey Bear Hotshots.  This gear will be placed in a net that hangs from the helicopter to be transported into the fireline. These operations support firefighters staying out on the fireline for multiple days.