In january 2013 chris started his third season as a lead crew member with the granite mountain hotshots out of the prescott city fire department in arizona.
Christopher mackenzie granite mountain hotshots.
Chris mackenzie has been named as one of the granite mountain hotshotsout of prescott arizona who was killed on june 30 battling a terrifying blaze in yarnell arizona reports the la times.
Mackenzie then earned his way onto a blm helitack crew the mill creek hotshots based at highway 38 and bryant at the mentone yucaipa border and an engine crew at pinyon station 30 in riverside.
Chris mackenzie 30 grew up in hemet and sought to follow in his dad s footsteps.
The testament of chris s life was not so much in the moments of his journey but more told in the manner in which he lived them.