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In Remembrance of a Few of Our Own
Sierra National Forest, Bass Lake Ranger District, Firewatchers +
Joe Knowles Memorial Tower
Joe Knowles
June 26, 1932 ~ October 26, 2006
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In Service:
Miami Lookout Volunteer: 1998 - still on watch
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Ray Swartz
July 21, 1949 - August 3, 2013
(surcomeded to cancer)
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In Service:
Shuteye Lookout: 2012 -
Miami Lookout Volunteer: 2004-2011
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In Memory of
Neighboring Firewatcher
Jim Payne
Passed away in September of 2018
In Service:
Mount Tom Lookout: 1987 - 2012
High Sierra Ranger District
Sierra National Forest
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In Honerable
Memory of Those Lost in the Line of Duty

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Braden Varney
CAL FIRE Heavy Fire Equipment Operator,
Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit.
Lost July 14, 2018
&
Brian Hughes
Captain of the Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots,
Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Parks.
Lost July 29, 2018
Both lost in the Line of Duty
while on the Ferguson Fire,
Sierra National Forest, Mariposa County, CA |

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Cal Fire Air Tanker Pilot
Geoffrey "Craig" Hunt
October 14, 1951 - October 7, 2014
Lost in the Line of Duty
Battling the Dog Rock Fire
El Portal / Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, CA |

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