His father was retired cal fire captain michael mackenzie.
Christopher mackenzie granite mountain hotshots.
Snapped by hotshot christopher mackenzie the photograph shows the wildland firefighters forming a human pyramid in front of a giant juniper tree near prescott that the crew had saved during the.
Christopher mackenzie was one of five california natives among the granite mountain hotshot firefighters who died in the catastrophic yarnell hills fire in central arizona.
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.
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.