When the crew is available, they are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each crew member is expected to be available, day or night, during the fire season. If called up when off duty, the crew is required to be enroute to the incident within two hours. This limits personal travel and demands a high level of commitment to the crew. All crew members do PT for an hour each day, and daily workouts vary.
Testing is done regularly to monitor people's fitness level.
Yearly and all-time crew records are kept. Pike Hotshots are stationed at the Monument Fire Center. The compound is approximately 1000 acres on the Pikes Peak Ranger District of the Pike National Forest. The location of the compound gives it a rural feel, even though it is within one hour of both Denver and Colorado Springs, a combined metropolitan population of roughly 3 million people. The compound has housing available for 20 people, a classroom for training, a fire cache, shop, and office space.