It's still wildfire season in the west but 20 members of the Georgia Forestry Commission Hand Crew have returned home from duty.
These are just a few of the men responsible for saving lives, property, and resources. Now, they are sharing their stories of what it was like with boots on the ground. "There's always the excitement; you never know where it's going to be, and there's a little bit of nervousness," Morgan Cook said.
That's how he describes the moments just before going out on an assignment, and he's been on eight.
"We were actually initial attack, and some of the first few days, the fire was fairly intense. There were a lot of slop overs, the heat--we were in 100 degrees for several days while we were out there, at least for the first week," Cook said.
The Georgia Forestry Commission Hand Crew spent two weeks putting out fires in Washington state.