It has been an around the clock effort to get North Carolina wildfires under control.
With many being contained, several crew members have returned home including two women from the Piedmont.
Hannah Johnson, Forsyth County Ranger for the North Carolina Forest Service, was dispatched for 23 days.
Taylor Whitmire, Assistant Forsyth County Ranger for the North Carolina Forest Service, was dispatched for 21 days.
The daily demands were grueling. “We did initial attack on a couple and they were just going straight up the hill,” Johnson said. “When the wind events came through, it was a lot harder to catch them.”
Johnson has fought several fires over the course of her career spanning close to a decade.