It’s their home away from home while working to protect yours.
With more than 980 people battling the Bighorn Fire in the Catalina Mountains, Catalina State Park has been turned into a bustling base camp with officials working to make sure everything can go as planned.
“They’re out there working hard, they’re working twelve hour days on the line,” said Harold Brown, the Food Unit Leader for the Southwest Type 1, Team 2 Management team.
Most firefighters sleep in tents and use showers and sinks that have been set up in the state park. A catering kitchen is also stationed with crews working all day to keep firefighters fueled.
“We start at 4:30 in the morning and the kitchen behind me is up, they starts at 2 o’clock to cook breakfast. Up on the hill, I sent up 400 meals this morning and 500 lunches,” said Brown.
The meals have to follow strict national guidelines so firefighters can maintain their efforts.