Firefighter Hagemann said an out-of-shape firefighter would quickly draw the ire of his colleagues on the truck.
The initial blaze was intentionally set by an out-of-work firefighter.
His mother is dying, and his father, an out-of-work firefighter, indulges an increasingly drunken and violent temper.
Officials said the Rodeo fire was set by an out-of-work firefighter who wanted to insure that he got a jobs, and the Chediski fire, with later merged with the Rodeo one, was sparked by a lost hiker trying to get the attention of a helicopter pilot.
Local hotels are packed with the displaced and out-of-town firefighters.
Other prisoners are serving as cooks for the out-of-town firefighters camped at a local fairground.
The larger Sheraton hotels contributed a range of things, from rooms to out-of-town firefighters to 100 dozen sheets to volunteer workers.
The two would be relaxing outside on the street at night, Lieutenant O'Hanlon recalled, when out of nowhere Firefighter Beddia would say, '2 o'clock,' and I'd look at my watch and say, 'What are you talking about?
After Sept. 11, the Rev. Barbara Stout, an interfaith minister, massage therapist and antiques dealer, began operating a temporary housing service for ground zero volunteers, indefatigably finding beds for out-of-town police officers, firefighters and the like.
Local officials said a blaze had raged out of control because firefighters, concerned about sniper fire, could not enter the area.
