Nick Coleman, a Salem firefighter, received a call to join his first wildfire deployment on July 22. He had to respond immediately, meeting his wife and two kids, ages 4 and 1, at an east Salem station to say goodbye before heading out to central Oregon.
Wildfire Season
Coleman and his crew loaded their things and headed to central Oregon to battle the blaze. The details of their deployment and the specifics of the wildfire are not provided in the source article.
Original reporting: Salem Reporter — read the source article.
