NEVADA CITY, Calif. — Jaleel Brown had only been on the job a few weeks, chainsawing for California's Task Force Rattlesnake, when he raised his hand to fight the Jones Bar Road fire.
"I didn't know I was getting myself into. And that's probably the craziest fire we've ever had here. And I had to ask the captain like, 'Hey, this is how every fire is?' " he says.
