In Alaska, Nobody's More Beloved Than A Firefighter

THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS! 

The Country Journal Pictorial Archives 

What do rural Alaskans think of firefighters? 

Alaska Is Forest Fire Country. People Love Firefighters Like They Love Their Sons... Sometimes They Are Their Sons 

The U.S. government is conducting a "hiring freeze" of firefighters across America and Alaska. Here's what local people in forest fire zones in the past six years thought about firefighters after they saved their homes and businesses. These photos are from Cooper Landing and Willow. 

(All photos by Copper River Country Journal)