Re firefighters: my understanding is that local fire departments from all over the state send assistance to large fires, see, e.g., https://abc30.com/local-fire

Re firefighters: my understanding is that local fire departments from all over the state send assistance to large fires, see, e.g., https://abc30.com/local-fire-departments-assisting-in-wildfires-preparing-for-search-and-rescue-missions/4678230/ https://abc30.com/local-fire-departments-assisting-in-wildfi... I'm confused by "(But no, no one involved in that discussion was from California)" in the context of a discussion about salaries in Silicon Valley... Edit: and from out of state too: https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/11/11/cgb-13-utah-fire-crews-leave-to-assist-california-firefighters-battling-devastating-fires-on-both-ends-of-the-state/#.W_QmCHpKjUI https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/11/11/cgb-13-...