Best of BTB: Anaheim Fire & Rescue strike teams: ready for the long haul

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Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from September 1, 2017. When the call comes, every strike team member knows the next 14 days of their lives are going to be long, hot, filthy and extremely dangerous. Dan Lambert just got back from his latest deployment. The 32-year firefighter at Anaheim’s Station 8 has gotten that call dozens of times in his career, trudging into wildfires in Silverado Canyon, Malibu, Laguna Beach, Camp Pendleton, Yosemite and other areas. “Last time we went out,”…


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