Last thing on their minds is rest
Newport-Mesa stations work in 24-hour rotating shifts at the Santiago Fire.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 22:55:30 PDT

Newport Beach Fire Department Capt. Mike Liberto took slow, deliberate steps
up the stairs at the Lido station. He's tall and athletic, but he looked
glassy-eyed Tuesday afternoon. So did the rest of his crew.

How'd they feel?

"Tired," they said in unison.

Liberto, fire engineer Keith Hedenberg and firefighters Kevin Gonzalez and
Jason Fernandez had returned only hours earlier from a two-day duel with the
Santiago Canyon fire.

Full story with photo at
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/10/27/publicsafety/dpt-fillin24.txt