Sheri Vallee, left, greets son Brett Vallee on Friday in Augusta after he and other firefighters returned from two weeks of fighting wildfires in California.

Members of Maine Crew 1 are shown in a photo taken Wednesday after they completed their assignment in California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Firefighter J.P. Adams talks to his son Thomas Adams on Friday in Augusta after he and other firefighters returned from two weeks of fighting wildfires in California. Twenty Mainers made the trip home.

Firefighter Rich Beaudoin talks about working in the West on Friday in Augusta after he and other Maine firefighters returned from fighting wildfires in California.

Joseph Adams, 7, left, Gabrielle Adams, 5, and Madeline Adams, 3, run to greet their father, J.P. Adams, on Friday in Augusta after he and other firefighters returned from fighting wildfires in California.

Joe Short, left, greets grandson Brett Vallee on Friday in Augusta after he and other firefighters returned from fighting wildfires in California.

Firefighter Jonathan Beringer talks about working out West on Friday in Augusta after they returned from fighting wildfires in California.

Ranger Jasmine Hammond, described by a supervisor as “tougher than a bag of hammers,” shown in this Wednesday photo in California.