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CONNECTICUT FIREFIGHTERS fill out federal paperwork after setting up their tents at the fire camp for the Langlas Draw fire near Meaker, Colo., where a forest fire had burned more than 700 acres and threatened to overrun 15 homes. The pay for firefighters can vary widely, but the federal government picks up the whole tab. Below Andy Bykowski, a firefighter from the Ct. D.E.P. sleeps in a meadow.
CONNECTICUT FIREFIGHTERS fill out federal paperwork after setting up their tents at the fire camp for the Langlas Draw fire near Meaker, Colo., where a forest fire had burned more than 700 acres and threatened to overrun 15 homes. The pay for firefighters can vary widely, but the federal government picks up the whole tab. Below Andy Bykowski, a firefighter from the Ct. D.E.P. sleeps in a meadow.