Carol Crisler knows firsthand what it feels like to stand face-to-face with a wall of fire.
She had been working as a reporter in Eastern Oregon when she heard the cities’ fire departments needed some extra help. Crisler applied and ended up serving as a volunteer firefighter for 15 years in the Oregon cities of Ontario and Newport.
Though Crisler has long since retired and moved to Tempe to be closer to her two daughters, she said she still feels an urge to serve when she hears sirens cut through the air.
