Marissa Halbeisen, foreground, part of the Hot Shot firefighter crew from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., helps cut and clear a fire line in the Mount St. Francis area of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012, while helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon.
The Waldo Canyon fire, which started June 23, 2012, burned several hundred homes and forced large-scale evacuations in Colorado Springs and at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr