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Dozens of San Diego-area firefighters have been deployed to fight the wildfires in Los Angeles, leaving behind worried family members who count down the minutes until their loved ones walk back through the door.
When firefighters are called to duty their families can be left with feelings of fear, anxiety, and dread.
“Every day I’m on pins and needles. Do you think you’re going to be sent out? It’s a question I ask daily,” said Stephanie Rosenthal, whose husband, Ben, is a battalion chief with the Carlsbad Fire Department.
For Rosenthal, the anxiety ramps up every time a large-scale wildfire erupts, although she knows its a job her husband loves.
“Firefighters look forward to this stuff. They want to go do these things, they want to be able to be the ones that are there, Rosenthal said. “But then when you see how bad the fires are, it freaks you out. There have been people we know that have died on strike teams.”
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