Firefighters receive well-deserved lei-off - Los Angeles Times
A firefighter strike team with the distinction of battling brush fires last week in Griffith Park and then Catalina Island returned to the mainland today with special orders: Remove your leis.
The leis, made of seashells and bright orange plastic ribbons, were gifts of gratitude handed to each member of the 15-man, one-woman team in Avalon as they boarded a Catalina Express boat headed for Long Beach.
The crew was one of four strike teams from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on the boat, but it was the only one to have pulled double duty.
