267 firefighters fought the Wiley Fire, but despite all this manpower they came up against a problem. How were they going to get fire fighting apparatus across Little Wiley Creek to continue battling the flames? There was a bridge across the water, but it wasn't suitable for such an operation.

So Fire Incident Commander Chad Calderwood posed a question to Cascade Timber Consulting staffers, whose land the bridge, built years ago by another timber company, was on: "What's the chances of getting this bridge fixed?"

Turns out, pretty good.

CTC Forest Engineer Kevin Van Cleave made a call to C...