Letter: All Salt Lakers should be grateful for exceptional firefighters

July 24 was a very scary day for many in Salt Lake City as flames, smoke and drifting ash erupted from the hillside above the state Capitol, climbing rapidly in wind-fanned fury. My wife described her fear watching flames shoot higher and higher, racing toward the many homes spread around the conflagration. She feared the first firefighters on the scene would be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the blaze, but hopeful as she watched them take up positions, get their equipment deployed and begin to