In the Valley of Fire Wildland fire chief Darrell Willis tore along the highway and turned on his truck's headlights to cut the smoke. He'd just learned that his team of crack firefighters had deployed their emergency shelters, thin blankets of aluminum and silica they carried In the Valley of Fire Wildland fire chief Darrell Willis tore along the highway and turned on his truck's headlights to cut the smoke. He'd just learned that his team of crack firefighters had deployed their emergency shelters, thin blankets of aluminum and silica they carried