RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE A FIRST AID KIT AND EXTRA BATTERIES. WELL, THE RENO FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER FIRE AGENCIES HAVE FIREFIGHTERS HELPING BATTLE THE DAVIS FIRE. KIM BURROWS TELLS US HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO COVER EVERYDAY CALLS WHEN THEY ARE STRETCHED THIN. >>AS SOON AS FLAMES SHOT UP FROM WASHOE VALLEY ON SATURDAY RENO FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLED INTO PLACE 50 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY ATTACKING THE DAVIS FIRE. >>YEAH, WE ARE STRETCHED IN BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY STAFF TO THIS LEVEL. THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO DOWN 23 FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE HELPING FIGHT FIRES IN WYOMING, OREGON IDAHO AND CALIFORNIA. >>THEY WERE COMMITTED BEFORE THE DAVIS FIRE BROKE OUT. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID HE ASKED FOR ALL HANDS ON DECK THERE ARE 130 PEOPLE ON DUTY WEDNESDAY. >>WE PUT OUT THE WORD TO OUR PERSONNEL THAT THERE'S A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY STEPPED UP. WE HAVE MORE THAN HALF OF OUR PEOPLE WORKING TODAY AND KUDOS TO THEM FOR THEIR RESPONSE AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEF SAID. >>SO MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THOSE EXTRA SHIFTS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BEDS AT THE FIRE STATIONS, SO THEY'RE BEING HOUSED HERE AT THE EVELYN MOUNT COMMUNITY CENTER. RENO FIRE SAYS WITH THE EXTRA STAFF, IT CAN COVER THE 130 CALLS EXPECTED EACH DAY >>SO WE ARE HOPEFULLY IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE, BECAUSE OF OUR ABOVE AND BEYOND STAFFING CAPACITY, TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT GETS THROWN AT US. >>TODAY, ALL FIRE AGENCIES ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WORKING OR RECREATING OUTDOORS. ANOTHER