The photographer worked for the A.P. ...
Redlands Fire Battalion Chief Cameron Teter and Capt. Scott McDonald were both recognized at Tuesday's City Council meeting for saving a photographer who wandered close to a downed power line near Arrowbear Lake on Oct. 27.
"(The photographer's) next step would would have been his last," Teter said before the meeting started.
Before accepting a framed copy of the a proclamation honoring his work, Teter told me he didn't recall the photographer's name, but said the photojournalist wore a press pass with an Associated Press insignia. This confirms my co-worker's hunch that the guy wasn't a local, since Inland Empire photographers need to know their way around a wildfire to do their jobs.