Oregon firefighters deployed to help battle the Los Angeles area wildfires rescued an injured man Friday as they worked to put out hotspots in areas unreachable by fire trucks.

Crews from neighboring states are helping California fight the Los Angeles area fires, and officials say regulations are not holding them up.

Fire officials from both states say no engines were prevented from entering California and none of the vehicles underwent any emissions testing.

California’s firefighting agency did not reject firetrucks sent from Oregon to help with the Los Angeles fires, contrary to online posts saying the vehicles were not deployed because they didn’t meet California’s strict emissions standards.

A total of 15 strike teams from Oregon have arrived in Los Angeles after mobilizing on Wednesday. Crews completed the nearly 1,000-mile drive on Thursday, and will respond to the Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

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The 15 Oregon strike teams mobilized by the Oregon state fire marshal to help with the wildfires in the Los Angeles area arrived Thursday. Eleven of the strike teams began their work Friday morning. Those 300 firefighters and 75 engines are assigned to the Palisades Fire,

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The firefighters in the “strike teams” were drawn from all over Oregon, including Clackamas and Multnomah counties. The state fire marshal said the number of firefighters sent to California makes the out-of-state deployment one of Oregon’s largest ever.