GRAHAM, N.C. (WGHP) -- After being away for four days, Graham firefighters returned home. Many looked visibly exhausted but grateful to be embraced by their loved ones who anxiously awaited them at First Station No. 1. Since Saturday, they've been in Buncombe County where the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused roads to be swept away. It's a county firefighter Daniel Holt once called home, and it is now unrecognizable. "We saw the devastation that had taken place, and the force of the water had pushed all these trees and this debris and had opened up the creek into a river ... On a personal level, it was pretty heart-wrenching," Holt said. Holt worked for the Skyland Fire Department in Buncombe County prior to working for the Graham Fire Department. Because he could navigate the area with no Wi-Fi or service, he drove Engine 10 to help first responders conduct welfare checks. "There was one lady that we visited earlier this morning ... She had no idea how bad it truly was yet. All she knew was that her driveway was washed out. She had no idea that their were towns that were completely destroyed," Holt said. Graham Fire Chief Tommy Cole sent crews to Buncombe County to help fire stations who were so stretched thin that they had to choose which calls to respond to. "We all work in communities, and we know the people, and we interact with people in these communities every day. I don't know how you can process how you decide who you're going to rescue and who you're not going to rescue. That's just not how we operate on a day to day," Cole said. Cole says he's rotating four firefighters to Buncombe County every four days, and they won't stop until the people of western North Carolina are back on their feet. "There is a lot of devastation ... Those people are going to be building for months and years and probably decades to come. The infrastructure that has been damaged is unreal. Just be praying for them ... Any way that you can support them, do it," Colt said. The GFD deployed a crew of four firefighters up to Buncombe County Tuesday morning in Car 20.