Whether it's jumping 1,500 to 3,000 feet or hiking miles and miles by foot and car, these United States Forest Service smokejumpers and hotshots charged with heading behind the fire lines when it's too unsafe for others.
United States Forest Service has a base located in Redding and I got the chance to meet with one of the smokejumpers and rookie trainer, Matt Weston.
Weston has been smokejumper for five years but "before I became a smokejumper, I spent 10 years in fire," said Weston.
There are hundreds of smokejumpers in the U.S. who are all highly trained firefighters that parachute out of planes to quickly attack wildland fires in remote areas.