In the cockpit: Air Attack races to fight wildfire before sunset | Airborne Firefighters BTS 014

To give you an inside look at what it takes to fight wildfires from the air for our upcoming docuseries about aerial firefighters, we've been waiting for weeks, hoping for the perfect moment when all the aircraft at one air attack base are called to the same fire within driving distance. Recently, that moment arrived. But, with just an hour before sunset, it was a race against time for the aerial firefighters to box in the blaze before fading light forced them to return to base. But, most importantly, did all the cameras get turned on and work as advertised? To truly show you the intense reality of fighting fires from the air, one of our goals is to place cameras in multiple aircraft, including air attack, and capture the fire from the ground. This way, we can demonstrate how everyone works together to stop the fire's progress. I can't begin to explain how challenging this is. Every day in aerial firefighting is different. The aircraft we're following can be dispatched to a fire 15 minutes away or 2 hours away, and aircraft at the same airport can be sent to different fires. It's always a gamble to decide which aircraft to equip with cameras and whether it's worth driving to the incident. These firefighters are incredibly skilled; often, by the time we reach the fire on the ground, it's already out. Additionally, you never know when a fire will break out—it usually happens at the worst possible times, like the one day you try to take off. After waiting at one air attack base for nearly a month, we finally encountered a fire where all the aircraft we were following went to the same incident—one that we could drive to. We had a total of six cameras in the sky and three on the ground filming this incident. For the actual docuseries, we'll put this together as a play-by-play of fighting a wildfire from the sky. This video is just a teaser, showcasing highlights from all the footage. 00:00 - Intro Trailer 00:32 - Going to the fire 03:33 - The Side Fire 07:00 - Driving Back #airbornefirefightingtechniques #wildfireairattack #aerialfirefightingequipment #airtankerfirefighting #aviationfiresuppression #wildfires #aerialfirefighters #firefighting #behindthescenes #wildlandfirefighting #firefightertraining #firefightingaircraft #fireseason #wildfireresponse #firetraining #aerialfirefighting #aviationdaily #aviationlovers #aviationroundup #aviationgeek