Here’s what it’s like to manage Cal Fire’s aircraft during a massive wildfire

Air attack

How firefighting the Palisades and Eaton fires is coordinated from the sky.

Busy skies

Cal Fire had more than 60 aircraft within its firefighting fleet in the effort to combat fires throughout Los Angeles.

Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world.

If air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs and firefighting is one of the most dangerous, then you get an idea of...