Those pilots are incredible. A few years ago, my wife and I were in carson city having lunch at a mexican restaurant. We saw the lightening strike the side of the mountain/hill and watched the brush fire expand and start moving toward the city. We sat there, ate our lunch, had a few margaritas and watched the crazy air fire department get to work. It was really impressive, but I have never seen anything like when those big 737 type planes get in real close and drop the red stuff. Super cool afternoon. They stopped the fire too. I can also guess the reason they called in the airforce so fast was because of the proximity to the city.