CAL GUARD RESPONDS TO CALIFORNIA'S FIRE SIEGE

California Army National Guard aviators talk about flying rescue missions in Fresno County, California, over Labor Day weekend as the Creek Fire closed in on campers. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

– BY THE NUMBERS –
MORE THAN 1,500 PERSONNEL ON FIRE MISSIONS

^{California State and National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors working historic firefight.}

2,595 BUCKETS OF WATER DROPPED

CAL GUARD RESPONDS TO CALIFORNIA'S FIRE SIEGE

– BY THE NUMBERS –
MORE THAN 1,500 PERSONNEL ON FIRE MISSIONS

^{California State and National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors working historic firefight.}

2,595 BUCKETS OF WATER DROPPED

^{California Army and Air National Guard helicopters on the mission.}

396 PEOPLE RESCUED
15 DOGS RESCUED

^{Helicopters answer the call as fire closes in.}

1,458,533 GALLONS OF RETARDANT DROPPED

^{Firefighting C-130s in the fight.}

MORE THAN 70 MILES OF FIRE LINE CONSTRUCTED

^{Cal Guard hand crews join CAL FIRE as boots on the ground.}

NEARLY 3,000,000 ACRES OF FIRE MAPPED

^{Soldiers and Airmen provide state authorities with real-time looks at active fires.}

1 BRIDGE BUILT

^{Floating bridge crossed 760 times as dozers and other vehicles get to and from fire line.}

– BY THE NUMBERS –MORE THAN 1,500 PERSONNEL ON FIRE MISSIONS

California State and National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors working historic firefight.

2,595 BUCKETS OF WATER DROPPED

California Army and Air National Guard helicopters on the mission.

396 PEOPLE RESCUED15 DOGS RESCUED

Helicopters answer the call as fire closes in.

1,458,533 GALLONS OF RETARDANT DROPPED

Firefighting C-130s in the fight.

MORE THAN 70 MILES OF FIRE LINE CONSTRUCTED

Cal Guard hand crews join CAL FIRE as boots on the ground.

NEARLY 3,000,000 ACRES OF FIRE MAPPED

Soldiers and Airmen provide state authorities with real-time looks at active fires.

1 BRIDGE BUILT

Floating bridge crossed 760 times as dozers and other vehicles get to and from fire line.

– BY THE NUMBERS –
MORE THAN 1,500 PERSONNEL ON FIRE MISSIONS

^{California State and National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors working historic firefight.}

^{California Army and Air National Guard helicopters on the mission.}

396 PEOPLE RESCUED
15 DOGS RESCUED

^{Helicopters answer the call as fire closes in.}

^{Firefighting C-130s in the fight.}

^{Cal Guard hand crews join CAL FIRE as boots on the ground.}

^{Soldiers and Airmen provide state authorities with real-time looks at active fires.}

^{Floating bridge crossed 760 times as dozers and other vehicles get to and from fire line.}