A few videos from the last years to try and explain fire:
First off we fly to the fire:
Then we need to put firefighters on the ground:
We can supply them with all they need---food, tents saws etc..(This is just training video, but you get the idea):
Then we need water....we can dip out of lakes:
If no lakes or rivers are around, we can set up a "pumpkin" and have it filled by a water tender:
We then drop on the fire line or start wet-lining:
If the guys on the ground need water for hose lines, we bring them 72 gallon Blivets and put them on ridges---they then gravity feed the hoses below:
Next we may end up doing burnouts---basically either constructing a line or using a natural line, (road, river etc) and burning out the fuel between the line and the approaching fire. We can do it by hand or by "helitorch":
We also can use the "ping pong machine":