
S01E01 Sacrifice
The first major fire of the year erupts in Southern California, and engineer Dudley risks missing his daughter's birthday; in Redding, Station 43 gets a call to put down a fast-moving blaze in an area...
Lightning strikes in Monterey County ignite two deadly fires; Chief Campbell battles the River Fire while the Carmel Fire forces evacuations 10 miles away; when the River Fire suddenly turns toward base camp, it's an all-out race to stop it.
Cal Fire imbeds viewers within the largest emergency force in the country; access to all 6,100 firefighters as they work to contain California's near-constant blazes.