An immersive five-part documentary series that parachutes viewers onto the frontlines of Canada’s wildfire-fighting efforts, and meets the brave individuals working to protect their communities from today’s modern mega fires.

As wildfire’s around the world rage in ever-increasing intensity each summer, this series profiles the different personnel who leap into action to keep civilians safe. Whether using helicopters to track fire paths, parachuting into remote locations to beat back a blaze, evacuating residents as high winds threaten to whip up catastrophe or dousing wildfires with water dropped from airborne planes, this action-packed series promises nail-biting action alongside moving human stories.

Filmed in British Columbia during the worst fire season on record, the series reveals the trials and tribulations of those drawing the battle-lines of an escalating global emergency.