Everyone saying "God bless" and "thank you" should actually show that thanks by calling on their congressional representatives to increase wildland firefighter pay and benefits in the next budget year.

I live in Central Oregon and this will be my first season as a wildland firefighter. I'm beyond excited!

At 6:21 you can see my friend and Cal Fire Engineer Cory D. Iverson who lost his life on the Thomas Fire in Ventura Ca on 12/14/17. I can honestly say the worst day of my 36 year career. I made a promise when I received the official notice that it was my friend that I was going to bring Cory home. I Helped bring Cory off the line and escorted him to the morgue, Worst drive of my life, and then the long drive back to San Diego was the longest saddest drive of my life. Seeing thousands of people who never met Cory standing on the side of the freeways, on over passes and lining the streets honoring a fire fighter they never knew filled a small portion of the void that was now in my life, the loss of my friend and the best Engineer a Captain could ever ask for has left i big hole in my life that's for sure!!!! Not a single day goes by that I don't miss my friend. I do as much as I can to keep his memory alive. As Cory would say DON'T SUCK !!! I miss you my friend !!!!

Graduated high school in 88, was going to join the military and found out about wild land firefighting, spent the next 15 years working for the US Forest Service in many roles of firefighting and miss it and the men and women deeply. This was a great tribute, hats off to Coors for supporting this foundation.

I'm a 63 year-old fire faller saying thank-you and bless you, every one of you for supporting us. I will do this as long as my body and luck hold out, because nothing else makes me feel so alive.

I’ve done four years of Wildland and have taken the last two off to work on myself and you guys brought back a wave of emotions. I’ve lost friends, they were my family. I’ve had close calls and I’ve had friends go down on the line with serious injuries and I’ve had injuries myself. We do it because we love it and we also get to help. Thank you for reminding me why I’m on the path I am on.

Proud to be a wildland firefighter! Last year I was 19 and it was my first season out in Oregon and heading back in the spring to do my part again. I live in Chicago and no one out here understands what we do or why we do it. I do it because I want to help others and do everything I can for people I don't even know. As a kid I always wanted to serve my country but was diagnosed with leukemia and couldn't join the military, so I did the next best thing and became a wildland firefighter and couldn't see myself doing anything else. Thank you to all those that have come before me and all that will come after me.

*The most badass of all men and women in the country next to military personnel, law enforcement, and structural firefighters.* I’m proud to be a wildland firefighter.

Doug was the substitute for my English class one day and he shared his song "The Ballad of Pale Rider" with us, a song about Luke... I'll never forget....

I never knew us firefighters meant so much.

"Structure guys defend structures, wildland firefighters defend nature" and some of us do both.

My cousin was a hot shot in Washington state and my mom worked the laundry service in the camps. God bless our WLFF’s and personnel.

I fought wildland fires for 7 seasons. There is no job like it out there no job that'll test your mentality and body more! it gets exhausting 4-5 hours of sleep, on the ground 90% of the time the other 10% on the bus shuttling to a different fire. In that 7 seasons the pay was 16 dollars an hour and when we traveled for a whole day we only got half a day counted as a work day! I seen celebrities houses burn to ashes, ranchers and farmers thank us to the max! I remember this nice lady starting crying telling us how we saved her cows,chickens, and whatnot and spent a whole day baking us cookies and brownies all kinds of sweets I never seen being from Alaska and not accustomed to it but I believe I was more grateful for something other than an MRE to snack on than she was for us saving her farm. I got lots of firefighting stories you grow a comradery with the 20 guys/gals you spend the summer with. Yes!! Women are in this trade some as tough as the men doing this I know many women that are firefighters!

As a marine grunt that normally carried the machine gun i was use to carrying alot of weight, we got deployed to a forest fire in the mid 90s and that kicked my butt, but was weirdly beautiful.

That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. The selfless acts of kindness are absolutely inspirational. God bless you guys. Thank you firefighters, for all you do. Thank you to the Wildland Firefighters Foundation for taking care of these hero’s families.

WFF... I know this film has been out over a year now but it’s never too late to say two words that are so easily taken for granted. Thank you. Thank you for everything you have done for these families and dangerous industry. I live in Arizona and we just got through the “Bush Fire”. I have a friend who leads a crew of hotshots and watching them fight this fire from a distance via social media has really opened my eyes to what a wildlife firefighter really does. You WFF, are doing the most amazing work one could do and for this I say (Thank You)...

I served USFS for 7 seasons (primarily as a repeller). This is an excellent documentary. Great job!

My Grandfather was a USFS Hot Shot supervisor at El Cariso in the 1950's-1960's...he was involved in the Decker Fire. Lost several of his crew. My Father was with Cal Fire in 1960's. Now I have a cousin working the Loyalton fire right now. You guys are incredible Heroes!!

This is my 13th year being wildland firefighting. I've been around since when we were called fake fire fighters and never given that honest true respect until the wild fires started getting worse. Now were called heroes for what we do. I do this for not just mankind but those animals who can't ask for help, those are the ones I try my hardest for. So I ask all firefighters to bring a bit more water for those little animals that can't ask for anything. Give them some nuts and fruit. Leave what we can for them.

Hey I’m half way into my first season and can I just say that smoke is something else and I’ve already burned the bottom of my greens

Im a wildland FIrefighter and whenever i hit a campaign fire, the people helping us wash clothes and keep us fed and help us make sure logistics are being fullfiled, they really make a world of difference. Thank you heroes!!

This is by far the best story ..Its real , very emotional.. Do I miss this job? Yes... A shout out to all those Wildland Firefighters you'll will always have my respect from season after seasons.. Remember to never let your guard down, Fire is a beast.. remember your 10 standards orders.. 18 watchouts situations list...keeping those in mind will save your life and your crew mates.. Keep safe warriors..Always \m/

Who in the world would 'thumbs down' this? You should be ashamed of yourselves! We pray for the safety and good sense of all our firefighters. Please don't take un-necessary chances.

I can tell you, they helped my friends family when he died . I thank you folks from the bottom of my heart.

of the most beautiful and dangerous jobs, greetings from Patagonia Aysén - Chile, to all the brothers of fire.

I just cried. I can only imagine what these families go through during times like these pass. I am so grateful for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation and the logistical support we receive on large incidences. Nothing beats eating a hot meal after a hard days work, knowing that everything is taken care of and you just have to do your job.

I pray that one day I can become one of them. I'm working rn as an EMT on the other side of the country. I'll be going to fire school soon, so wish me luck y'all! I want to bring the Gospel to those men who don't have it yet. Praise God for the wild land firefighters, and praise God for all who support them!

Thank you Pete Coors for supporting the Wildland FireFighter Foundation !!!!!!!

Honorable and Courageous Wildland Firefighters. May they all rest in peace

I am so excited to do my training and start from the bottom and work my way up to a leader sawyer im 24. God bless the families of the lost ones, made me cry.

I’m going into the Wildland Firefighting community this season 2024 and I love how all the men and women I talk to your support helpful out of all the other jobs I’ve had I don’t think I’ve been around people that will go out of their ways to help somebody and I absolutely love it ❤❤

One of the best tributes I've seen. No greater family than the wildland fire family.

Just re-lived a 40 year career, Excellent post. Thank you.

Boy this sure hit me right in the feels. I don't even drink, but I sure could go for a Coors Banquet. Thank you WFF for what you are doing.

The memories this brings back is overwhelming! Every word is true! I’ve lived it for 42 years! All Warriors!

The 38 people that thumbed down this!! (You have no soul) I hope your eyes are opened soon 🙏🏼 I’ll pray...

I don't cry a lot, and this whole documentary, Luke's story and how you helped his family and memorialized him just brought tears to my eyes. RIP Luke Sheehy and RIP all the brave men and women who protected our wildlands.

I leave in 21 days to start firefighting. Im excited beyond expression

Thank you for making this film. I lost my nephew, who fought wildfires, and was a paramedic. He was a great kid. I think you did a nice job capturing the life of the hotshots, and smoke jumpers. I hope no more people have to die in 2020. This is definitely one of the most dangerous jobs you can have. Hopefully people will see this, want to help support the families of fallen firefighters, by donating to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. I also hope people might see this, and will not do careless things that can lead to a fire, so they don't have to be out there in the first place. I plan to visit this place you built someday. #livelikeluke

As a mother of a Wildland fire fighter it's hard to know that a part of your heart is out battling in such a dangerous battlefield, watching this has given me some peace in knowing that he's got a whole other family out there and as a mom that gives me relief, albeit doesn't take my fear away, but I can't thank you enough for what you do and what these heros do to protect our beautiful forests - that so many take for granted. It makes me want to help in anyway I can in the support efforts of these warriors. God bless you all!

Bless all the fire fighters. They r hero’s in my book. I just lost my son, a fireman who fo’t wildland & house fires, to lung cancer on 12-6-23. His legacy will live on in all the brave firefighters who fight to protect us.❤️😢

my first job was as a wildland fire fighter. type 2A, type 1 hot shot and then ended as a helirappeler. i had a hard time getting through this, it made me think of the brothers i have lost but it was the most fun i had and miss it to this day. Best job ever. I simply wish people would open their eyes and see what we brave and toil through during a 14 day rotation. It is definetly a dirty, hard job but you have to love it to do it or you will never make it. These guys are some of the most humble people whom you woyld never think worked such a dangerous and thankless job if you passed them on the sidewalk.

Impressed at how the video showed the team effort required. No truely epic endeavors are accomplished without a big team effort. America is about the importance of the individual, but when individuals voluntarily band together, each contributing their own talents, heart and sweat, then it shows how great America can be.

Army veteran, about turn 30, from california ,about to do my first season and starting with the Dixie fire!

“Sorrow is just as valuable as joy”. :’)

As a wildland land firefighter myself.. I want to express my sincere thanks to all of those that support us at base camp and everyone involved at WFF. You guys are the real heroes.

respect to you men and women who put your life on the line for others... from Scotland

God Bless all the FIREMAN who sacrifice their only life to save the lives of others.

"Administration costs." Be careful where you donate people. I say it all the time. There has always been fraud and distribution issues among charitable organizations.

This was a great short story,living around all this kind of stuff, really makes me appreciate the wildlands firefighter even more. Plus hats off to all the volunteers,that donate there time for the living and fallen firefighters.

What an absolute honor and privilege it is to know that these brave men and women are out there, fighting to defend our country.

With wildfire numbers on a rise, year by year these boys' jobs are getting harder. Thumbs up for a thank you to these individuals.

Proud father of TWO of these guys, who are out there right now TODAY, just doing it. We’ve been to the Foundation headquarters and walked the memorial walk. That is without question the most chilling and heartbreaking walk I’ve ever taken. Thank you so much for what you do and thank you for this video.

Living in northern cali and growing up in the mount shasta area I know quite a few and have worked with some of the guys in this documentary silent professionals truly heros

Once a Fire Fighter myself.. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. " STAY SAFE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.... " MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL....

We were fighting that fire when it happened, five miles away hardest day of my life on Granite Mountain in Arizona.... My group does both Structure & Wildland firefighters.....

I live in Portland Oregon and this is my first year doing it. Can’t wait to get sent out 🙏

20 year wildland firefighter, this really touched me deep hit some nerves. I just want to thank you for all you have done for us in the fire world with all my heart and a few tears I thank you

These folks should have the same benefits that our military servicepeople get. Just as dangerous and just as cruicial, maybe more.

I have worked with Vicki and Burk before and I will say this right now: these people care. They do everything shown here plus so much more! They are amazing people and I am honored to know them and be able to work with them whenever I can.

Thank you to all the wildland firefighters AND wildland firefighter support staff for what you do your work dose not and will not go unnoticed!!!!!

I served 8 years in the Army and I haven’t been able to find that “higher purpose” since I got out. I started to chase money and became horribly depressed. I think becoming a Smokejumper is exactly what I need. That feeling of suffering with a team is irreplaceable. Sure it sucks when you are in it, but once you leave the “work” behind…you miss it like crazy!

praying for the firefighters fighting the wildfires right now in the west coast! be safe y'all. .

Takes a special person to do their job man . Nothing but respect for those men and women out fighting fires .

Mere words could never express my gratitude and love for these men and women. Mere words could never express my profound sympathy for those that lose their lives or health doing this job. They willingly walk into a hell on earth that's other people's worst nightmare. To me, the only thing that could possibly be worse is a volcano. I'm an old woman from the ranches of Montana and I know the sheer and absolute terror of a raging forest fire. Seeing wild animals come running out on fire. Trying with all your might to move your livestock. It truly is hell. Each and every one of you have my absolute respect 💯%. And to those that are the core of the program for these guys, you are amazing people. I hate donating to most places because it never gets to where it was meant to be. But now that I know about your program, I will be donating to you. Thank you for protecting the wilderness and all of the animals.

These are real heroes, God protect these people

I grew up in Colorado, made a home in both my heart forever and physically in Montana, now reside in NM... fire has surrounded me like mountains for 50 years. I wish I had known how beautiful these people were and are... I'm donating. May God show His face to each and every one of those who battle the flames, and fight the fire of broken hearts. Thank you.

I made a donation, thank you for all you do.

This short docu has invigorated me to donate $ to this phenomenal non profit. Thank You to all smoke jumpers for protecting the lands in this great nation.

This touched my heart as my two sons are third generation volunteer firefighters. My father was a volunteer Fire Chief foe 11 years. Both my son's are Wildland Firefighters Cornplanter Fire District Western PA. So proud of them. I am a semi-active volunteer Driver/Engineer with our local fire dept. God bless all that serve!! And those that went before us!

His candle was blown out before his time. He is honored and remembered for all time

Volunteer Firefighter in Creston BC. We've had 4 wildland fires in the last 4 weeks. looks like a rough summer.

As a smoke jumper for 5 years (Canada) I am going to visit Boise, ID. Something I got to do.

Always when I watch this, I have tears in my eyes.... thank you WFF for all what you are doing. Greetings from a German Wildland Firefighter.

Thank you brave men and women, all the Frontline workers, all first responders, all chp, all sheriff's, all city cops. Thank all service members. Because of you we can be safe. God bless all you guys.

Best video I have ever seen. True heroes all the way around.

As a former hotshot and 16 year firefighter thank you for what u do

Y'all are angels

In 1994 on the Gila National Forest we lost our brothers in a helicopter crash, helicopter 306! Sean, Sam and the helicopter pilot were killed I wish I could remember the pilots name! But that season will never be forgotten! And I hope that their names are there! For the those who given their all! For all ones that fallow their footsteps will be protected!

Thank you for all that do and all that you’ve done, I work for a commercial fire protection company in Boise. You guys deserve the biggest raises and appreciation. I will make sure our company reaches out to wildlife museum and foundation. “Live like Luke!”

As a resident of Idaho, I am so thankful for our wildland firefighters. They help protect our state every year. Without them our state would of been devastated by fires so many times. God bless you all for all you do. Praying for a safe fire season this year and that no one is injuries or fatalities.

I absolutely love this video. What this foundation does for wildland firefighters and there familys, they are a blessing. My wife has your guys number on speed dial. So god bless you, and my second season is coming up. 2021

My childhood stomping grounds. My dad built roads with a big old DC Cat back in the 80's. Sometimes I got to ride along. This is bittersweet.

WHATEVER YOU FEEL, FEEL IT AS DEEP AS YOU CAN AND LIVE IN THE MOMENT.. FULLY... RIP BABY BOY

If you liked this, you should check out the movie "Only The Brave"

Make sure you donate to the Foundation. The government has only paid funeral costs in the past with no support for the family, while the foundation comes in and will help the family however they can.

True warriors I totally respect all fire fighters who give thier lives for anouther Firefighters who fight wild fires are fighting fires frm hell . Thank you for all your hard hard work the dication that comes straight frm the heart So sorry for all those who lost thier lives fighting these hell fires I will pray to thy Heavenly Father to keep you Safe in our fires Canada, United States Australia any where there is wild fires on this earth You are Hero's in very Humble special soul....🙏

I pray I can honor these brave men and women a fraction of what they deserve as I follow my dream of becoming a firefighter! God Bless 🙏❤️🙌✝️thank you

That was AWSOME! Thanks to all Wildland FF's and the tremendous sacrifices they make! Inspiring!

God bless all y'all !!!

Thanks for such a great watch I really enjoyed it. RIP to all that lost lives in the blaze.

That lady running the laundry service is a saint!

I've had 56 years on this big blue ball. My list of greatest achievements are short but meaningful to me. Two...my children. They have grown into God fear loving people who both sought out jobs that help others. I'm proud of them and cant imagine walking this earth one more step without them doing so as well. I admire your strength and determination to not give into disparate. You honor your sons spirit everyday. To the ones who created this foundation that honors and supports the firefighter family.. you encapsulate all of humanities best qualities. I will be praying for all of you.

Prayers to our real heroes saved my life multiple times love y’all

God bless you and your families. Appreciation and love from Scotland 🙏.

Thank you all from our hearts , god bless you Doug I know how much it hurts because I've met you and I know your family, good people.

Hi Daniel Peterson. I've been a wildland firefighter for 19 years. Im from NEW MEXICO

I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU & ALL that is Yours for fighting for our lives.

Great respect for all those warriors , putting their lives on the line to save others ..... God Bless them all

Just finishing up my 2 days of RR and I’m glad I took the time to watch this now.