A hotshot monitors a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California (July, 2021)

Firefighters march towards a wildfire through a redwood forest (August, 2020)

A hotshot keeps his back to the wildfire to watch for embers that could blow across the fireline (September, 2021)

A sawyer maintains his chainsaw after a day's work (September, 2021)

A group of wildland firefighters gather for their morning briefing (August, 2020)

A pyrocumulonimbus cloud forms over the Sierra Nevada mountains (July, 2021)

Hotshots retreat through "the black," an area which has already burned and is therefore considered safe (July, 2021)

Firefighters wait for a helicopter to drop water on a fire before they re-engage (August, 2020)

Hotshots eat breakfast on a mountaintop above the clouds (June, 2021)

A hotshot crew hikes towards a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada mountains (August, 2021)

A forest burns in the Sierra Nevada mountains (September, 2021)

Firefighters rest after cutting a fuel break on a ridge across from a wildifre in Big Sur (September, 2020)

A megafire begins to jump across a reservoir (July, 2021)

Hotshots prepare to fight fire with fire in Los Padres National Forest (October, 2021)

A firefighter cuts a fuel break in Big Sur (August, 2020)

A group of hotshots prepare to cut a fuel break in Los Padres National Forest (June, 2021)