fire station, resources that we normally deploy. one of the reasons that cal fire can field this many engines is because there are only four firefighters per engine, now there are only three. one question remains and it s critical. will they be as effective? he has the possibility, our incident commander, to order more if there is a threat. that s because mutual aid is available. so much is administered by all these agencies. without the cooperation of all the departments and agencies at the federal level, the state and local government, we would not be able to mid gait and manage the wild land fires. but crucial help from downsizing county and city fire districts may not be there. currently, california has 1300 federally identified communities at risk to wild land fire. fire knows no political or jurisdictional boundaries. reporter: but we do know this. no matter how many firefighters are on any fire engine, they will go in there and they will fight these f