Stock shots. An A-26 airtanker and a helicopter with a monsoon bucket do test drops on a fire in the Sooke area.

Stock shots. Shows Canso airtanker taking off from Patricia Bay, picking up water [?], dropping on fires near Squamish, Finlayson Arm, Harrison Lake and Zeballos; radio room at Vancouver; footage of Canso from bird-dog plane; helicopter making monsoon bucket drops, and ferrying federal prisoners to fight fire; suppression crew fighting fire on ground; shots inside a Canso; etc.

Stock shots. Caterpillar tractor; Canso airtanker; forest fire near Sooke Harbour; fire crews at work; fire fighting equipment in use; etc.

Stock shots. Suppression crew dispatched from Langford ranger station. Canso drops on fire. Caterpillar tractor, surpression crew fighting the fire. Staged sequence showing smokers discarding their cigarettes carelessly. Fire crew and tanker trucks.

Stock shots. Caterpillar tractor, tanker truck, and suppression crew at forest fire scene. Canso airtanker makes drops on fire. Use of radio communications. Duncan ranger station.

Unedited footage. Footage of the Martin Mars flying boat, the world's largest fire-fighting aircraft. A Mars is seen on the tarmac and in the water at its Sproat Lake base on Vancouver Island. It is also seen in flight, dropping water on a forest fire, and skimming along a lake to refill its tanks.

Stock shots. Includes footage of forest fires, fire-fighting and burned-over areas at the Erbe Fire, Vancouver Island, and the Johnny Fire, Kamloops. Air tankers, a bird-dog plane, and ground crews with hoses are shown.