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gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> rescue, what is your emergency? >> reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated and more refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we got to learn how to get a...

california history. >> agh. lucky for us the fires hadn't made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> fire rescue, what is your emergency? >> but ever since, the fires in california have a gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more for...

That until recently, native wisdom about how to co-exist with the fire had been suppressed. >> it said before the whites came here that people could ride horses like three side by side all through these forests around here, that it was that open. >> wow. danny is a seasoned firefighter. he helped establish a native-run fire department for the greenville rancheria. which he serves as assistant fire chief. talk about the importance of the firehouse led that was led by your tribe? >> we teach more of the traditional knowledge, not just putting out the fire, but taking care of the earth. and if yo...

A tragedy compounded by the fact that until recently, native wisdom about how to co-exist with the fire had been suppressed. >> it said before the whites came here that people could ride horses like three side by side all through these forests around here, that it was that open. >> wow. danny is a seasoned firefighter. he helped establish a native-run fire department for the greenville rancheria. talk about the importance of the firehouse led that was led by your tribe? >> we teach more of the traditional knowledge, not just putting out the fire, but taking care of the earth. and if you take c...