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So that's really what kept me in the shelter. >> 19 firefighters will never see their families again. incredibly tough training for one of the toughest jobs on earth. we want to take a look now at the hotshots, the people who risk their lives to help us all. more now from randi kaye. >> reporter: when hotshots get the call, they head to the center of a blazing wildfire. an inferno that often times only they can stop. hotshots go where equipment can't. these elite firefighting teams are specially trained to use train saws to clear brush and cut a fire line through the dirt. a line that could st...

Long. it's their job to hold that line. john seger is a former hotshot. >> when the fire burns up to that line. the fire is going to put out embers, and some of those embers actually do cross the line, the hotshot cue or any of our crews will patrol the line and they look for those embers and try to get to them. >> seger likes his hotshot teams to military special ops units. they are the best of the best in wildfire suppression. highly motivated and highly trained. which is why they get the toughest assignments. >> their physical fitness training prior to the season and if it's a slow season d...

Two daughters, i thought, i need to do everything that i possibly can to go home and see them. so that's really what kept me in the shelter. >> 19 firefighters will never see their families again. incredibly tough training for one of the toughest jobs on earth. we want to take a look now at the hotshots, the people who risk their lives to help us all. more now from randi kaye. >> reporter: when hotshots get the call, they head to the center of a blazing wildfire. an inferno that often times only they can stop. hotshots go where equipment can't. these elite firefighting teams are specially trai...

Willingly put themselves in? >> yeah, it's -- i mean, the physical fitness is a matter of safety. they put these hotshot crews, they strive to make these guys in as good a shape as possible. the idea being, hopefully you'll be able to outrun a fire in the event that something happens. and physical fitness is sort of your first line of defense. >> what kind of firefighting tactics was this crew likely attempting when the situation got out of control? >> yeah, i don't -- i'm not entirely sure, my guess is that what they were doing would be called building direct lines. in a case like this, they ...

The fire is going to put out embers, and some of those embers actually do cross the line, the hotshot cue or any of our crews will patrol the line and they look for those embers and try to get to them. >> seger likes his hotshot teams to military special ops units. they are the best of the best in wildfire suppression. highly motivated and highly trained. which is why they get the toughest assignments. >> their physical fitness training prior to the season and if it's a slow season during the season includes running, long endurance hikes. any type of push-ups, situps, the whole aerobics, cardi...