. >> reporter: mitch hokinson is the redding base manager and a smoke jumbler for 25 years. he says these days fire seasons are getting longer and longer. >> instead of getting laid off in october, we were working in december and we were starting earlier. normally fire season started in june. now it's starting the end of april. >> reporter: the daily grind can be both dangerous and physically demanding and that's exactly why cole says the moment he heard about the program he jumped at the chance to join. >> no one else gets to parachute out of a plane to go fight fire. it's a dream here and when it came true, it was everything it's supposed to be. >> reporter: and now that he's landed the perfect job -- >> oh, yeah, baby. >> reporter: -- the sky is no longer the limit. >> he nailed the landing there. itay tried putting on that heavy gear and doing a pullup. you can catch more of that challenge tonight at 11:00 in part two of his extraordinary story. >>> governor gavin newsom is slamming the city of half moon bay. the issue, the governor says city officials are delaying a pro