for the past three weeks, captain jeremy salzoni has been living at march air reserve base. he's embedded to coordinate the intelligence provided by the mq-1. tell me about the magnitude of the fire in yosemite? >> the accessibility makes it complicated and why its grown to the size it has. with the inaccessibility around the entire area of the fire, it makes getting from one point to another very difficult. now within 30 seconds there it is. the information is so rapid and accurate and immediate that it's kind of hard to believe that i ever walked these things in the past. we're able to watch realtime information. i can see where the fire is and what it's doing, potentially hazards come uppiing up and maybe advantageous areas to get the firefighters to. >> that potentially life-saving information is being put to use here. >> really, big operation here. >> at the california rim fire's incident command center near yosemite national park. >> this is the air national guard mobile emergency operation center we rolled out here in order to help facilitate coordination and command