I’ve been dropped on a few times. The planes are very effective at slowing the rate of spread but it’s the crews on the ground that actually puts the fire out.
There isn’t anything either resource can do if it’s too windy.
Rhis one had a little wind on it at first and we thought we were going to lose our aircraft. They stayed overhead and did one drop. We could’ve caught it without a drop but less work is always much appreciated. Still stayed out there overnight working. Froze my but off that night.