Firefighters innovate to save lives

To fight fires in California, firefighters are using training – including learning how fires make their own weather – and technology, including a bigger, more powerful Blackhawk helicopter that can stay up longer and protect firefighters better. Meanwhile, Marines at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar have formed the first wildland firefighting crew in the Marine Corps – and we take an exclusive look inside the southern California factory making the pink fire retardant you see dropped from planes and helicopters along the fire lines.