A fire fighter here will be in communication with ops, IC,fire chief and will know when air ops is going on. I know lots of what ifs, but i know it all can be worked out, Crap one drone today has more computing power then the moon landings.
We have situations where heavy smoke will cover half the state, no AC flying then, Use a UAV, with thermo gear into areas you don't send FF, check fire lines, hot spots, etc.
Or lightning strikes and cant reach it easily, send in the drone.
So many uses, so few drones((((
I have not flown on a fire yet, just to be clear. I live where i can fly my fire district and can see what would help out. Still learning, that's why this forum is so nice.