President Bush arrived in California for a look at massive damage from thousands of wildfires that ravaged close to a million acres across the state.

Governor Arnold Schwarzennegar was there to greet the president, who met with local officials, emergency personnel and of course, the fire crews responsible for fighting the wildfires.

President Bush shook hands with smoke jumpers – fire fighters who parachute out of planes to land in hard to reach areas.

He thanked the crews and told the people of California that federal help is on its way.

"I want to let the people out here know we're paying attention in D.C. We care, and will respond as best we can,” said President Bush.

Governor Schwarzenneger says the golden state is grateful for the more than $140 million in federal funding.

And there's more aid on the way for shelters, more equipment and supplies.

He added that while California's fire fighters are some of the best around, fighting thousands of fires at once is an impossible task.

"It's made us successful in the coordination and without the federal government we wouldn't be able to do it,” said Schwarzenegger.

Along with help from the National Guard, fire fighters from 41 states are pitching in and crews from New Zealand, Mexico, Greece, Canada and Australia also came to help out.

A crew of 20 firefighters from Hawaii will travel to California tomorrow to fight wildfires.

They follow 16 others from Samoa who departed for California earlier this month.