Millions of barrels have oil have leaked into the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon accident. Now, oil is showing up on beaches, in diners' oysters and on wildlife that is struggling to survive. Chiefs along the Gulf Coast have received little to no help from BP officials to address the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, says Jamie Hinton, chief of Magnolia Springs (Ala.) Volunteer Fire Department.

Hinton contacted unified command to discuss using a blockade of barges to stop the oil from entering and destroying a local estuary, but received no response. So Hinton moved forward with his plan anyway — even though it might have landed him in jail. He joins FIRE CHIEF Associate Editor Mary Rose Roberts to discuss the hurdles he's faced, BP's reluctance to tap into local resources and how the oil spill will change his community's way of life.