Smokejumpers - US Forest Service Smokejumpers travel all over the country, including Alaska, to provide highly-trained, experienced firefighters and leadership for quick initial attack on wildland fires in remote areas Fire fighting tools, food and water are dropped by parachute to the firefighters after they land near the fire making them self-sufficient for the first 48 hours
Smokejumpers - National Interagency Fire Center Smokejumpers are experienced wildland firefighters with expertise in initial-attack firefighting and working with a variety of aircraft First-time “rookie” smokejumpers go through an intense training regimen that covers aircraft and parachuting
Into the Fire: The Daring World of Smokejumping - Smoke Jumper In the remote wilderness, where flames devour landscapes at astonishing speed, an elite group of firefighters leaps into action—quite literally Known as smokejumpers, these brave individuals parachute into some of the most challenging and remote wildfire areas to contain blazes before they grow out of control
How Smokejumpers Work - HowStuffWorks Smokejumpers are men and women who specialize in fighting blazes their ground-bound peers can't reach When a wildfire breaks out, these elite aerial firefighting teams rapidly take to the skies and fly where others can't travel easily, often parachuting in to combat fires on the ground in remote and inaccessible landscapes
Smokejumper - Education Smokejumpers are skydiving firefighters When lightning (or a careless camper) sparks a wildfire in a remote, roadless place, smokejumpers parachute in as the first line of defense to fight the fire
Frequently Asked Questions About Smokejumping | US . . . - US Forest Service Smokejumpers are wildland firefighters trained to parachute into fires Their primary mission is fire suppression and with the speed, range, and capacity of their fixed-wing aircraft, smokejumpers are capable of quickly delivering as few as two or as many as 12 firefighters with equipment and supplies, directly to the fire in a single trip
Great Basin Smokejumpers - National Interagency Fire Center Smokejumpers, among the most highly trained and skilled of all wildland firefighters, get to their worksite by bailing out from an airplane 3,000 feet up They land close to the wildfire, gather their gear, make a plan, then go to work putting out the fire The genius of smokejumping is it allows firefighters quick access to wildfires