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SmokeJumpers:

A smoke jumpers are speciality trained wildland firefighters, who provide an initial attack on forest fires by parachuting in to the location of a fire in the rugged terrain.

Smoke jumpers are highly trained and experienced firefighters who provide great leadership for a quick intial attack on wild land fires in remote areas. Jumpers are a national resource that extinguish or stop the spread of a wild land fire before it threatens neighboring land and the general public. Shortly after jumpers touch ground, they are then dropped by parachute; Food, water, and firefighting tools which makes them self sufficient for 48 hours. Smoke jumpers are usually on duty from late spring through the early fall. When there is not fire activity smokejumpers will be assigned to other jobs such as forestry, disaster relief and emergency management.

History

Smokejumping were first proposed in 1934 in the Intermountain Region (Region 4), by Regional Forester T.V. Pearson. By the year 1939 the program began as an expierment in the PAcific Northwest Region (Region 6). A year later the first official jump was made in th Nez Perce National Forest in the Northern Region (Region 1) in 1940. The McCall smoke jumper program which was established in 1943. There bases located in the Idaho shores of Payatte Lake. The base is close tho six National Forest: Nez Pearce/Clearwater, SAwtooth, the Boise, Payette, Salmon-Chalis, and Wallowa-Whitman. The smoke dive was made by John Furgurson and Lester Gohler. In 1947 the McCall program trained 50 jumpers and the construction of new buildings and training facilities. In 1981, the first women successfully completed the training program at the McCall smoke jumper Program.

Smokejumper Crews Today

Today there are nine operations smoke jumper crew a in the United States. Seven of the nine Smokejumping crews are operated by the UNited states Forest Service and the remaining two are operated by the Bureau of Land Management. The following crews are operated by United States Forest Service: In the Northwest there are two crew, the Redmond Smokejumpers in Redmond, Oregon and North CAscades SmokeJUmpers in Winthrop, Washington. One in Northern California, the Region 5 Smoke Jumpers located in Redding, California. In the Northern Rockies there are three Smokejumping crews. Missoula Smokejumpers which are located in Missoula, Montana. Grangeville Smokejumpers In Grangeville, Idaho and West Yellowstone Smokejumers in West Yellewostone, Montana. There are two smoke jumpinking crews in Great Brasin. The McCall SmokeJumpers are locaated in McCall, Idaho. The Other Smokejumpers base is ran by the Bureau of land Management, which is home tothe Boise Smokejumpers in Boise, Idaho. The final Smokejumper crew is located in Alaska, which is home to the Alaska SmokeJumpers in Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

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Sources

https://www.fs.fed.us/science-technology/fire/smokejumpers

https://www.fs.fed.us/science-technology/fire/smokejumpers/mccall/history

http://www.mccallsmokejumpers.org/