Shortly after smokejumpers touch ground, they are supplied by parachute with food, water, and firefighting tools, making them self-sufficient for 48 hours. Smokejumpers are usually on duty …

4 days ago · The non-profit National Smokejumper Association is dedicated to preserving the history of airborne firefighters and providing a voice for today’s smokejumpers.

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 …

When wildfires ignite in locations without road or trail access, smokejumpers can arrive quickly, often hours before anyone could hike or drive to the fire, and begin initial attack.

Jan 15, 2025 · Smokejumpers are skydiving firefighters. They are the first ones on the scene when wildfires break out in remote areas.

Oct 13, 2025 · Smokejumpers are elite wildland firefighters trained to parachute into remote ignition zones where no engine crew can reach in time. They’re part firefighter, part …

Mar 7, 2024 · If hotshot crews filled with experienced firefighters serve as the front line between calm and calamity, smokejumpers are the vanguard who extinguish remote fires before they …

Oct 29, 2024 · 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 …

A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of …

Aug 21, 2023 · Most likely not because the quick response by wildland firefighters relegated these fires to the historical bin — and one of the quickest responders is the Forest Service …