smoke jumper
Airborne forest firefighter
A smoke jumper is a firefighter who parachutes into remote wilderness areas to combat forest fires.
The job requires both skydiving skill and firefighting expertise, since smoke jumpers often work in terrain inaccessible by road: Smoke jumpers were deployed to contain the blaze before it spread to populated areas.
Also spelled smokejumper.
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- forest fireUncontrolled woodland blaze
- fire seasonAnnual high-risk period for wildfires
- parachutingControlled freefall using canopy
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