smoke jumpers
Parachuting forest firefighters
Smoke jumpers are firefighters who parachute into remote wilderness areas to combat forest fires.
They reach blazes in terrain inaccessible by road, often working with hand tools to create firebreaks before ground crews arrive.
The work is dangerous and physically demanding: Smoke jumpers were deployed to the ridge before the fire spread.
- wildfiresUncontrolled outdoor blazes
- forest fireUncontrolled woodland blaze
- fire seasonAnnual high-risk period for wildfires
- parachutingControlled freefall using canopy
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
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- Wildfireswildfire, grass fire, surface fire, spot fire, fire front