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 from …

5 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 firefighters …

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 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 brave …

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. Most smokejumpers work from late spring …

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 paratrooper, part field …

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 become …

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 …