REDDING -- Each spring, everyone who's anyone in the world of aerial firefighting converges on an open field just outside Redding, California, for one of the biggest drills of the year. The event, ...
JAMESTOWN, N.D. - Being a smokejumper is one of the toughest jobs. There may be only one job that's tougher - being a smokejumper's mother. "I started crying right away when I heard," said Barb Hill ...
When 33-year-old Cole Skinner said he would be dropping by his workplace, he meant it literally. "The whole thing is a pure adrenaline rush," he said. Skinner is part of an elite group of firefighters ...
Originally published May 19 on IdahoCapitalSun.com. When dispatch calls in a new wildfire, Cole Siemion and the other Great Basin Smokejumpers are trained to suit up and be ready to board a plane in ...
Hiker Sarah Brandt wandered into the past when she arrived in southwest Oregon’s Siskiyou Smokejumper Base where wildfire fighters once parachuted out of airplanes into blazing forests. Brandt, who ...
During fire season, Grand Junction is an ideal spot to base a team of elite firefighters that can be ready at a moment's notice. A team of 12 Great Basin Smokejumpers from Boise, Idaho, are stationed ...
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MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Fighting fires is one of the hardest and most life-threatening jobs one can have, but how about right before you become a firefighter, you must skydive in from just around ...
The National Smokejumper Association tour to Vietnam included some legendary names in smokejumping, both past and present. The father of tour participant Larry Lufkin was a smokejumping pioneer.
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