Download or read book Smokejumper written by Jason A. Ramos and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 nature’s blazes. Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of residential housing into the wilderness have combined to create a powder keg that threatens millions of acres and thousands of lives every year. One select group of men and women are part of America's front-line defense: smokejumpers. The smokejumper program operates through both the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Though they are tremendously skilled and only highly experienced and able wildland firefighters are accepted into the training program, being a smokejumper remains an art that can only be learned on the job. Forest fires often behave in unpredictable ways: spreading almost instantaneously, shooting downhill behind a stiff tailwind, or even flowing like a liquid. In this extraordinarily rare memoir by an active-duty jumper, Jason Ramos takes readers into his exhilarating and dangerous world, explores smokejumping’s remarkable history, and explains why their services are more essential than ever before.
Download or read book History of Smokejumping written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Smokejumping written by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Smokejumping written by United States. Forest Service. Fire and Aviation Management and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jumping Fire written by Murry A. Taylor and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung up his chute after the summer of 2000—the worst fire season in more than fifty years. In Jumping Fire, Taylor recounts in thrilling detail one summer of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska, with tales of training, digging fire lines, run-ins with bears, and the heroics of fellow jumpers who fell in the line of duty. This unique memoir, filled with humor, fear, tragedy, joy, and countless stories of man versus nature at its most furious, is a “tale of love and loss, life and death, and sheer hard work, set in an unforgiving and unforgettable landscape” (Publishers Weekly). “Filled with adventure, danger and tragedy.” —The New York Times Book Review “A beautifully crafted, wise yet thrilling book.” —Los Angeles Times
Download or read book History of Smokejumping written by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by Elaine Landau and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the dangerous job of a smokejumper, including schooling, training, safety, and equipment.
Download or read book Young Men and Fire written by Norman MacLean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: “The terrifying story of the worst disaster in the history of the US Forest Service’s elite Smokejumpers.” —Kirkus Reviews A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in this extraordinary book. Alongside Maclean’s now-canonical A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Young Men and Fire is recognized today as a classic of the American West. This edition of Maclean’s later triumph—the last book he would write—includes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn and The Worst Hard Time. As moving and profound as when it was first published, Young Men and Fire honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul. “A moving account of humanity, nature, and the perseverance of the human spirit.” —Library Journal “Haunting.” —The Wall Street Journal “Engrossing.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002-05-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by Justin Petersen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a major fire breaks out in the forest, itÕs time for the experts to go to work. In this ebook, curious readers can first learn how Smokejumpers prepare to fight dangerous forest fires. Then they can go on an exciting ride along to see how these brave people work to put out fires and keep people safe.
Download or read book Smokejumpers One to Ten written by Chris L. Demarest and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a counting book that introduces the work and daily lives of smokejumpers and wildfire fighters.
Download or read book Smokejumper written by Wil Mara and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a smokejumper. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
Download or read book Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line written by Mark Matthews and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the World War II conscientious objectors who volunteered for Civilian Public Service as U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers is told in this history that reveals a little-known dimension of American pacifism.
Download or read book Smokejumper And Other Stories written by Swede Troedsson and published by Sweetgrass Books. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swede's adventures include a summer on a fire lookout, deployment as a Marine to Korea, smoke jumping, fire suppression, timber forester, aviation management, hunting, assisting Montana Game Wardens, ski patrol, an ambulance EMT, and back country rescue. During the course of his employment as a Forester with the Northern Pacific Railway and with the U.S. Forest Service, he broke a leg smoke jumping, fell through the ice on the Swan River, dodged falling trees during a wind shear event, almost got burned up twice, and lost a pickup truck in a fire entrapment.
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by Emma Jones and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smokejumpers have chosen a career that calls for them to run into places that others are told to run away from. These brave people parachute into forest fires to battle dangerous blazes. Readers discover what it takes to follow this career path through exciting text, a clear graphic organizer, and eye-catching fact boxes. Vibrant photographs of smokejumpers at work show reader the danger and thrill of this career up close. What kind of training is needed in order to become a smokejumper? Readers will enjoy finding the answers to this and many more questions about smokejumpers.
Download or read book FSH written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Just a Few Jumper Stories written by Rod Dow and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just a Few Jumper Stories" is a collection of 70 stories from 46 years of firefighting (32 with the smokejumpers) by Alaska Smokejumper Rod Dow. It is intended as a straightforward attempt to archive campfire stories from the life of a long time firefighter. All true tales, mostly funny incidents from his career, they portray the thrill, humor, and love of the outdoors that comes from parachuting into wild country in Alaska and throughout the mountain west.
