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Smokejumper - A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters (Paperback)
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Smokejumper - A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters (Paperback)
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A PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION BESTSELLER "A
fascinating look" (Esquire) 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.
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