Smokejumper
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A smokejumper is a specially-trained wildland firefighter who provides an initial attack response on remote wildfires. They are inserted at the site of the fire by parachute. This allows firefighters
US Forest Service smokejumpers, based in Deming, New Mexico, 1948
Smokejumper equipment on display, West Yellowstone, Montana.
South Canyon Fire
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The South Canyon Fire was a 1994 wildfire that killed 14 wildland firefighters on Storm King Mountain, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994. Often referred to as the Storm King fire, the f
Smokejumpers and part of the Prineville Hotshot Crew on the West Flank Fireline, surrounded by thick Gamble Oak on the slope of Storm King Mountain. Photo by Tony Petrilli, U.S. Forest Service.
The beginning of the Storm King Mountain Memorial trail.