
Smokejumper
A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
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Ned Vaughn
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 US 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 be learned only 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 listeners 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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A great book
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A must read for all wildland firefighters
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interesting and informative
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This is such an interesting memoir, full of drama, history, amazing and breathtaking accounts, all perfectly narrated.
So very interesting
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Who knew?
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Amazing Book along Side Fire on the Mountain
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What did you love best about Smokejumper?
The author includes in depth background of forest ecology, fire fighting strategy, up to date technique /equipment and insight into personal motivation for the individuals who take up this line of work. We are threatened by wild fires every summer, and this book added to my knowledge, even though I thought I knew it all. I didn't. A very good read.Insight into wild life fire fighting.
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smokejumpers
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Thank you Smokejumper Ramos!
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It’s a quick read...even my husband was fascinated by the story when he heard me listening to this book in the house.
Must read
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