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Jumper

2022
Accepted into the Forest Service's class of smokejumpers, nineteen-year-old wildland firefighter Blair Scott takes unnecessary risks to prove herself and struggles to cope when everything rages wildly out of control.

Smokejumpers

Explains what smokejumpers do and describes the gear they use.

Smokejumpers

2021
Explains what smokejumpers do and describes the gear they use.

Smokejumpers

"Detailed text informs readers of the duties, skills, and training required of smokejumpers."--Publisher.
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Smokejumpers

"Detailed text informs readers of the duties, skills, and training required of smokejumpers."--Publisher.
Cover image of Smokejumpers

Smokejumpers

battling the forest flames
Looks at the history, equipment, training, and work of fire fighters who parachute into wildfires burning in areas that are otherwise hard to reach.
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Young men and fire

2017
Discusses the events of August 5, 1949, when a firefighter crew of fifteen were killed or mortally burned by a forest fire in the Montana wilderness.

Smokejumper

a memoir by one of America's most select airborne firefighters
2015
Veteran smokejumper Jason Ramos offers a rare inside look at the lives of airborne firefighters, the select few who parachute into the most rugged and remote wild areas to battle nature's blazes.

Smoke Jumers

Choose Your Own Adventure #29
2009
You've joined an elite team of firefighters, the smokejumpers, and now you must decide how to handle jumping into the forest fires of the Pacific Northwest.

Extreme wildfire

smoke jumpers, high-tech gear, survival tactics, and the extraordinary science of fire
2016
"In this book, young readers will learn about the ecological impacts of wildfires, the ins and outs of fire science including tactics for prevention and containment, cutting-edge technology used to track wildfires and predict fire behavior, and about the impressive skill, survival tactics, and bravery required to control a wildfire"--Amazon.

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