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Smokejumper
- A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
- Narrated by: Ned Vaughn
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
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 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 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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- allan fraser
- 08-06-20
Loved it
I found it interesting and learned so much about something I knew little about. I knew of Smokejumpers and thought they sound amazing, we don’t have anything like that here in the U.K.
The whole book was great with all the historic details and stories.
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- Sam Hill
- 04-08-23
Fascinating insight into an unknown role
Remarkable tasks undertaken by a relatively unknown, unique group of firefighters and a well told story in what they do
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