One might assume that being airborne-qualified could train you to be a forest firefighter, commonly known as a smokejumper, because they have to parachute into remote locations.
In 2001, four forest firefighters lost their lives fighting the Thirtymile Fire north of Winthrop.
Missing were the battalions of trained forest firefighters who are deployed in the American West and specialized apparatus, effective communications and airplanes that drop fire-retardant chemicals.
An-2LP (Lesopozharnyy - forest firefighter) - A single prototype comverted from an An-2V floatplane, with 630 litre(139 Imp.
Following graduation from Purdue University he worked as a civil engineering technician, land acquisition specialist and forest firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service.
He worked at a number of jobs, including lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, forest firefighter, and golf caddy.
This way a team of forest firefighters could be dispatched as soon as possible to get the fire under control.
Between acting jobs he has worked as a substitute teacher, diaper service dispatcher and forest firefighter.
Parachuting is performed as a recreational activity and a competitive sport, as well as for the deployment of military personnel Airborne forces and occasionally forest firefighters.
As in Wednesday's fire, the flames in Mann Gulch, driven by gusting winds, became what forest firefighters call a blowup, a charging holocaust at the men's backs.