Cramer shouts, and a moment later slaps him on the shoulder. McPhetridge hurls himself from the plane. Three smokejumpers follow. On the second pass, the remaining four men fall into the sky.

When the siren sounds, Smokejumpers pack on their gear and load into a Shorts C-23 Sherpa plane. "Once the horn blows, we have about two minutes to get our jump gear on and we're boarded up to the ...

What is a smokejumper? Smokejumpers are the elite, airborne firefighters you’ve never heard of! These firefighters jump out of planes to respond to wildland fighters. If you want to learn more ...

A smokejumper the past 25 of his 45 years ... "We face danger three times: one when we fly on plane; two when we jump; three when we go to fire," Valeriy says, and the statistics bear him out.