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 ... American fireproof clothing with the stocky build of a linebacker, came home from a summer in the States with boots and tools and a wad of cash ...

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Smokejumpers use beaters—strips of hard rubber ... colleagues who never made it home from their last deployment—these and hundreds more are gleaned over long careers and passed on by exhausted ...