Smokejumper And Other Stories
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Smokejumper And Other Stories
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Author : Swede Troedsson
language : en
Publisher: Sweetgrass Books
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Smokejumper And Other Stories written by Swede Troedsson and has been published by Sweetgrass Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Swede's adventures include a summer on a fire lookout, deployment as a Marine to Korea, smoke jumping, fire suppression, timber forester, aviation management, hunting, assisting Montana Game Wardens, ski patrol, an ambulance EMT, and back country rescue. During the course of his employment as a Forester with the Northern Pacific Railway and with the U.S. Forest Service, he broke a leg smoke jumping, fell through the ice on the Swan River, dodged falling trees during a wind shear event, almost got burned up twice, and lost a pickup truck in a fire entrapment.
Smokejumper
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Author : Jason A. Ramos
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2015-07-14
Smokejumper written by Jason A. Ramos and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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 U.S. 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 readers into his exhilarating and dangerous world, explores smokejumping’s remarkable history, and explains why their services are more essential than ever before.
Just A Few Jumper Stories
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Author : Rod Dow
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-03-16
Just A Few Jumper Stories written by Rod Dow and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-16 with categories.
"Just a Few Jumper Stories" is a collection of 70 stories from 46 years of firefighting (32 with the smokejumpers) by Alaska Smokejumper Rod Dow. It is intended as a straightforward attempt to archive campfire stories from the life of a long time firefighter. All true tales, mostly funny incidents from his career, they portray the thrill, humor, and love of the outdoors that comes from parachuting into wild country in Alaska and throughout the mountain west.
The Smoke Jumper
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Author : Nicholas Evans
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-06-04
The Smoke Jumper written by Nicholas Evans and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-04 with Fiction categories.
The fire that was to change so many lives started with a single shaft of lightning that struck a mountain ridge on a still and moonless night. The woman who camped nearby with her group of troubled teenagers slept on and heard nothing. Until the deadly inferno engulfed the mountain, and into the flames leaped The Smoke Jumper. His name is Connor Ford and he braves he the flames to save the woman he loves but cannot have, for Julia Bishop is the partner of his closest friend, Ed Tully. Julia loves them both but the tragedy on Snake Mountain forces her to choose between them and burns a brand on all their hearts. In the wake of the fire, Connor travels to the world's worst wars and disasters to take photographs that find him fame but not happiness. Reckless of a life he no longer wants, he dares death to take him, until another fateful day on another continent, when he must walk through fire again ...
Jumping Fire
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Author : Murry A. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2014-05-13
Jumping Fire written by Murry A. Taylor and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung up his chute after the summer of 2000—the worst fire season in more than fifty years. In Jumping Fire, Taylor recounts in thrilling detail one summer of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska, with tales of training, digging fire lines, run-ins with bears, and the heroics of fellow jumpers who fell in the line of duty. This unique memoir, filled with humor, fear, tragedy, joy, and countless stories of man versus nature at its most furious, is a “tale of love and loss, life and death, and sheer hard work, set in an unforgiving and unforgettable landscape” (Publishers Weekly). “Filled with adventure, danger and tragedy.” —The New York Times Book Review “A beautifully crafted, wise yet thrilling book.” —Los Angeles Times
Smoke Jumpers
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Author : R. A. Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Choose Your Own Adventure
Release Date : 2009
Smoke Jumpers written by R. A. Montgomery and has been published by Choose Your Own Adventure this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The reader becomes a student enrolled in a summer training program as a smoke jumper in the Pacific Northwest, an area hit hard by a number of small, suspicious forest fires.
Burning Embers And Other Stories Of Marriage Work And Family
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Author : Charlie Close
language : en
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Burning Embers And Other Stories Of Marriage Work And Family written by Charlie Close and has been published by Dog Ear Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Smokejumpers Of The Civilian Public Service In World War Ii
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Author : Robert C. Cottrell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-12-24
Smokejumpers Of The Civilian Public Service In World War Ii written by Robert C. Cottrell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-24 with History categories.
This is the story of Civilian Public Service smokejumpers, who battled against dangerous winds, searing heat, and devastating fires from 1943 until 1945. Fewer than 300 World War II conscientious objectors served their country in this fashion, operating out of CPS bases in Montana, Idaho, and Oregon. But that small band of men helped to keep alive Forest Service operations in the Pacific Northwest and thus sustained a program to fight potentially crippling fires. When the war ended, CPS smokejumpers, like millions of World War II combat soldiers, were "ushered out" of wartime service. Some, like many returning GIs, encountered difficulties in adjusting to civilian life. Nevertheless, the one-time smokejumpers often went on to make other remarkable contributions to their communities, their nation, and the world.
More Or Less Crazy
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Author : Murry Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-12-12
More Or Less Crazy written by Murry Taylor and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-12 with categories.
Return to the summer of '73 and adventure through Alaska as a Smokejumper. In an odyssey of movement and beauty we move back and forth across Alaska, jumping fires from Kodiak Island to the shadows of Denali, and in the winds of Isabel Pass. The smokejumpers themselves are a varied lot - several are ex-Air America bad boys recently back from covert CIA operations in Southeast Asia, and in no mood to take orders from anyone. The rest of the crew is made up of transfers and no-rehires from the jump bases in the Lower 48 where strict, top-down, authoritarian management made it hard, if not impossible, for them to fit in. Being stuck on Fort Wainwright in a dark and dreary hangar, surrounded by chain link fences and gravel lots, and under the eye of the Army Military Police is a recipe for disaster with a healthy serving of rebellion, heroism, pranks and humor thrown in. Adventure with these smokejumpers as they ultimately come together in an outrageous testimony to the joy of living life fully and playfully in one of America's last great true-life adventures.
Smokejumpers
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Author : Meish Goldish
language : en
Publisher: Fire Fight! the Bravest
Release Date : 2014
Smokejumpers written by Meish Goldish and has been published by Fire Fight! the Bravest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
On a July afternoon in 2012, a bolt of lightning struck a tree in Montana's Lolo National Forest. The tree burst into flames and the fire quickly spread, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. Soon, a small plane appeared overhead. Several smokejumpers dropped out of the plane and parachuted to the ground near the blaze, ready to fight the wildfire. Look inside to find out more about these courageous firefighters and how they use their quick thinking and expert skills to battle wildfires. You'll also go behind the scenes to learn how smokejumpers train for their jobs so that they are ready to spring into action at a moment's notice. Book jacket.