Friday, August 08, 2008

Smoke Jumpers

Missoula, MT houses one of the Forest Service's six smoke jumper centers. It is also a museum to the fire fighters that do such great work in our forests. And, I was trained as one back in the summer of 1991. And yes, I wore the Nomex.











The dorm the smoke jumpers stay in when not out on a fire.





The Modern Fire Fighter





Many of the smoke jumpers sew their own gear





The room in which they pack the parachutes





What's in the cargo box that gets dropped to the smoke jumpers



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