Fire Suppression - Smokejumpers - Forest History Society

Smokejumper center at Grangeville, Idaho, 1991.

Parachute in tree.

Smokejumper leaving the plane.

Smokejumper soon after leaving plane, Lolo National Forest, Montana.

Smokejumper with parachute caught in a tree top.

Smokejumper approaching ground. Six Mile, near Remount Depot.

Smokejumpers in Ford Trimotor plane about to bail out over Six-Mile Creek.

Two jumpers about to take off in Ford Trimotor plane, Lolo National Forest, Montana.

Smokejumper leaving 30-foot platform used for training jumps.

A smokejumper descending.

A smokejumper nearing the ground, Okanogan National Forest, Washington.

Parachute jumper Dick Tuttle near top of 100-foot lodgepole pine snag.

Smokejumpers with wind-filled chutes, Lolo National Forest, Montana.

A U.S. Forest Service smokejumper exhibit display.

Ford Trimotor plane under contract from Johnson Flying Service about to take off with a squad of smokejumpers.

Typical tree landing encountered by Forest Service smokejumpers.

Forest Service smokejumper caught in tree, Lolo National Forest, Montana.

Frank Derry, parachute instructor-rigger, instructing prospective smokejumper.

Smokejumper leaving 30-foot platform used for training jumps.

Practice in escape training procedures, Lolo National Forest, Montana.

Smokejumper trainee in mid-air during jump from tower.

Smokejumper squadleader Bill Carver and new trainees fully suited practicing

Forest Service smokejumper practicing let down techniques on training units at Aerial Fire Depot

Parachute turning simulator, designed and built by the Missoula Equipment Development Center.

Forest Service smokejumper practicing on training units at Aerial Fire Depot.

Forest Service smokejumper training at Aerial Fire Depot.

Parachute supply drop.

Smokejumper.

Smokejumper over Lolo National Forest, Montana.

Bill Carver, foreman in smokejumper unit at Missoula, Montana.