Environment
The First Jump
Episode 9 | 5m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1939, the Forest Service had the wild idea to fight fires deep in the woods.
In the first few decades of the 20th Century, fighting remote wildfires meant loading packs and hiking for days into rugged terrain. But the U.S. Forest Service had an out-there idea: Could they improve their speed to suppress fires more quickly by training firefighters to jump out of planes? In 1939, in Winthrop, Washington, they decided to try — and smokejumping was born.
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Environment is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Environment
The First Jump
Episode 9 | 5m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
In the first few decades of the 20th Century, fighting remote wildfires meant loading packs and hiking for days into rugged terrain. But the U.S. Forest Service had an out-there idea: Could they improve their speed to suppress fires more quickly by training firefighters to jump out of planes? In 1939, in Winthrop, Washington, they decided to try — and smokejumping was born.
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