Smokejumpers from West Yellowstone, Missoula and Boise, Idaho convened at the West Yellowstone Smokejumper Base just north of town in May to try their hand at the ram-air parachute. The early season ...

The job of the smokejumper is a dangerous one. They parachute out of planes to fight fires in difficult-to-access landscapes, especially here in the West. But it’s not a field that attracts ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) Fighting wildland fires is grimy, exhausting, dangerous and impressive. When smokejumpers do the work, parachuting in to wage the initial attack on fires in remote, rugged places, ...

Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service Smokejumpers are conducting training jumps in Interior Alaska skies in preparation for the upcoming fire season. The required refresher and training jumps ...

Fairbanks – Two veterans of the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service have been recognized for their outstanding accomplishments last year. Those accomplishments included working together to ...

RONAN, Mont. - For many people falling thousands of feet to the ground would be a thrill of a lifetime, but for the Missoula Smokejumpers it's just another day at work. Blue skies created perfect ...

BEND, Ore. — A dark speck fell out of the plane as it swooped 1,500 feet over Glaze Meadow, near Black Butte. The smokejumper fell for less than a second before her parachute streaked out behind her, ...

BOISE – A Bureau of Land Management smokejumper has died in a parachuting accident while training, officials at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said. Authorities said 40-year-old Mark T.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A smokejumper for Custer Gallatin National Forest was injured during a training exercise when strong winds from an incoming thunderstorm blew a smokejumper off course. This ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Fighting wildland fires is grimy, exhausting, dangerous and impressive. When smokejumpers do the work, parachuting in to wage the initial attack on fires in remote, rugged places, ...