The Alaska Smokejumpers est. 1959 overview



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The Alaska Smokejumpers EST. 1959


OVERVIEW

  • OVERVIEW

  • The Alaska Smokejumpers are a fast response initial

  • attack firefighting force.

  • Other uses are:

  • Para cargo support of extended attack fires,

  • Cabin and allotment protection,

  • Fire line construction, helispot construction in inaccessible areas of project fires,

  • Helitack,

  • EMT missions, search and rescue,

  • Overhead assignments on project fires,

  • Prescribed fire, and project work.



Smokejumper coverage includes all of Alaska and ten miles into Canada. The administration of Alaska lands are shared by the State of Alaska and several Federal agencies.



The Alaska BLM contingent is backed up by, Boise BLM and US Forest Service Smokejumpers from the lower 48, during periods of heavy fire activity.



The Alaska Smokejumper Operations Section

  • This unit ensures Jumpers and aircraft are ready to respond to fire calls and manages the day to day operations of the jump base.



Smokejumper Training Section

  • Training ensures that all personnel are professionally trained, qualified, and certified to perform fireline, aviation, and jump duties.



The Alaska Smokejumper Parachute Loft

  • is responsible for manufacturing jump gear, rigging personnel parachutes, Rigger training and maintaining the airworthiness of all parachute related equipment used by the BLM smokejumpers.





The Alaska Smokejumpers

  • The Alaska Smokejumpers

  • have been delivering cargo

  • via parachutes since 1959.

  • Today we have the

  • capability of delivering

  • packages ranging in size

  • from 10 to 1500 pounds.

  • This can be anything from

  • fresh food, water, fuel in 55

  • gallon drums to ATV’s,

  • rubber rafts, and building

  • materials.



FIRE OPERATIONS

  • Smokejumpers are experts in fast

  • response and quick suppression of

  • initial attack fires. Smokejumpers

  • have a high success rate for

  • catching fires within 24 hours,

  • when given adequate resources.

  • Smokejumper aircraft can quickly

  • deliver 8 firefighters to new starts.

  • Speed, combined with aggressive

  • initial attack, provides a

  • containment rate of 90 to 95

  • percent.



FIRE OPERATIONS

  • The Alaska Smokejumper

  • unit is comprised of

  • Individuals qualified at the

  • ICT3, Division Supervisor,

  • Safety Officers, Class C-

  • Faller and Dozer Boss level.

  • The jumper unit can be

  • Expected to handle large,

  • Extended attack incidents of

  • varying complexities,

  • Helicopter operations, air

  • tankers, logistics

  • management, and

  • safety.



FIRE OPERATIONS

  • Along with initial attack

  • and extended attack

  • fires, The jumpers also

  • fill Type 1 and 2 team

  • assignments as

  • ATGS, ICT2, OSC1 and

  • 2, and DIVS.



EQUIPMENT

  • When Smokejumpers arrive at a

  • fire, they are equipped with fire

  • Packs containing the necessary

  • items to fight the fire; tools,

  • sleeping gear, food and water for

  • 48 hours.

  • Caches will be maintained at

  • Galena, Palmer, Ft. Yukon, and

  • McGrath. If jumpers stay on a fire

  • beyond 48 hours, they will have to

  • be supported with additional food

  • and water.



PARACHUTES

  • Smokejumpers use three types of parachutes:

  • The BLM Alaska jumpers

  • are jumping the higher

  • performance ram-air,

  • parachutes. Ram-airs

  • can be jumped in winds

  • up to 25 mph and can be

  • repacked at outstations.



PARACHUTES

  • Forest Service jumpers

  • from the lower 48 are

  • trained to jump round

  • parachutes. Round

  • chutes can be jumped

  • in Wind up to 15 mph.

  • They must be back

  • hauled to Fairbanks for

  • repacking.



PARACHUTES

  • Cargo chutes are used

  • to get equipment, food,

  • and water to the

  • ground.



AIRCRAFT

  • Smokejumpers use twin

  • turboprop aircraft for fire

  • missions. These aircraft

  • carry 8 smokejumpers at

  • speeds ranging from 160

  • 210 mph.

  • Although these aircraft are

  • primarily for deployment of

  • smokejumpers, they can be

  • utilized to support other

  • fires, depending on

  • statewide fire activity.



The Alaska Smokejumpers have a number of personnel qualified as Burn Bosses, Ignition Specialists, and Prescribed Fire Monitors. They can provide support, planning, preparation, and implementation for your prescribed fire needs.

  • The Alaska Smokejumpers have a number of personnel qualified as Burn Bosses, Ignition Specialists, and Prescribed Fire Monitors. They can provide support, planning, preparation, and implementation for your prescribed fire needs.



Project work

  • During periods of low fire activity the Jumpers are often used for a variety of work projects.



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