Talk:Smokejumper

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"The extra risk and trouble associated with this method is justified by the fact that the fixed-wing aircraft that carry smokejumpers are cheaper to operate over long distances and have higher top speeds than the helicopters often used for other fire deployments"

...Range, speed and payload. A jump ship typically carries several times the amount of personnel and equipment as a helicopter, right?

[edit] parachute shape

Forest Service uses rounds, Bureau of Land Management uses squares.

[edit] Safety record / worst disaster

A recent helicopter crash in Mongolia killed 15 people, of whom at least 10 were firefighters. See for example http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/content/view/307/ . Yaan 11:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)