I remember when I was going through the US Army Airborne School back in 1986 after Infantry School. I was going through the Ft. Benning Infantry School Museum on my day off on the weekend. I learned that the US Army had trained it's first Black American Paratroopers during WWII as a separate Parachute Infantry Regiment. They were known as the "Triple Nickels", the 555th PIR. They were trained as Airborne Infantrymen. The Army decided to deploy them as America's first Smoke Jumpers to fight the wild fires of the Northwest because of the Japanese "Balloon Bombs" deployed from Japan to cause wild fires in the North Western US. They never got to combat but they fought forest fires. Many of the men who were in the 555th after the war became Jump Masters or Master Blasters at the world famous Ft. Benning US Army Airborne School. In Korea they became combat veterans and plenty were still around by Vietnam. The US Army taught them to be Paratroopers, the Forest Service taught them to fight forest fires. These men should be remembered.
I didnt notice till now that the fella, "Ran" Crone, the snowboarding Alaskan dude, is the founder of 'Nargear' packs and equipment. What an entreprenurial fella! Much respect.
Complimnti for the work that you do, by the team forest fire protection of Sicily our video is entitled (Forestale Sicilia squadra antincendio boschivo)
If you have a degree you can get a position full time. Best way to go would be 2 yr on Forestry or 4 yr in Environmental Science. This way you can get a job with the State or US Forest Service. And the pay is awesome...Entry, depending on where you live is anywhere from 50k to 80k year.
Dt0x75 That sounds awesome! I'm an AEMT student at my local community college, but I'm considering taking a Fire Science course that gets you your Red Card next semester. Would the Red Card help me be competitive for an entry level position, or are they "a dime a dozen"? Thanks for the great replies.
They are pretty much a dime a dozen, but they certainly do help. Thats like a fire fighting resume...lol But to be honest you are going to be competing over jobs with a lot of people. The more education you have towards it the better off you will be. It will be easy to become discouraged, but man...If you land a job doing this, KEEP it... I loved doing this that summer. Your Red CArd shows how much training you have had btw. The more you do the better you get.
Dt0x75 What other training would you recommend I look into? I'm also not opposed to working on a hand crew, it just seems like the info about the application process or just info in general for wildland is a lot harder to find/confusing than it is for urban fire departments.
I remember when I was going through the US Army Airborne School back in 1986 after Infantry School. I was going through the Ft. Benning Infantry School Museum on my day off on the weekend. I learned that the US Army had trained it's first Black American Paratroopers during WWII as a separate Parachute Infantry Regiment. They were known as the "Triple Nickels", the 555th PIR. They were trained as Airborne Infantrymen. The Army decided to deploy them as America's first Smoke Jumpers to fight the wild fires of the Northwest because of the Japanese "Balloon Bombs" deployed from Japan to cause wild fires in the North Western US. They never got to combat but they fought forest fires. Many of the men who were in the 555th after the war became Jump Masters or Master Blasters at the world famous Ft. Benning US Army Airborne School. In Korea they became combat veterans and plenty were still around by Vietnam. The US Army taught them to be Paratroopers, the Forest Service taught them to fight forest fires. These men should be remembered.
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Thank you for posting this! I was the lead editor on this show. I wish it had gone to series!
I didnt notice till now that the fella, "Ran" Crone, the snowboarding Alaskan dude, is the founder of 'Nargear' packs and equipment. What an entreprenurial fella! Much respect.
Wow . Im a wildland firefighter. .type 1 .
But wow ill love to try this job. Im physical fit...
Next year
German martinez how’d that all turn out?
My hats off to the wildland firefighting elite!!!
the blue FSS bags are actually pretty comfortable.
I want to be there. To be counted on, is one thing. To keep others Safe is what's required. I can do that. Safety first, last- Always.
Bring back working pack strings! It just makes sense!
How can do both sucture and wildland firefighting?
@john doe
Most of the jobs are seasonal, but as you gain experience and move up in position your chances of being held year round increase.
Other than the obvious jumping in, whats the difference between smokejumpers and hot shots
Kim Workman jumpers go where the shots can’t
@@calebherbert730 facts
@asystolgod are you a smokejumeper??
Complimnti for the work that you do, by the team forest fire protection of Sicily our video is entitled (Forestale Sicilia squadra antincendio boschivo)
"Self depreciating" self deprecating?
Are any of these jobs year round, or are they purely seasonal?
They are year round and one of the best jobs in the world. I did this seasonal though.
If you have a degree you can get a position full time. Best way to go would be 2 yr on Forestry or 4 yr in Environmental Science. This way you can get a job with the State or US Forest Service. And the pay is awesome...Entry, depending on where you live is anywhere from 50k to 80k year.
Dt0x75 That sounds awesome! I'm an AEMT student at my local community college, but I'm considering taking a Fire Science course that gets you your Red Card next semester. Would the Red Card help me be competitive for an entry level position, or are they "a dime a dozen"? Thanks for the great replies.
They are pretty much a dime a dozen, but they certainly do help. Thats like a fire fighting resume...lol But to be honest you are going to be competing over jobs with a lot of people. The more education you have towards it the better off you will be. It will be easy to become discouraged, but man...If you land a job doing this, KEEP it... I loved doing this that summer. Your Red CArd shows how much training you have had btw. The more you do the better you get.
Dt0x75 What other training would you recommend I look into? I'm also not opposed to working on a hand crew, it just seems like the info about the application process or just info in general for wildland is a lot harder to find/confusing than it is for urban fire departments.
Dude 80 pounds is no fucking joke damn, forr 3 miles in a hour and a half thats a 30 min mile
i what to be
i jus call them forest firefighters
Wussies
How
Shut up
Just 85 pounds...
Could you do that
Trash
3 mile for 90 minutes
@@emmanuelawosusi2365 yes
@@sir.willthur5428 do not know how hard 85 pounds for 3 miles is