Questions and Answers
What is smokejumping?Smokejumping was developed as a means of quickly reaching, parachuting to, and initial attacking fires in remote roadless areas.The primary mission of smokejumpers is firefighting. Smokejumpers may be delivered to a fire via helicopter, vehicles, and by foot. Smokejumpers are a national resource and occasionally used as a 20-person Type 1 Crew.Region 1 maintains a force of…
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Grangeville Smokejumper Mission
Speed and flexibility make the Grangeville Smokejumpers uniquely suited for contemporary fire management operations. Since the beginning of the Smokejumper program, the primary mission of smokejumpers has been the rapid deployment of aerial resources for the suppression of wildland fires. As fire management policy has evolved, so has the smokejumper program. Smokejumpers now incorporate the rapid…
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Smokejumpers
The U.S. Forest Service has about 320 smokejumpers that work from seven bases located in following areas:Grangeville, IdahoMcCall, IdahoMissoula, MontanaRedding, CaliforniaRedmond, OregonWest Yellowstone, MontanaWinthrop, WashingtonThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) also has smokejumpers at two bases in Boise, Idaho and Fairbanks, Alaska.Smokejumpers travel all over the country, including Alaska…
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The National Interagency Hotshot Crew Steering Committee
A hotshot crew reviews their plan for the day before works begins. Photo courtesy USDA Forest Service.
The National Interagency Hotshot Crew Steering Committee (IHC) provides proactive problem solving and issue resolution at the national level for the Hotshot community, fire managers,…
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Interagency Hotshot Crews
The Wyoming Hotshots walk towards a sunset on one of the many fires they responded to in 2016. (Photo by Kyle Miller)
Interagency Hotshot crews (IHCs), commonly called Hotshots or Hotshot crews, are highly trained, specialized wildland fire handcrews that perform some of the most demanding…
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Southern National Interagency Hotshot Crew
Asheville IHCNational Forests in North Carolina160 A Zillicoa StreetAsheville, NC 288010Chris Witkus, SuperintendentLuis Gutierrez, Captain 1Nic Danckwart, Captain 2Asheville Dispatch: (828) 257-4264Fax: (828) 257-4804Augusta IHCGeorge Washington - Jefferson NFs North River Ranger District401 Oakwood DriveHarrisonburg, VA 22801Derek Kramer, SuperintendentDouglas Savor, Captain 1Brian…