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The price of being a badass
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:06 am
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:06 am
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A smokejumper for the Bureau of Land Management working out of Boise, Idaho suffered a serious injury on a training jump Monday. The patient was initially evaluated on scene by the other jumpers and then flown by Life Flight to a Boise hospital, arriving within 46 minutes, and received treatment, including surgery, for two fractured femurs.
According to Jennifer Smith, a spokesperson for the BLM, the injury resulted from the smokejumper’s landing. There was no parachute malfunction. Boise BLM smokejumpers conduct training jumps on a regular basis in the area where the accident occurred southeast of Emmett, 20 miles northwest of Boise.
An accident investigation team is being organized and is expected to begin work today.
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:10 am to Jim Rockford
What's a smoke jumper? And two broken femurs...ouch.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:10 am to Jim Rockford
What the frick is a smokejumper
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:12 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Firefighters who parachute into forest fires
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:15 am to Pirate Diver
Oh, so lunatics.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:15 am to Pirate Diver
This seems awfully futile.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:23 am to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:46 am to ReauxlTide222
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Posted by ReauxlTide222 What's a smoke jumper?
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 12:47 am
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:47 am to Jim Rockford
Sat next to one of these guys on a flight to Boise on way to Sun Valley 7 years ago. He was an Arizona firefighter doing this with his vacation time.
John Kerry and Theresa Heinz own a place in Sun Valley, thus he fast-tracked some Govt help, and Governor Schwarzennegar(also owns place in Sun Valley), despite having his own Cali fires, loaned out 200 of their very best to the Idaho cause, due to the closing proxy to Ketchum.
What those wildfire guys do, the hours they hump in hellish heat and danger, then living in tents in a field, is remarkable! The amount of volunteers and people bringing them food and drink and donations was amazing.
Nothing but respect here..they are special breed.
John Kerry and Theresa Heinz own a place in Sun Valley, thus he fast-tracked some Govt help, and Governor Schwarzennegar(also owns place in Sun Valley), despite having his own Cali fires, loaned out 200 of their very best to the Idaho cause, due to the closing proxy to Ketchum.
What those wildfire guys do, the hours they hump in hellish heat and danger, then living in tents in a field, is remarkable! The amount of volunteers and people bringing them food and drink and donations was amazing.
Nothing but respect here..they are special breed.
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 12:53 am
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