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The Woman on the Mountain: Christine Estrada
Christine Estrada, a fire lookout, having visited 93 of the remaining lookouts across Washington State, works tirelessly during fire season to spot, report and communicate with fire teams on the...
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A Short History of Helicopter Logging
The practice of helicopter logging is still employed in parts of the world today, including the US and Canada. Often the USFS will use it to thin forest lands in...
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Smokey Bear: An American Icon
Smokey the bear’s message has remained unchanged since the 1940s. A message to the American public: that you, I, and everyone shared a responsibility to prevent wildfires. This is the...
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Train Like a Wildland Firefighter, Workout 1: "FRIDLEY"
First responders and wildland firefighters don't have the option to work from home. They need to be in top physical and mental shape or else lives could be lost. If...
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Train Like a Wildland Firefighter with Mountain Tough Fitness Lab
The day-to-day rigors of a wildland firefighter require supreme mental and physical strength. These folks hump 45-pound packs up and down steep, rugged terrain for three to five miles a...
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VETERANS HOTSHOT CREW
Having achieved certification last Veterans Day, the Lakeview Veterans Hotshots are the only Interagency Hotshot Crew in the country that prioritizes enlisting and developing former military personnel. From front lines...
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ERNESTO ALVARADO - FIRE SCIENTIST
Ernesto Alvarado is a biologist and Research Associate Professor at the University of Washington. With over 27 years in the field, his current research covers a variety of topics, from...
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Filson and The Forest Service
Filson and the U.S. Forest Service share unbreakable ties to our wildlands and a relationship that dates over a century. Since the 1950s, Filson garments have been in-use as field...
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THE CHAINSAW
The single most important invention affecting logging was the chainsaw of 1935. Although it was not invented in Oregon, it was perfected there in 1947 by lumberjack Joseph Cox. While...
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BARB WHITEMAN - A LIFE DEDICATED TO FIGHTING WILDLAND FIRES
Barb grew up on the Crow Indian Reservation in Eastern Montana. When she was not in school, she spent untold hours roaming the Big Horn Mountains near her home hunting,...
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BIA: INTER-AGENCY HOTSHOTS - NATIVE AMERICAN FIRE CREWS
NATIVE AMERICAN FIRE CREWS were officially formed in 1910—known as the Division of Forestry, a part of the BIA—and tasked with protecting tribal timber holdings. As one might imagine, these...
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THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.
THE Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a depression-era work-relief program that put millions of America’s young men to work on important conservation projects. Established in 1933 by executive order, the...
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MALHEUR RAPPEL CREW
The Malheur Rappel Crew primarily fights fires in the Pacific Northwest (Region 6) but team members can be dispatched anywhere there is a need - even globally. The standards to...
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Q&A WITH A HOTSHOT
We sit down with Jeremiah Coke, Squad Leader with a hotshot crew in the Pacific Northwest, to learn a thing or two about his 17 years in fire.
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WHAT IS A WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER
Wildfires across the U.S. have become increasingly large and uncharacteristically extreme, due to factors including climate change and unhealthy forests. This puts communities, habitat, and watersheds at risk. It also...
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PHOENIX CREW 1
Meet one of the most unique teams partnering with the USFS - an Arizona Fire Crew made primarily of post-release inmates.
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BEQUI LIVINGSTON - WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING PIONEER
IN 1988, Bequi Livingston became the first woman ever recruited by the New Mexico-based Smokey Bear Hotshots for its elite wildland firefighting crew. It had taken Livingston nine years to...
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KYLE MILLER - PHOTOGRAPHER
A wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service and Wyoming Hotshots crew member, Kyle Miller is not a photographer — just a guy who is drawn to fighting wildfire on...
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How to Pack Your Line Gear
When you're on a fire line, everything that matters is on your back. You may be required to haul 70 lbs. in and out of a remote spot. How you...
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JUMP TRAINING REDDING, CALIFORNIA
Smokejumpers are specially trained wildland firefighters — and their training is grueling. Often the leading edge of a wildland firefight, smokejumpers parachute out of airplanes to reach fires before they...
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INSIDE THE FIRE LAB
The U.S. Forest Service’s Fire Sciences Laboratory, Fire Lab for short, is the only facility on earth dedicated to studying wildfire through experiments in a chamber. The public rarely gets...
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JIGGER JOHNSON - USFS PIONEER
ALBERT LEWIS JOHNSON, ALSO KNOWN AS JIGGER JOHNSON, was a legendary logging foreman, trapper and fire warden for the U.S. Forest Services. Jigger’s rugged attitude and fearless determination was that...
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MAN BEAST MACHINE
In the beginning, the USFS fought forest fires using animals such as horses and pigeons. Horses provided transportation of man and materials, while pigeons afforded timely communication. From horseback to...
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How to Become a Wildland Firefighter
Interested in becoming a Protector of the Forest? Learn when and where to apply.
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