Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters Chief Michael Barakey gives emergency

Chief Michael Barakey gives emergency first responders the tools to succeed on every incident where they make critical decisions and mitigate incidents daily under stress

Robert Langman

Foreword by Chief Billy Goldfeder

Bureaucratic foibles

Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters Chief Michael Barakey gives emergencyA rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of natures blazes. Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of residential housing into the wilderness have combined to create