As more than 900 fires burn in a Canadian fire season that has periodically pushed dangerous smoke south into the U.S. and even far east to Europe, one province — British Columbia — relies on smokejumpers to help fight the blazes.
FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia — When James Bergen steps from a plane and plummets toward fire below, he’s not scared. Instead, he says, he gets a rush from not knowing exactly what he’ll face when he parachutes in as one of the smokejumpers confrontingOne call may mean a drop and a hike to a meadow to put out a single burning tree. “Next day you go to a fire and it’s a giant roaring beast threatening a community,” said Bergen, a solidly built 46-year-old with graying stubble.
U.S. Forest Service smokejumper Mike Dunn steps through a puddle while exiting a plane in Fort St. John, British Columbia, July 5, 2023. His crew is assisting Canadian firefighters battling fires throughout the region. When fires are remote or there’s a need to move resources from one location to another very quickly, that can be a time to send in smokejumpers, who bail out of planes at 1,500 feet to 3,000 feet .
Smokejumper Chris Thalmann packs a cargo parachute while fighting Canadian wildfires on Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Fort St. John, British Columbia. –Canadian smokejumper David Pon rigs a parachute on Wednesday, June 5, 2023, in Fort St. John, British Columbia.
“It could be three or four, one crew, or it could be the entire bus — all 13 jumpers on the fire,” Bergen said.
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