About 500 training jumps were made by the first 70 CPS smokejumpers in 1943, who went on to fight 31 fires that first season. Only one member, PFC Malvin L. Brown, was killed on August 6, 1945, after falling during a let-down from a tree in the Umpqua National Forest near Roseburg, Oregon. Get the good stuff, every Friday in your inbox. Weight: Must weigh at least 120 pounds but no more than 210 pounds without clothes. Deschutes NF, North Cascades Smokejumpers (FS) These crews receive valuable training and experience in fire suppression work. In 1942, permanent jump operations were established at Winthrop, Washington, and Ninemile Camp, an abandoned Civilian Conservation Corps camp (Camp Menard) a mile north of the Forest Service's Ninemile Remount Depot (pack mule) at Huson, Montana, about 30 miles (48km) northwest of Missoula. It was a big world out there and we all wanted our piece of it, said Gossett, who lives in Central Point and contributes to the smokejumper museum. For his 442-page book, Fattig interviewed dozens of pioneering smokejumpers and historians. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. For further information, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475. The "birthplace" of smokejumping continues to be debated between these two bases, the argument having persisted for about 70 years. The offer is contingent upon submission of a satisfactory physical examination, which must be performed by a licensed physician. After observing smokejumper training methods at Seeley Lake in June 1940, then-Major William C. Lee of the U.S. Army went on to become a major general and establish the 101st Airborne Division.[3]. The Redmond Smokejumper Welfare Or. During training smokejumper candidates are required to demonstrate their ability to pack 110 pounds of gear a distance of three miles in 90 minutes or less, over a level course. Ben Elkind's family. The Redmond Air Center (RAC) is at Robert's Field Airport about two miles east of Redmond, Oregon (population 12,000+, elevation 3077 feet). Back Row (L-R): Justin Cook, Jeremy Zemke, Matt Abell, Marcel Potvin, Ben Bell, Jarret Carle, Bill Selby, Gary Atteberry, Mike Leslie, Sean Wishart, Eliah Pedersen, Jeanine Faulkner, Kevin McCarthy, Jonathan Ugulano, Connor Allen, Arthur Cherry (rappeller), Eric Shilling (pilot), Ron Vail (pilot).
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"Bob" Scofield ( Cave Junction 1949 ), Gerald Boyd "Jerry" Taggart ( McCall 1953 ), Donald Edwin Meltvedt ( North Cascades 1952 ), Arthur Theodore Honey ( Cave Junction 1948 ), Forest D. Hindman ( North Cascades 1954 ), Ward Vance Speaker ( Cave Junction 1948 ), William Murdock "Bill" Joyner ( North Cascades 1953 ), Kenneth Melvin Vancil ( North Cascades 1965 ), Richard Lincoln Denison ( Missoula 1947 ), Roland K. "Rollie" Fisher ( Missoula 1947 ), Frederick Albano Fuchs ( Smokejumper Pilot ), Joe E. "Grey Eagle" Wright ( Grangeville 1958 ), Grover Sumpter "Doc" Tyler ( Missoula 1947 ), James Charles Allen ( North Cascades 1946 ), Alvin Fleming Baker ( Cave Junction 1960 ), Charles A. Crowley ( Cave Junction 1960 ), Robert Lloyd "Bob" Nolan ( Cave Junction 1947 ), Daniel James O'Rourke Jr. ( Cave Junction 1946 ), Joe M. "Pipas" Martinez ( Missoula 1946 ), Charles Joseph "Charley Joe" Muehlethaler ( Missoula 1946 ), Willard Sterling "Bud" Wyatt ( McCall 1946 ), Paul Ellis Hankins ( Cave Junction 1946 ), Andrew H. "Ed" Henry ( Cave Junction 1946 ), Wilfred C. "Jack" Larson ( North Cascades 1946 ), Edward John Adams Jr. ( Cave Junction 1946 ), Michael Alden "Mike" Holmes ( Missoula 1966 ), Millard W. "Bill" Green ( Cave Junction 1945 ), Clarence Hershey Kreider ( Missoula 1945 ), Richard Townsend Henley ( Missoula 1945 ), Raymond Emerson Miller ( Cave Junction 1945 ), Robert Clarence Goering ( North Cascades 1945 ), Edmund Dantes Christopherson Jr. ( Missoula 1945 ), Michael Erwin Ritzman Jr. ( McCall 1944 ), Kolmer Benjamin Spangler ( Missoula 1944 ), George W. "Walter" Pursley ( Missoula 1944 ), Robert Blanchard Cochran ( Missoula 1944 ), Richard "Dick" Rehfeldt ( Missoula 1943 ), William Clayton "Bill" Wood ( Missoula 1943 ), William Edgar Nafziger Jr. ( Missoula 1943 ), Marvin William Graeler ( Cave Junction 1943 ), Addison Reynold Carlson ( Missoula 1943 ), Walter Ralph Buller ( Cave Junction 1943 ), William S. Laughlin ( Cave Junction 1943 ), Carroll Eugene "Gene" Yoder ( Missoula 1945 ), Daniel Nathan Kauffman ( Cave Junction 1945 ), Charles Emerson Schumacher ( Missoula 1944 ), Henry Michael "Mickey" Smith ( Missoula 1942 ), Charles Raymond "Ray" Hudson ( Cave Junction 1943 ), William B. Bristol ( North Cascades 1945 ), Robert A. The fire with the greatest toll of smokejumper deaths was the Mann Gulch fire in 1949, which occurred north of Helena, Montana, at the Gates of the Mountains area along the Missouri River. 1740 SE Ochoco Way He found that most smokejumpers are well educated and well read. Due to the growth of the programs, USFS needed a new state-of-the-art training facility to serve its 1,000+ students per year. Bruce Marshall, Boise Smokejumper from 1971-1972 and Alaska Smokejumper from 1973-1975, tells a story about a memorable fire at Deacon's Landing in Alaska. 605 S Mission St. In 1971, a handful of the Cave Junction crew was interrogated by FBI agents searching for the skyjacker known as D.B. A hearing aid is not permitted. Other pioneering smokejumpers had combat experience. It's not hard to compare the nation's smokejumpers to elite U.S. special forces, like the Navy SEALs. Tanker 163 at Redmond, June 13, 2016. Oregon smokejumpers Retired smokejumper Gary Buck stands in front of 1940s Beechcraft jumper planes on the runway of the Illinois Valley Airport at the Siskiyou Smokejumper Museum. Please consider donating to Ben and his family. a GoFundMe page has been set up for Ben's family by the Redmond Smokejumpers Welfare Organization, an often necessary step taken by many federal firefighters who are injured . Robert Beckley, Redmond Smokejumper in 1983 and Grangeville Smokejumper from 1984-1985, talks about a career-ending injury that nearly took his life while jumping a lightning fire in Idaho. The staff has a private entrance directly to the office space with a conference room. Now Im 84 and I see this was the starting point for my life.. New bases were opened in Grangeville, Idaho, and West Yellowstone, Montana. Multiple factors are analyzed, and then a decision is made as to whether jumping the fire is safe. Payette, NF "Chuck" Viviano ( West Yellowstone 1953 ), Ronald Brian "Ron" Versteeg ( Cave Junction 1978 ), Benjamin R. "Benny" Tucker ( Cave Junction 1959 ), John Willard Taucher ( North Cascades 1946 ), Dennis Allen "Denny" Taipole ( North Cascades 1953 ), Clarence Dwayne Teichert ( Idaho City 1955 ), Charles G. "Jack" Harter ( Cave Junction 1951 ), Lowell Manfred "Manny" Haiges ( Missoula 1958 ), Frederick Charles Pearson ( McCall 1948 ), Phillip Adrian Rabideau ( North Cascades 1949 ), Wallace Wayne "Wally" Loudon ( North Cascades 1952 ), Joseph Hugh "Joe" McCauley ( North Cascades 1948 ), Darwin Thomas Miller ( Cave Junction 1951 ), Frederick "Fred" Michelotti ( Cave Junction 1949 ), Albert Charles "Chuck" Michael ( Missoula 1954 ), John Laurence McLaughlin ( Missoula 1959 ), William Benjamin McFadgen ( Missoula 1960 ), Donald Kurt "Don" MacKey ( Missoula 1987 ), Clarence Earl Keeley ( North Cascades 1956 ), John Raymond "Jack" Lyman ( Missoula 1946 ), Delano Gerald "Zeke" Lund ( Cave Junction 1952 ), Newton Hopkins Linebarger ( Fairbanks 1985 ), Benjamin S. "Ben" Andres ( Redding 1962 ), Michael Allen Lehman ( Cave Junction 1958 ), Sheryl Terry Kirchner ( North Cascades 1958 ), Douglas Norman "Hoppy" Hopkins ( Cave Junction 1962 ), Robert Alvin Harrison ( Cave Junction 1957 ), Edwin Lewis "Ned" Hauptner ( North Cascades 1948 ), Raymond E. "Ray" Marshall ( McCall 1951 ), Charles Evans Garrison ( Missoula 1947 ), Lawrence Ralph "Bud" Dunn ( Missoula 1946 ), Eugene H. "Gene" DeBruin ( Missoula 1959 ), Ronald L. "Dan" Daniels ( Grangeville 1954 ), Harvey Ellis Cotner ( North Cascades 1968 ), William Alexander Calder III ( Missoula 1953 ), Roger A. He was doing great and progressing well, however near the end of the training, Ben took a hard landing in a challenging jumpspot. (Tex) Schroedel ( Missoula 1957 ), Richard J. Courson ( Cave Junction 1946 ), Robert O. Brandenberger ( Missoula 1948 ), John William "Mike" MacKinnon ( Missoula 1957 ), Stewart S. "Lloyd" Johnson ( McCall 1943 ), Joel Louis "Joey" Maggio ( Redding 2009 ), Stanley William Linnertz ( Missoula 1961 ), Robert Eugene "Bob" Cutler ( Missoula 1951 ), Roy Webster Wagoner ( North Cascades 1962 ), Carl Richard Harnden ( North Cascades 1958 ), Gary Richard "Sam" McNeill ( Missoula 1957 ), Charles W. Dickie ( North Cascades 1951 ), Phisit Indradat ( (Associate Life Member) ), Clarence W. Rowley ( Cave Junction 1951 ), Richard Louis Baumgartner ( Missoula 1958 ), George Hendrickson ( North Cascades 1951 ), Craig R. Rockwell ( North Cascades 1968 ), Charles "Chuck" Stelling ( Missoula 1948 ), Garfield N. "Gar" Thorsrud ( Missoula 1946 ), Ronald Glen Olaf Curtiss ( Grangeville 1961 ), Donald Earl Wallace ( Cave Junction 1949 ), Art LeeRoy Galbraith ( North Cascades 1961 ), James A. The museum property, part of the Illinois Valley Airport, is open for self-guided tours year-round. The Redmond Air Center (RAC) serves as a hub for regional training and wildland firefighting support in the Pacific Northwest. Redmond Air Center Smokejumping exposes one to many unusual hazards and hardships, requiring exceptional physical conditioning. They are inserted at the site of the fire by parachute. In many ways, smokejumpers have earned adoration. Im sorry to hear this and wish Ben a full and complete recovery. | "Bill" Morin ( Missoula 1946 ), Vernon Eugene Sylvester ( Missoula 1947 ), Forest Frank "Woody" Liebe ( Missoula 1954 ), Daryle T. Starkovich ( North Cascades 1958 ), Herb William Krissie ( Cave Junction 1946 ), William H. "Bill" Roberts ( Cave Junction 1958 ), Marshall Felix Sullivan ( Missoula 1958 ), Paul Edward Sulinski ( North Cascades 1959 ), Ray John Farinetti ( Cave Junction 1964 ), Walter "Bud" Lloyd ( North Cascades 1949 ), Marshall Eugene Spencer ( Missoula 1942 ), Keith V. Fitzjarrald ( North Cascades 1963 ), Jack G. Heintzelman ( Cave Junction 1943 ), John C. "Pat" Harrison ( Missoula, 1975 ), Jack Albert Fitzjarrald ( North Cascades 1962 ), Philip Daniel Davis Jr. ( Missoula 1948 ), Donald Oliver Whitmarsh ( Missoula 1942 ), Thomas Wiaotte Marshall ( Missoula 1949 ), James S. "Jim" Diederich ( Redding 1970 ), Richard Allen Strohmyer ( Missoula 1977 ), William R. "Bill" Terrill ( Missoula 1973 ), Leland M. "Hardrock" Jensen ( McCall 1969 ), Charles F. "Chuck" Paluso ( Missoula 1951 ), Eugene Patrick Dougherty ( Missoula 1948 ), Willard Stanley Krabill ( Cave Junction 1945 ), Charles D. "Chuck" Parker ( Missoula 1947 ), Don G. Fitzjarrald ( North Cascades 1962 ), Harold J. Photo by Bill Gabbert. The 555th made a total of 1,200 jumps to 36 fires, 19 from Pendleton and 17 from Chico. WWII, when good men were hard to come by, 1074 women quit their jobs to become pilots for the war.
> (Janet Eastman/Janet Eastman/The Oregonian). The training manager at the Redmond Smokejumper Base in Central Oregon explains why and g. Visit spotfireimages.com for more photos and videos. Aerial Fire Depot The square doesnt solve all the problems with landing safely in the woods but it does help hitting the spot much more easy. For more than 75 years, smokejumpers have quietly and effectively shown these traits as they've battled wildfires in areas inaccessible to ground vehicles. A smokejumper was seriously injured Sunday May 15 during a training parachute jump. If you have information about the the rights holder, please contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475. Here is an excerpt from their description on GoFundMe: Ben has a long road to recovery and will be unable to work for a significant length of time and will be missing out on the overtime that so many wildland firefighters depend on to make a living. Of course, they're best known for their ability to parachute out of airplanes to reach the fire. Leonard Blixrud, Missoula Smokejumper in 1953, talks about a couple of incidents mid-jump and reminisces about the parts of smokejumping that he enjoyed most. 5631). Move recently? The camp relocated to Camp Menard in July 1943. The Redmond Smokejumper Base is located at the Redmond Air Center in Redmond, Oregon. The design is complete and awaiting additional funding for construction. Inscription on back reads "The greatest job in the world." Ben is a dedicated father, husband and firefighter. 10 thoughts on "Serious injury sidelines Redmond Smokejumper" Will says: May 19, 2022 at 5:26 pm. Any smokejumper candidate unable to meet these minimum physical requirements must be dropped from the program. A standard medical form is sent with an offer of employment to those selected. Earlier, aviation firefighting experiments had been conducted with air delivery of equipment and "water bombs". "Ray" Mansisidor ( McCall 1946 ), John William "Bill" Eaton ( Redding 1963 ), Eric T. "Blak" Schoenfeld ( Cave Junction 1964 ), Roland Marcellus Stoleson ( Missoula 1956 ), Howbert W. Bonnett ( Cave Junction 1949 ), Stanley Keith Underwood ( Missoula 1967 ), Harold Curtis McChesney ( Missoula 1975 ), Wilford L. "Ole" Olsen ( Cave Junction 1950 ), Michael P. Utigard ( North Cascades 1971 ), Walter R. Holcomb ( North Cascades 1961 ), Richard Samuel Gregory ( Cave Junction 1951 ), Daniel J. Front Row (L-R): (Rookies) Shane Taylor, Melissa Moore, Gabe Dommershausen, Josh Ross, Rubel Aguilar, David Neydlin, Luke Bromley, Douglas Thomas, Sam Johnson, Nick Foey. Memorable Fires Fred Cooper, North Cascades Smokejumper from 1962-1963 and Redmond Smokejumper from 1964-1967, describes a couple of memorable fires he jumped in Oregon and Idaho. Redding, CA 96002, Jerry Spense, Base Manager Many smokejumpers were hired by Air America, a covert CIA airline that dropped cargo in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. They tended to be well-behaved, self-motivated, and responsible. LockA locked padlock ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Accessibility 6101 Airport Road Prior to the full establishment of smokejumping, experiments with parachute insertion of firefighters were conducted in 1934 in Utah and in the Soviet Union. Archives The USFS goals include a functional space that is low-maintenance, and designed sustainability to support their mission. Ben has been a Smokejumper for the US Forest Service based in Redmond, OR for nine years and worked in fire as a member of the Zig-Zag Hotshots before jumping. Josh Cantrell, Training Manager A smokejumper was seriously injured Sunday May 15 during a training parachute jump. Just a Few Jumper Stories - by Rod Dow.
Seven are operated by the United States Forest Service (USFS), and two are operated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In July, 2015, The Smokey Generation attended the 75th Anniversary of Smokejumping National Reunion in Missoula, Montana to collect stories from current and former smokejumpers. Bases tend to look for highly motivated individuals who are in superior shape and have the ability to think independently and react to changing environments rapidly. They had one radio, maybe, and fewer roads, making early smokejumpers pack outs from a fire four times longer, or more, than the 10 mile average now, Janes said. The test is taken in one time frame with five-minute breaks between specific exercises. The Smokejumper Project had become a permanent establishment of the USFS in 1944. Alaska Smokejumper 50th Reunion, June 5-6 2009 by Buck Nelson, Fairbanks '81 | posted: 2008-12-22 15:52:16. Winthrop, WA 98862, Daren Belsby, North Cascades Base Manager North Cascades Smokejumpers (FS) 23 Intercity Airport Road Winthrop, WA 98862. BLM has been safely jumping squares since the late 70s. An initial group of 15 men began training in parachute rigging in May 1943 at Seeley Lake, and a total of 33 completed jump training in the middle of June, followed by two weeks of training in fire ground control and first aid. Theyre safety record is pretty freakin good. The FBI found no evidence that the fugitive was a smokejumper. . Tony Johnson, Redmond Base Manager (541) 504-7280 Deschutes NF . Hello, the Redmond Smokejumper Welfare Organization is starting this fundraiser on behalf of Smokejumper and Wildland Firefighter Ben Elkind after he sustained a pelvic fracture on a parachute training jump. I have read many of his comments and as a GS6 forestry Tech with 2 kids I felt reciprocal on his opinion and story. Glasses or contacts used for eye correction are permitted. Other fire-related operations at the Redmond Airport include the Redmond Smokejumpers, the Northwest Fire Training Center, the Redmond Hotshots, and the Regional Air Group which supplies pilots for the jumpers and lead planes. Official websites use .gov Not pictured: Ryan McCliment, Joe Madden, Ted Piehl, Jeff Coburn, Garrett Allen, Jason Barber, Craig Hingley, Grant Davis, Josh Cantrell, Ryan Koch, Dan Norskog, Justin Wood. To work fires, the men, organized into squads of eight to 15, were stationed at six strategic points, also known as "spike camps": Seeley Lake, Big Prairie, and Ninemile in Montana; Moose Creek and McCall in Idaho; and Redwood Ranger Station in southwestern Oregon at the edge of Cave Junction. Alaska the Alaska Smokejumpers in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. the North Cascades Smokejumpers in Winthrop, Washington.
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