North Cascades Smokejumper Base
A NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCE
Smokejumpers help manage national forest resources
What do we Provide? To start
with, we provide wildland fire initial attack with quick self-sufficient
fire suppression.
We have division and group supervisors (Type 3,4), incident commanders,
air attack, task force and strike team leaders, etc., to offer
on larger incidents. Wildfire is our primary function, however,
we have many other skills and services relating to fire and forestry.
Some of the other areas we support are:

Prescribed Fire and Fuels
Treatment We have been
providing qualified burn bosses, holders,
and lighters to, and doing prep work for,
forests locally and nationally
since the 1970's.
Certified Tree
Climbers For wildlife work,
hazardous limb and tree removal and cone collection.
Certified Sawyers For line construction,
tree removal, rehabilitation, and tree
thinning.
Trail Construction & Recreation Assisting
local districts with bridge building and
tread construction.
Certified Loft Facilities We provide
4 master riggers and 10 senior riggers
for equipment maintenance and repair. We also
design and construct line gear packs for
hotshot crews and rappeller harnesses for
national use.

Training We
supply instructors for regional
interagency training in aviation management,
safety, and wildland fire for Eastern Washington
and beyond.
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