Smokejumper Obituary: Fuchs, Frederick Albano (Smokejumper Pilot 0000)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Fred, 78, died in Meridian, Idaho, March 30, 2017, He was born on March 22, 1939, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Fred graduated from Highland High School in 1958 and from Arizona State College, Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1962, with a B.S. degree in Forestry. He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve from 1962 to 1968. Fred began his firefighting career as a wildland firefighter in 1957, continuing as forester, firefighter, and pilot for NM State Forestry and U.S. Forest Service as forester, pilot, aviation manager, and program manager. Fred flew jumper at McCall and Redding in the 1980s.

Identifier

Fuchs_Frederick-Albano_Smokejumper-Pilot_0000

Publication Date

January 2021

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Fuchs, Frederick Albano (Smokejumper Pilot 0000)" (2021). Smokejumper Obituaries. 258.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/258