Smokejumper Obituary: Urban, Mark T. (NIFC 2003)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Mark died September 27, 2013, while making a training jump on to a field near Prairie, Idaho, about 45 miles east of Boise. He was a 10-year jumper with 324 jumps including 102 fire jumps. Mark received a degree in Building Materials and Wood Technology from the University of Massachusetts and served in the Air National Guard from 1991-1997. He began his career as a wildland firefighter in 1999 with the U.S. Forest Service joining the BLM Great Basin Smokejumpers in 2003. He was an avid bicyclist and contributor to the Boise Bicycle Project. Mark is survived by his wife, Rebecca.

Identifier

Urban_Mark-T_NIFC_2003

Publication Date

October 2013

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Urban, Mark T. (NIFC 2003)" (2013). Smokejumper Obituaries. 777.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/777