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This technical report was prepared by North Cascades Smokejumper Base manager Bill Moody on his detail to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the exchange of information and techniques related to the management of forests in October 1976. The report includes various aspects of wildland fire fighting by use of smokejumping and rappelling, from recruitment to fire suppression. The report is prefaced by a brief summary by Moody about the exchange.

Publication Date

12-1976

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; Smokejumpers -- Soviet Union; Wildfire fighters

Repository

Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections

U.S. - U.S.S.R. technical exchange program: Smokejumping - rappelling, October 1976

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