Resource Catalog
Document
From the text ... 'As a method for delivering firefighters into otherwise difficult-to-access backcountry fires, rappelling provided a practical alternative to parachuting.... The jumpers took what they did and adapted it to the helicopter.... Needless to say, it is an exhilarating experience to successfully complete a long rappel from a hovering helicopter into tall timber.... After nearly three decades of sponsoring wildland fire helicopter rappel operations, the Forest Service rappel program possesses a remarkable safety record.... Rappelling from helicopters has proven to be an effective method of deploying firefighters to otherwise hard-to-access areas.... Out of necessity, some rappel crews have adopted physical training standards similar to smokejumper standards.'
Cataloging Information
- fire equipment
- fire management
- fire suppression (aerial)
- national forests
- rapelling
This bibliographic record was either created or modified by Tall Timbers and is provided without charge to promote research and education in Fire Ecology. The E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database is the intellectual property of Tall Timbers.