Posted on May 29, 2009 - by Blackhawk Staff Writer
Smokejumpers Fly Over Blackhawk
Over the past few weeks, firefighters from the McCall smokejumper base have been training at Blackhawk on the River. The McCall Smokejumper Base started in 1943 with 5 jumpers and by 1947, the base had 50 member jumpers. Today, the McCall base has over 70 smokejumpers who help protect forests throughout the Western United States [...]











