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US Smokejumpers Boost British Columbia 2010

In 2010, British Columbia had a large amount of wildfire activity across the province. During the peak of this activity an international agreement was reached that allowed smokejumpers from the United States to travel north into Canada, to assist with fire suppression. Over the course of a month, nearly 30 U.S. smokejumpers spent two weeks at a time initial attacking fires from established BC parattack bases in Ft. St. John and MacKenzie, British Columbia. The B.C. parattack program began in its current form in 1998, however smokejumpers have been in use across Canada before this time. With close to 40 smokejumpers, the North Peace Parattack program operates out of Fort St. John, in the Peace River area of northeastern BC. This international agreement was not the first and would not be the last. Smokejumpers from north and south of the border continue to cooperate during periods of high fire activity, as well as for training opportunities such as parachute rigging. This program has been beneficial to the fire service in both countries, as well as to the respective smokejumper programs, as experiences, policies, and procedures are shared and standardized. Here is a 2011 article that appeared on hemmingfire.com about BC Parattack after the busy 2010 season: http://www.hemmingfire.com/news/fulls...