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SMOKEJUMPERS: PAGE 149
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2004 YARGER FIRE SCENES # 1
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In August, the Alaska fire season was still demanding long hours on the fireline from all available firefighters. The Yarger Fire was just another lightning-spawned fire, this time near Northway along the Canadian border. Water sources were nowhere close, and the fire was rooted deep in the thick, dry tundra among dense spruce and hardwoods. For three days we carved fireline, burying our modified chainsaws into the ground and pulling long strips of matted vegetation from the fire's path. Rain blessed us on the fourth day, putting an end to the Yarger Fire and long hours of back-wrenching fun. |
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Forest Service Jumper
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Tundra Trench
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Joe Don Morton and Tundra Strip
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Oded Shalom Walks the Line
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Fred Pavlovich & Friends
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USFS & BLM Jumpers At Helispot
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Jumpers Prepare for Day Shift
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Matt Corley & Bruce Ford
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Mike O'Brien in Camp
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Coffee Time
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Buck Nelson Plans Day Shift
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