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空降森林灭火员是一种特殊类型的消防员。与普通消防员的工作方式不同，他们从飞机上跳下来，或被直升机降落到很难通过乘车或步行到达的地区。
Every year， wildfires destroy millions of hectares of forest land， leaving many homes damaged and a lot of people homeless. Luckily， smoke jumpers help to stop this. They are brave guardians for us.
Smoke jumpers are a special type of firefighters. Unlike regular firefighters， they work in a different way.
They jump from planes or are lowered by helicopters into areas that are difficult to reach by car or on foot， such as the middle of a mountain forest. They race to put out fires as fast as they can.
At a fire site， smoke jumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop a fire from spreading or to slow its progress until full， ground?based firefighters arrive. Using basic equipment such as shovels（铲子） and axes（斧头）， smoke jumpers clear land of burnable materials， like dry grass and dead trees. They carry water with them， too， but only a limited amount.
Although the majority of smoke jumpers are men， more women are joining now. The most important factors are your height and weight. Smoke jumpers employed in the United States， for example， must be between 120 and 200 pounds （between 54 and 91 kilograms） so they dont get blown away by the strong winds or get hurt when they land. Smoke jumpers must also be capable of surviving in the wilderness. In Russia， many smoke jumpers know how to find food in the forest and can even make simple furniture from trees so that they can survive in the wild.
The work is dangerous， and the hours are long. But for these firefighters， smoke jumping isnt just an occupation. They love being able to jump out of planes， fight fires， and live in the forest. As 28?year?old Russian smoke jumper Alexi Tishin says， “This is the best job for tough guys.”
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Every year， wildfires destroy millions of hectares of forest land， leaving many homes damaged and a lot of people homeless. Luckily， smoke jumpers help to stop this. They are brave guardians for us.
Smoke jumpers are a special type of firefighters. Unlike regular firefighters， they work in a different way.
They jump from planes or are lowered by helicopters into areas that are difficult to reach by car or on foot， such as the middle of a mountain forest. They race to put out fires as fast as they can.
At a fire site， smoke jumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop a fire from spreading or to slow its progress until full， ground?based firefighters arrive. Using basic equipment such as shovels（铲子） and axes（斧头）， smoke jumpers clear land of burnable materials， like dry grass and dead trees. They carry water with them， too， but only a limited amount.
Although the majority of smoke jumpers are men， more women are joining now. The most important factors are your height and weight. Smoke jumpers employed in the United States， for example， must be between 120 and 200 pounds （between 54 and 91 kilograms） so they dont get blown away by the strong winds or get hurt when they land. Smoke jumpers must also be capable of surviving in the wilderness. In Russia， many smoke jumpers know how to find food in the forest and can even make simple furniture from trees so that they can survive in the wild.
The work is dangerous， and the hours are long. But for these firefighters， smoke jumping isnt just an occupation. They love being able to jump out of planes， fight fires， and live in the forest. As 28?year?old Russian smoke jumper Alexi Tishin says， “This is the best job for tough guys.”
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