PARACHUTE FIREMEN
FOREST PRESERVATION / (Received October 10, 5.5 p.m.) :/|3V . WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 Theiamtod, States National Forest Service - jsexperimenting in the dropping of firemen by parachute at the scene of newly-discovered, .forest fires. Tho men wear- suits which are, padded to an extraordinary degree in order to prevent them 'from suffering injury when' landing in rough country. Their 1 parachutes are designed to permit them' to guide themselves to tho best landings. Their equipment, which includes a liglit two-way radio/ is dropped by a smaller parachute.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23479, 17 October 1939, Page 8
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86PARACHUTE FIREMEN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23479, 17 October 1939, Page 8
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