Grangeville Smokejumpers

The Grangeville Smokejumpers are committed to providing a professional level of wildfire management response to public lands throughout the United States. Smokejumpers specialize in the rapid deployment of highly trained and skilled firefighters, mobilized in fixed-wing aircraft and then parachute into remote locations. Grangeville Smokejumpers specialize in unique skills, high physical fitness standards, and a focus on safety. The smokejumpers function as a highly adaptable organization that can work effectively and efficiently in team environments or in single resource leadership positions.

The Grangeville Smokejumper Base is located at the Idaho County Airport in Grangeville, Idaho. It is the most centrally located among the nine smokejumper bases in the U.S. and is surrounded by national forest lands and wilderness areas of various fuel types and terrain. The base is part of the USDA Forest Service’s Region 1, which includes northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and parts of South Dakota and Wyoming. From Grangeville, the smokejumpers can rapidly mobilize to Forest Service Regions 4 and 6 within 30 minutes as well as other federal jurisdictions.

Are you Interested in Becoming a Grangeville Smokejumper?

Contact our Training Department. We pride ourselves on communicating with prospective applicants about hiring opportunities, requirements and standards, toward becoming a Grangeville Smokejumper.

Contact Information:

Grangeville Smokejumper Base Manager Nick Stanzak, 208-983-9582

Training: 

Foreman Russell Frei: 208-983-9585 

Smokejumper Spotter Bo Brooks: 208-983-9585

Operations: 

Foreman Ward Scanson: Primary: 208-451-5468, or 208-983-9588 

Assistant Foreman Nick Maki: Primary: 208-451-5468, or 208-983-9588

Loft: 

Assistant Foreman Nolen Humphrey: 208-983-9582 

Loadmaster and Para-cargo Lee Trapp: 208-983-9588
 

Grangeville Smokejumpers
111 Airport Road
Grangeville, ID 83530