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May 19, 1999. The Mann Gulch fire was a wildfire reported on August 5, 1949, in a gulch located along the upper Missouri River in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness (then known as the Gates of the Mountains Wild Area), Helena National Forest, in the U.S. state of Montana. A team of 15 smokejumpers parachuted into the area on the afternoon of ...
Aug 5, 2024 · The Mann Gulch fire was first officially reported around noon on August 5, 1949, in Montana's Helena National Forest. Responding to the fire, the Forest Service dispatched fifteen smokejumpers from Missoula to the remote area. The smokejumpers were part of a relatively new Forest Service program, with the first operational jumps having been ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Mann Gulch is a rugged and narrow valley located in Montana along the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of Helena. The gulch is surrounded by steep slopes, making it a challenging and ...
Aug 2, 2024 · The Mann Gulch Fire was detected the morning of August 5th on the Helena National Forest, ignited by lightning that had moved through the area the previous afternoon. After a patrol flight to assess the fire and terrain, District Ranger Robert Jansson knew there were significant challenges in trying to reach the fire with ground crews.
Aug 5, 2009 · The tragic events surrounding this fire ensure that August 5, 1949, will forever be remembered within U.S. Forest Service and wildland firefighting history. Hot weather and lightning storms the previous evening put Forest Service rangers in the area on notice that day, and around noon, the Mann Gulch fire was first officially reported.
The Mann Gulch Fire was discovered on August 5, 1949 in a remote canyon of the Helena National Forest in Montana. Forest Service Fire Guard James Harrison began initial attack of the fire while 15 smokejumpers from Missoula parachuted into the fire area and began to make access to attack the fire. While crew of smokejumpers were traversing Mann ...
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The Mann Gulch Fire which would claim 13 lives — including 12 smokejumpers and one former smokejumper — was first reported 75 years ago on August 5. ... “We do a lot of back burning on fires ...
