General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FABRIC PARACHUTES IN CANVAS CONTAINERS/ METAL FASTENERS/ SYNTHETIC FABRIC STRAPS/.2 CW METAL KNIFE WITH SYNTHETIC HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

53.0 cm

Width

35.0 cm

Height

20.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Forestry

Category

Fire fighting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PIONEER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

1980s-1990s

Canada

Equipment used by Canadian parattack firefighters. In 2002, the BC forest service operated the only existing Canadian programme of recruitment & training for smokejumping or parattack. It began as pilot project using former Yukon smokejumpers at Smithers, BC & later moved to Fort St. John.

Function

Umbrella-like device of light fabric used to slow descent of parachuter falling from airplane, by increasing air resistance; this example was used by firefighters who jumped from aircraft into forest fire zones to fight fires.

Technical

Example of type of parachute used by parattack forest firefighters.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 TYPED FABRIC LABEL ON STRAP READS "PART NO. 11-1-214/ DAAJ09-82-C-B327/ DATE OF MFR. JAN 1983/ PIONEER RECOVERY SYSTEMS/ IN-SVC"; STENCILED LETTERING ON STRAP READS "1-2546"; BLACK LETTERING ON ADHESIVE LABELS READS "T-10 DO NOT/ JUMP" & "1-2546/ 01/8/01/ PG"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON KNIFE HANDLE READS "Jack the Ripper/ Made in Sweden. Hanson Safety HB, S-590 41 Rimforsa"

Missing

UNKNOWN From CA of 11/06/2001 by Sue Warren: No - Complete

Finish

GREEN CONTAINERS & STRAPS/.1/ YELLOW CORD/.2 KNIFE: YELLOW HANDLE

Decoration

N/A