As a young firefighter, Jason Ramos was drawn to the mystique and skill of smokejumpers, a gruff and taciturn breed of firefighters who didn’t boast about their unusual job — they just did it. “As ...

Summit County Libraries has announced that the Summit Reads community project is back this spring, with a new book, new events and new speakers. The book chosen by the Summit Reads planning committee ...

While watching the coverage of the wildfires across the country and especially the Cameron Peak Fire here in Colorado, I came across this biography by Jason A. Ramos. I had heard of hotshot crews ...

The Summit Reads Committee will host a panel discussion Wednesday evening on wildfire preparedness. The program is the fourth and final installment of this year’s Summit Reads community project.

In “Smokejumper,” veteran firefighter Jason Ramos chronicles the history of the elite group of airborne firefighters who attack blazes in some of the West’s most remote and rugged country.

As a young firefighter, Jason Ramos was drawn to the mystique and skill of smokejumpers, a gruff and taciturn breed of firefighters who didn’t boast about their unusual job – they just did it. “As ...

As a young firefighter, Jason Ramos was drawn to the mystique and skill of smokejumpers, a gruff and taciturn breed of firefighters who didn’t boast about their unusual job — they just did it. “As ...

If you’ve ever grabbed a pulaski to cut line while waiting for the Bambi Bucket to dump water on the flaming ridge above you, then you’ll have a strong affinity for what Jason Ramos has to say in ...

For most of us jumping into a fire would be the stuff of nightmares. But for Jason Ramos, author of Smokejumper: A Memoir By One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters it’s a job and way of ...