occupation for the timid. they don t just fight fires. they sky dive into potentially deadly combustion wilderness. reporter: we watched them jump into this canyon in colorado. after they land, their equipment is attached to their own parashoot. you find the hand pulls we use for fighting fires. generally shovels. reporter: the smoke jumpers who work for the u.s. department of agriculture in the interior are water, sleeping bags in the cargo boxes because they may be in the wilderness for 48 hours while hauling gear on their back. weighs between 120 and 140 pounds and we ll hike out of the situation. reporter: the fires in colorado are unpredictable and relentless but there are other ways to get hurt including lightning and bad parachute
you find the hand pulls we use for fighting fires. generally shovels. reporter: the smoke jumpers who work for the u.s. department of agriculture in the interior are water, sleeping bags in the cargo boxes because they may be in the wilderness for 48 hours while hauling gear on their back. weighs between 120 and 140 pounds and we ll hike out of the situation. reporter: the fires in colorado are unpredictable and relentless but there are other ways to get hurt including lightning and bad parachute landings. i had a branch of a tree puncture me and come through the pelvis and the person i was with was a trained paramedic. reporter: they clear fuels with the equipment and digging fire lines. also building backfires to stop
use for fighting fires. generally shovels. reporter: the smoke jumpers who work for the u.s. department of agriculture in the interior are water, sleeping bags in the cargo boxes because they may be in the wilderness for 48 hours while hauling gear on their back. weighs between 120 and 140 pounds and we ll hike out of the situation. reporter: the fires in colorado are unpredictable and relentless but there are other ways to get hurt including lightning and bad parachute landings. i had a branch of a tree puncture me and come through the pelvis and the person i was with was a trained paramedic. reporter: they clear fuels with the equipment and digging fire lines. also building backfires to stop the wildfires in their tracks. they have to get along with each other because their lives depend on relying with each other. are there times you re fearful? almost certainly. i think all firefighters have
who work for the u.s. department of agriculture in the interior are water, sleeping bags in the cargo boxes because they may be in the wilderness for 48 hours while hauling gear on their back. weighs between 120 and 140 pounds and we ll hike out of the situation. reporter: the fires in colorado are unpredictable and relentless but there are other ways to get hurt including lightning and bad parachute landings. i had a branch of a tree puncture me and come through the pelvis and the person i was with was a trained paramedic. reporter: they clear fuels with the equipment and digging fire lines. also building backfires to stop the wildfires in their tracks. they have to get along with each other because their lives depend on relying with each other. are there times you re fearful? almost certainly. i think all firefighters have moments we re fearful. we saw courage isn t the absence of fear but the action making in spite of it.
emily, this hasn t been just a weather vaent. it has been an economic event. businesses haven t been able to operate. reporter: hi, gary. it has been such a long week for people. when you see trees like this that toppled and the power lines that came down more than a week ago, it set off a chain reaction so big that the experts, the government and even small businesses say they just haven t been able to add up the total costs yet. what is clear is that as the power comes back on, people are beginning to see just how much they lost. though it only takes an instant for the lights to go out in a storm, things can get darker for days. a chevy chase supermarket just outside washington. disaster hit three days after losing power. a refrigerated trailer compressor blew up and with it the family-owned supermarket s back-up plan. we lost everything in the trailer. then everything in the frozen food case here. basically we ve lost everything in the entire store. reporter: it mean