My nephew is on his third season on a Helitack (HAC1R) team in Northern Alberta and was actually supposed to be in BC to lend assistance but didn't make it down to Edmonton for his flight out. He is waiting for the call to join them. These young men have to be under 180 lbs due to helicopter weight restrictions with their 50# of gear. He must be just barely under that limit... These guys don't make a whole pile of money, they do it because of the thrill and adrenalin rush of being the first in to a fire and rappelling down (Alberta doesn't use parajumpers anymore). This is definitely not a safe profession to be in but he wanted to be a Calgary city firefighter - I told him to get some seasoning by getting in the forest fire side. Hope I don't regret my advice to him.