"The U.S. Forest Service will begin a measured transition to a ram-air parachute delivery system at smokejumper bases, to replace round FS-14 parachutes currently in use. A change management and implementation plan will be developed to start transition at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2016. There will be continual assessment and management the associated risks of this transition."
For more information on the decision and upcoming transition visit:
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/people/smokejumpers/index.html
Follow links under In The Spotlight on the right hand column.
