WE FIGHT FIRE

We specialize in wildland fire inital attack from remote wilderness lands to the wildand urban interface.  We have highly trained and experienced Type 4 and 5 incident commanders that put in countless hours of hard work behind the scenes. Rappellers work out of the limelight, often times putting out fires without water, using only using their wits, experience, pulaskis, sweat and spit.  We also support large fire operations by providing critical roles in fireline leadership such as ICT3, division group supervisors, taskforce leaders, crewbosses and single resource bosses.

WE ARE THE AVIATION EXPERTS

With the combination of decades of aviation leadership and experience we pride ourselves in being the aviation experts for the Okanagan/Wenatchee NF and throughout the nation.  We can provide essential leadership roles on emerging incidents such as helibase managers, air support group supervisors and air operations branch directors.  Our crew is usually the first to arrive on emerging incidents helping to staff the fires and setting up air operations and the helibase for the incident.  Our aviation experience goes beyond just helicopters but also includes fix wing operations and unmanned aircraft systems.  

WE ASSIST IN FOREST PROJECTS AND RX BURNS

Throughout the years the Wenatchee Rappel Crew has been instrumental in helping the Okanogan/Wenatchee NF (and other forests throughout the nation) with infrastructure projects, maintenance of our forest's radio communications and burned area rehab projects utilizing our helicopters and our highly trained crewmembers.  Examples of projects include using our  helicopters to lift lumber into remote areas for bridge construction for wilderness trails, slinging bathroom vaults in and out of the wilderness, aerial seeding, aerial mulching using straw bails, slinging radio repeater towers to remote mountain tops and aerial ignition operations for prescribed burning.

WE ENCOURAGE CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Our management strives to develop top noch rappellers and firefighters.  On our crew, every crewmember has a voice, even rookies.  Each crewmember brings to our crew a special skillset of talents, abilities, workmanship and experience that we will tap into to improve our program and community.  We foster an environment where each individual can reach their full potential towards their career path by promoting inhouse and external classroom training to help crewmembers achive their individual development plans as firefighters.  We encourage training assignments and details as opportunities for personal growth.  The more we can build up our firefighters the better our program as a whole will be.