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Parachute

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smoke jumpers, specially trained fire-fighters, use parachutes so they can fight remote fires, where there are no roads.

A parachute is a tool that presents a lot of air resistance, to slow things down.

Parachutes are employed to help people jump from aircraft, with relative safety. Emergency supplies are dropped, in crates, with parachutes attached.

Some aircraft use a special parachute called a drag chute so they can land on shorter runways

smoke jumper are specially trained fire-fighters, who use parachutes so they can fight remote fires, where there are no roads.

paratroopers are specially trained soldiers, who use parachutes to attack behind their enemy's lines.