Old Missoula

Captions of 2 Photos on Page 25 Section E

Supplies, Jumpers Dispatched From Depot

Supplies and fire fighters are dispatched by air from the Aerial Fire Depot and Smokejumper Center west of Missoula. Average time from receipt of a call for jumpers until they are airborne is just over 17 minutes. Supplies for ground crews are also stored and dispatched at the depot. Borate-carrying dive bombers are loaded near the depot. (Courtesy of Forest Service)

Northern Forest Fire Lab Under Construction

This is an architect’s drawing of the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory being constructed west of the city. The laboratory will be used in the study of forest fire problems across the nation and on special fire problems in the intermountain West and Alaska. The lab is a unit of the Forest Service Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. (Courtesy of Forest Service)