In 1949 smoke jumpers faced a situation in Montana’s Mann Gulch where fire broke out and was fast spreading and high winds caused fire to explode all over the place. The fire was racing very fast just 100 yards behind the smokejumpers who were there to control the fire. Wagner Dodge the Crew foreman who managed to survive the fire storm did a remarkable thing. When fire is fast approaching from the back the usual response would be to just run and escape from the fire and not