1.   A small crew of eight smoke jumpers worked on the fire on Tuesday.

2.   But the era when smoke jumpers would drop into uninhabited valleys is gone, Forest Service officials say.

3.   Initial public offerings provide smoke jumpers with other fires to put out.

4.   One smoke jumper had to get ready for an audit of a dotcom sorting financial records in boxes.

5.   Smoke jumpers jump into time-critical situations.

6.   Smoke jumpers are tech-age troubleshooters.

7.   Smoke jumpers usually stay with a company three to six months.

8.   The new positions include seasonal smoke jumpers, engine crewmen and frontline support fighters, or hotshots.

9.   They are held by people who act as digital smoke jumpers.

10.   When smoke jumpers fail, it can mean financial losses for their clients and strained or severed business relationships for the jumpers.