Let me paint you a nightmare scenario: You go to the office every day, knowing that at any moment, you could be told to pack up and leave on a spur-of-the-moment, 18-day business trip. When you arrive, you’ll be left in an unknown location with no transportation, no way out, and no promise of rescue. Oh, and did I mention that your destination is 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit and actively on fire? That’s smokejumping for you.