This parachute is made out of a cotton like material, colour khaki. It has risers made from a natural fibre that has a soft texture. Riser diameter is about 5mm. The top circular hole is about 76 cm diameter. That hole has 24 short cross cords - 5mm cord. The parachute diameter, when laid out is about 6.1 metres.air drop supplies, parachute, equipment

The successful dropping of supplies to remote fire crews involved a great deal of experimentation. The result was a large heavy-duty cardboard container being developed in 1964 by Athol Hodgson from the FCV Fire Research Branch which employed fold-out wings and was called the “helibox”. It was suitable for supplies weighing less than 9 kg and best dropped from about 300 feet and became a standard technique. It was adopted Australia wide, but the wider availability of helicopters made the helibox eventually redundant.Unique to Victoria but adopted across Australia.Large cardboard box with "wings" to cause it to rotate when dropped from the air. With cut away sections to show how contents were packed Wings held in place by means of string office "Ty-Tite" fasteners.forests commission victoria (fcv), bushfire aviation, bushfire, camping equipment