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Author
Publisher
Yarnell-Peeples Valley Chamber of Commerce
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On June 30, 2013, Yarnell, Arizona was devastated by two tragedies. The Yarnell Hill Fire that started June 28 had grown to over 1000 acres. When the wind changed, 19 of the 20-man Granite Mountain Inter-agency Hotshot Crew from Prescott, Arizona, were trapped, overcome and killed. The fire then spread into town and destroyed 127 homes -- over one-fourth of the community. This is the story of that fire and how Yarnell is achieving a remarkable recovery....
Series
General technical report RM volume 191
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Author
Series
To the last smoke volume 2
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"By its size, fire intensity, and institutional responses, California has long shaped the national agenda for wildland fire. From its early days, California decided for fire suppression. How and why this happened is the subject of this fire reconnaissance of America's Golden State for fire"--Provided by publisher.
29) Wildfires
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Discusses conditions which cause wildfires, ways to control them, and their damaging as well as beneficial effects. Includes a chapter on the forest fire in Yellowstone National Park in 1988.
Author
Series
Berner Forschungen zur Regionalgeschichte volume Band 20
Publisher
Verlag Traugott Bautz
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Deutsch
34) Fires
Author
Series
Publisher
G. Stevens
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the dangers of wildfires and the importance of fire safety.
37) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a look at the positive and negative effects wildfires have on communities and ecosystems while examining how they are started, contained, and controlled by professional firefighters.
Author
Series
General technical report INT volume 290
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
39) The performance
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside the theater it is time for the performance to take over. Margot is a successful, flinty professor on the cusp of retirement, distracted by her fraught relationship with her adult son and her ailing husband. After a traumatic past, Ivy is...
Author
Series
General technical report INT volume 287
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English