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Books for Wildland Firefighters

Aviation & Jumpers

Historical/Biography

Reference/Environment

Training/Education

Fiction

Video

Young Adult/Child

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Aviation & Jumpers

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Author

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Fly the Biggest Piece Back

Fly the Biggest Piece Back
by Steve Smith
The story of the Johnson flying service which pretty much was the only aviation service used for jumpers and cargo dropping on remote fires until the early 70's. 1979

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High Mountain Two-Manner
by Frank Fowler

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Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire in the West
by Murry A. Taylor, Kati Steele

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Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line: Conscientious Objectors During World War II
by Mark Matthews

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Smokejumpers '49: Brothers in the Sky
by Starr Jenkins with photos by Peter Stackpole

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Trimotor and Trail
by Earl Cooley
Book on smokejumping, 1984.

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Two-Man Stick
by Bud Filler

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Historical/Biography
Title/Cover	Author
	A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949 by Mark Matthews Read what firefighters say about this book. No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this book!
	Beyond Tranquillon Ridge. Story of the 1977 brushfire at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. by Joseph Valencia Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	The Big Burn (historical fiction based on notes from 1910) by Jeanette Ingold Read what firefighters say about this book. No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this book!
	Coming Through Fire by David Greer, Noel Hendrickson (Photographer) Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales not exactly fire, but clearly related to fire survival and with some fire examples Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Epitaph for the Giants	Epitaph for the Giants by J. Larry Kemp Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire by Sebastian Junger Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire: A Brief History by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire and Ashes by John Maclean Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire Fighters, Stories of Survival from the Front Lines of Firefighting - Short Stories Clint Willis, Editor; authors include Unger, Thoele, Pyne, N. Maclean, Abbey, McPhee and others. Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them by Karen Magnuson Beil Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire by John N. Maclean Read what firefighters say about this book.
	Fire on the Rim : A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire Line: The Summer Battles of the West by Michael Thoele Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Firestorm at Peshtigo by William Lutz and Denise Gess Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Ghosts of the Fireground: Echoes of the Great Peshtigo Fire and the Calling of a Wildland Firefighter by Peter M. Leschak Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Go Tell It on the Mountain by Jackie Johnson Maughan (Compiler) 29 essays written by authors, teachers, and environmentalists form a kind of community--that of the fire lookout. Read what firefighters say about this book. No reviews yet. I want to rate this book!
	Hellroaring : The Life and Times of a Fire Bum by Peter M. Leschak Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Hotshot (1990) by John A. Buckley Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	I'll Never Fight Fire With My Bare Hands Again': Recollections of the First Forest Rangers of the Inland Northwest (Development of Western Resource) by Hal K. Rothman (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Memorable Forest Fires: 200 Stories by U.S. Forest Service Retirees edited by Gilbert W. Davies and Florice M. Frank Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries) (Hardcover) by Matthew Desmond Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	People, Fire, and Forests: A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science (Paperback) by Terry C. Daniel (Editor), Matthew S. Carroll (Editor), Cassandra Moseley (Editor), Carol Raish (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	The Fires of Autumn : The Cloquet-Moose Lake Disaster of 1918 by Francis M. Carroll, Franklin R. Raiter Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Smoke Chaser by Warren Yahr Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America by Rocky Barker Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
The Great Peshtigo Fire	The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account by Peter Pernin Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	The Seasons of Fire : Reflections on Fire in the West (Environmental Arts and Humanities Series) by David J. Strohmaier Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	The Thirtymile Fire by John Maclean Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Trials by Wildfire: In Search of the New Warrior Spirit by Peter M. Leschak Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned by Joyce Butler Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Wall of Flame: The Heroic Battle to Save Southern California by Erich Krauss Read what firefighters say about this book. (no reviews yet) I want to rate this book!
	Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!

Reference/Environment/Lookouts
After the Fires	After the Fires by Linda L. Wallace (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
America's Fires	America's Fires: Management on Wildlands and Forests (Forest History Society Issues Series) by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Burning Bush : A Fire History of Australia (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book.) by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Burning Questions: America's Fight with Nature's Fire by David Carle Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Climbing the Ladder Less Traveled by Joe Bill Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Chemicals for Forest Fire Fighting	Chemicals for Forest Fire Fighting by Charles E. Hardy Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Drift Smoke: Loss And Renewal in a Land of Fire (Environmental Arts and Humanities Series) by David J. Strohmaier Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Fire: A Force of Nature	Fire: A Force of Nature, The Story Behind the Scenery (Special Order) by Jack de Golia, Jack De Golia Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Fire and Civilization	Fire and Civilization by Johan Goudsblom Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fire and Vegetation Dynamics : Studies from the North American Boreal Forest (Cambridge Studies in Ecology) by Edward A. Johnson Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fire, Chaparral, And Survival In Southern California (2nd Edition) by Richard W. Halsey Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests by James K. Agee Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fire Ecology : United States and Southern Canada by Henry A. Wright, Arthur W. Bailey (Contributor) Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire's Effects on Ecosystems by Leonard F. DeBano (Author), Daniel G. Neary (Author), Peter F. Ffolliott (Author) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire by Stephen J. Pyne, William Cronon Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire in California's Ecosystems by Neil Sugihara (Editor), Jan W. van Wagtendonk (Editor), Kevin E. Shaffer (Editor), JoAnn Fites-Kaufman (Editor), Andrea E. Thode (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. but pricy. I want to rate this book!
	Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia (Forestry Sciences, Vol 48) by Johann Georg Goldammer (Editor), Valentin V. Furyaev (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Fire in Paradise: The Yellowstone Fires, etc	Fire in Paradise: The Yellowstone Fires and the Politics of Environmentalism by Micah Morrison Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fire Lookout Hikes in the Canadian Rockies by Mike Potter Hiking guidebook to fire lookout sites in the Canadian Rockies: great views, fascinating history. 82 hikes, 45 colour maps, over 125 colour photos. "Lookouts in Literature" appendix. Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Fire Lookouts of Oregon & Washington	Fire Lookouts of Oregon & Washington by Ray Kresek Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Fire Lookouts of the Northwest	Fire Lookouts of the Northwest by Ray Kresek Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape by Thomas R. Vale (Editor), Vale R. Thomas (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fire Towers of the Catskills: Their History and Lore by Martin Podskoch Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Flames in Our Forest by Stephen F. Arno, Steven Allison-Bunnell Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Forest Fire Management (Fire in Forestry; Vol 2)	Forest Fire Management (Fire in Forestry, Vol 2) by Craig C. Chandler Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Forest Fires: An Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior, Management, Firefighting, and Prevention	Forest Fires: An Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior, Management, Firefighting, and Prevention (Wiley Nature Editions) by Margaret Fuller Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects by Edward A. Johnson (Editor), Kiyoko Miyanishi (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Forests Under Fire: A Century of Ecosystem Mismanagement in the Southwest by Christopher J. Huggard (Editor), Arthur R. Gomez (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
From York to the Allagash, Forest Fire Lookouts of Maine	From York to the Allagash, Forest Fire Lookouts of Maine by David, N. Hilton Read along and join the watchmen as they recall vivid memories of their days in the towers. Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	How to Rent a Fire Lookout in the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to Renting Fire Lookouts, Guard Stations, Ranger Cabins, Warming Shelters and bunkhouses by Tom Foley, Tish Steinfeld Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	In Fire's Way: A Practical Guide to Life in the Wildfire Danger Zone by Tom Wolf Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Indians, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific Northwest by Robert Boyd (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Investigation of Wildfires	Investigation of Wildfires by Richard T. Ford Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Investigation of Vegetation Fires	Investigation of Vegetation Fires (not available, check back) by Richard T. Ford Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Jack Ward Thomas: The Journals of a Forest Service Chief by Harold K. Steen (While this is not specifically a Fire Book, it is related. Talks about Storm King and other tragedies from Chief's perspective. Gives insight into the politics of why things happen the way they do in the Forest Service.) Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Living with Wildfires: Prevention, Preparation and Recovery by Janet C. Arrowood Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics (2nd Edition) by Ira Spring, Byron Fish Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Mimicking Nature's Fire (on Rx Fire) by Stephen F. Arno, Carl E. Fiedler Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Natural and Prescribed Fire in Pacific Northwest Forests by John D. Walstad Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Red Skies of 88 by A. Richard Guth Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Smokechasing (essays) by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Smoke Exposure at Western Wildfires	Smoke Exposure at Western Wildfires (Special Order) by Timothy E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Structure Protection in the I-Zone: Focusing Your Wildland Experience for the Urban Interface by George Bradford Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Tending Fire by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
The Economics of Bushfires	The Economics of Bushfires: The South Australian Experience by D.T. Healey, F.G. Jarrett, J.M. McKay (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	The Ecology of Fire (Cambridge Studies in Ecology) by Robert J. Whelan Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	The Great Black Dragon Fire by Harrison Salisbury Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	The Tillamook: A Created Forest Comes of Age (Culture and Environment in the Pacific West) by Gail Wells Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Vestal Fire by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Wildfire by Scott Thybony Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Wildfire: A Reader by Alianor True, (Editor) Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Wildfire and Americans: How to Save Lives, Property and Your Tax Dollars by Roger G. Kennedy Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Wildfires (True Books: Nature) by Paul P. Sipiera, Diane M. Sipiera Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	World Fire by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Wildland Fires and the Law	Wildland Fires and the Law: Legal Aspects of Forest Fires Worldwide by Jacques Bourrinet (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
Wildland Fire in Ecosystems	Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna by Jane Kapler Smith (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!

Training/Education/Fire-Related Tools
Brush Rigs	Brush Rigs by Wayne Sorensen, Donald F. Wood Read what firefighters say about this book. (No ratings yet.) I want to rate this book!
	Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting, 3rd Edition by William C. Teie, Dave A. Hubert (Illustrator). Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Workbook for Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting by William C. Teie (Companion workbook for Wildland Firefighting Practices) Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Fire Officers Handbook	Fire Officer's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting by William C. Teie, Dave Hubert (Illustrator) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Fundamentals of Wildland Fire Fighting by Carl Goodson (Editor), Barbara Adams (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Introduction to Wildland Fire by Stephen J. Pyne Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Mapping Wildfire Hazards and Risks by R. Neil Sampson (Editor), R. Dwight Atkinson (Editor), Joe W Lewis (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires: In the European Mediterranean Basin by E. Chuvieco (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Wildland Firefighting Practices by Joseph D. Lowe, Kasey Young, Mark Huth, Jeanne Mesick Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	Wildland Firefighting: Fire Behavior, Tactics and Command by Donald G. Perry Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Wildland Fire Apparatus 1940-2001 by John H. Rieth Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Wildland Fire Danger Estimation and Mapping: The Role of Remote Sensing Data (Series in Remote Sensing Vol.4) by Emilio Chuvieco (Editor) Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!

Fiction
	Rain of Fire by Linda Jacobs Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	Summer of Fire by Linda Jacobs Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
	After the Fire by Daniel Robinson Read what firefighters say about this book. I want to rate this book!
Fire	Fire by George Rippey Stewart Read what firefighters say about this book. (No ratings yet.) I want to rate this book!
	Firestorm in Paradise by John V. Crues Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!
	The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans Read what firefighters say about this book. No ratings yet. I want to rate this book!

Fire Video
	Escape! - Fire In Mann Gulch (History Channel) Read what firefighters say about this DVD. I want to rate this DVD!
	Fire On The Mountain Read what firefighters say about this DVD. I want to rate this DVD!
	NOVA Fire Wars, 2002 Read what firefighters say about this video. I want to rate this video!

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