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The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century.
This body of work provides detailed information on the nature of the fire problem for policymakers who must decide on allocations of resources between fire and other pressing problems, and within the fire service to improve codes and code ...
This is a book that needs to be read.”—Eric Perramond, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Southwest Studies at Colorado College “Flame and Fortune in the American West is a well-researched, provocative, timely, and ...
California Burning is a deeply reported, character-driven narrative, the story of a disaster expanding into a much bigger exploration of accountability.
Firestorm!: The Story of the 1991 East Bay Fire in Berkeley
Examines the devastating earthquake that struck San Francisco in 1906 and the resulting fires that destroyed a large section of the city.
The historic photographs of this volume document the establishment of the volunteer department on Christmas Eve 1849 and the inception of the paid force in 1866, as well as such colorful characters as Lily Hitchcock Coit, a belle who ...
To think that after writing many an article a man might be excused for thinking tolerable good, those New York people should single out a villainous sketch to complement [sic] me oni—'Jim Smiley & His Jumping F rog.
Alameda County spans from the shores of the San Francisco Bay to the golden inland hills. Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) is comprised of multiple consolidated agencies that began joining forces and sharing resources in 1993.
David Siegel's exhaustive investigation into the Forces of Change that occurred during the early development of Green Bay, Wisconsin, illustrates how major events played a role in shaping the frontier community's future.