Over the past century, some of the world's largest wildland fires have occurred in Oregon. Accidentally set by a disgruntled cook on an English ship, the Great Fire of 1845 displaced multiple tribes and boiled wildlife alive in the Columbia River. The Tillamook Burn started up every 6 years from 1933 to 1951 and incited one of the largest reseeding efforts in the world with 72 million seedlings planted. The Long Draw Fire of 2012, the state's largest in more than 150 years, started as a small spark and raged into an ocean ...
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Over the past century, some of the world's largest wildland fires have occurred in Oregon. Accidentally set by a disgruntled cook on an English ship, the Great Fire of 1845 displaced multiple tribes and boiled wildlife alive in the Columbia River. The Tillamook Burn started up every 6 years from 1933 to 1951 and incited one of the largest reseeding efforts in the world with 72 million seedlings planted. The Long Draw Fire of 2012, the state's largest in more than 150 years, started as a small spark and raged into an ocean of flames thousands of acres wide in a matter of hours. Veteran wildland firefighter Sean Davis shares harrowing firsthand accounts that illustrate what it takes to battle an inferno.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 144 p. Contains: Unspecified. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Fine. Fine, fresh, unused as-new copy. Color illustrated softcovers. 126 pp. Illustrated with photos. Over the past century and a half, some of the world's largest ildland fires have occurred in Oregon. This book about "braving the blaze" covers large fires from the Great Fire of 1845 (accidentally set by a disgruntled cook on an English ship to the Tillamook Burn that started up every six years from 1933 to 1951 (and resulted in one of the largest reseeding efforts in the world with 72 million seedlings planted( to the Long Draw Fire of 2012, the state's largest in more that 150 years. The opening sections cover the agencies and organizations, and the men and the women who fight the fires; the caused and sizes of wildland fires, and fighting the fires then and now.
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