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Captured by fire : surviving British Columbia's new wildfire reality / Chris Czajkowski and Fred Reid.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Czajkowski, Chris, author.
Reid, Fred, 1951- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wildfires.
British Columbia--Biography.
British Columbia.
Czajkowski, Chris.
Reid, Fred, 1951-.
Reid, Fred.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (286 pages)
Place of Publication:
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2019]
Summary:
An exciting eye-witness chronicle of a summer in wildfire country.
Contents:
Intro
Part One
The Strikes
Day Two
The Precipice / Stillwater / Hotnarko Fire
Fire Smart
Evacuation
Preparing for the Fire
Flight
The Battle Begins
Back up the Hill
Back Burning
The Fascination with Firefighting
The Soaker
A Helicopter-Crazy Day
The Chilcotin Warriors
Part Two
A Second Back Burn
A Short Reprieve
Rank Five
The Fire Is Guided Past Us
Evacuation Order Again
Our Personal Fire
We Begin to Explore the Fire
Lockdown
Living Within the Fire
Big Stick Lake
Transition to Area Command
The Spruce Bog Fire
Windstorm
The Ground Battle Starts in Earnest
Calm
The Three Sisters
The Meeting
Mischief with the Fire
The Trip to Town
We Venture Out into the World
Visiting the Precipice
Mopping Up
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Photos.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781550178869
1550178865
OCLC:
1107494730

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