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