Fighting Fire in the Sierra National Forest

by Marcia Penner Freedman

Overview

To live in the foothills on the periphery of the Sierra National Forest is to live with the certainty of summer wildfires. Each year, from April forward, Californians watch the sky and sniff the air for telltale signs of smoke. While fire remains a constant threat, the strategy for combating it has evolved with the understanding of its beneficial role in the forest environment. Marcia Penner Freedman traces the history of firefighting and fire management from the forest's early years through the policy shifts that began in the 1960s and the measures used today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626193710
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/09/2015
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	716,985
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

For fifteen years Marcia Penner Freedman split her career between writing and teaching psychology and child development at community college. Since her retirement she has devoted herself exclusively to writing, which has allowed her time to devote more energy to her activities as a board member of the Coarsegold Resource Conservation District (CRCD). This project has led to her interest in developing a community fuels reduction program through the CRCD.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

List of Illustrations 9

Part I What Is This Thing Called Fire? 11

1 The Give and Take of Fire 13

On Another Mote. Fire Scars: Snapshots in Time 19

2 Regime Change: Practice Makes Perfect-Take One 23

On Another Mote. A Chasm of Difference, Firewise 27

Part II Fire Behave Yourself! 31

3 On the Road to War 33 On Another Mote. Wind: Fire's Master and Slave 41

4 Light Burning to the Back Burner 44

On Another Mote. Lookout Living 51

5 Fire Back from the Fringe 57

On Another Mote. Practice Makes Perfect- Take Tim 64

Part III Living with Fire 83

6 Mon Dieu! The French Fire 85

On Another Mote. Air Patrol: Then and Mow 93

7 Fire: When, Not If 98

On Another Mote. The Firefighter's Wife: One Woman s Journey 105

On Another Mote. Smokey Bear: Zip Code 20252 A Personal Story. Evacuation: Time to Go 109

Part IV History in the Making 115

8 Collaborate, Collaborate: The Dinkey Landscape Restoration Project 117

Bibliography 121

Index 125

About the Author 128