Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
1 Man versus Nature 15
2 The Agencies and Organizations 29
3 The Men and Women Who Fight Wildland Fires 33
4 What You Need to Know about Fighting Wildland Fires 39
5 The Causes and Sizes of Wildland Fires 57
6 Fighting Fires in Oregon, Then and Now 65
7 The Largest Wildland Fires in Oregon 96
The Great Fire, 1845 96
The Silverton Fire of 1865 97
The Columbia Fire or Yacolt Burn, 1902 97
The Big Burn, The Great Fire, The Big Blowup or Devil's Broom Fire, 1910 98
The Tillamook Burn, 1933, 1939, 1945, 1951 100
The Bandon Fire, 1936 101
The Ashwood-Donnybrook Fire, 1996 103
Simnasho Fire at the Warm Springs Reservation, 1996 103
Jackson Fire, 2000 104
The Lakeview Complex, 2001 104
The Biscuit Fire, 2002 105
The Toolbox Complex, 2002 106
The South End Complex, 2006 107
The Egley Complex, 2007 108
The High Cascades Complex, 2011 108
The Long Draw Fire, 2012 109
The Miller Homestead Fire, 2012 110
The Holloway Fire, 2012 111
The Buzzard Complex, 2014 111
The Cornett-Windy Ridge Fire, 2015 112
The Canyon Creek Complex, 2015 113
Eagle Creek Fire, 2017 114
Cheteo Bar Fire, 2017 117
8 Why They Fight
Notes 123
About the Author 127
