Download or read book On the Fireline written by Matthew Desmond and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter. Having joined a firecrew in Northern Arizona as a young man, Desmond relates his experiences with intimate knowledge and native ease, adroitly balancing emotion with analysis and action with insight. On the Fireline shows that these firefighters aren’t the adrenaline junkies or romantic heroes as they’re so often portrayed. An immersion into a dangerous world, On the Fireline is also a sophisticated analysis of a high-risk profession—and a captivating read. “Gripping . . . a masterful account of how young men are able to face down wildfire, and why they volunteer for such an enterprise in the first place.”—David Grazian, Sociological Forum “Along with the risks and sorrow, Desmond also presents the humor and comaraderie of ordinary men performing extraordinary tasks. . . . A good complement to Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire. Recommended.”—Library Journal

Download or read book Fireline written by Jaylynn Wylie and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire brought Sarah and Eddy together it was the only thing that ever kept them apart but neither of them ever thought it would come between them. Sarah and Eddy met in haze haze of smoke. He took one look at the slender young rookie covered in soot and knew his first love fires now had some competition for his heart. Sarah took one look at the hairy firefighter everyone called Bear and put him firmly in the friend category. When a firestorm suddenly overruns Eddy and his crew of Hotshots, Sarah realizes he's more than her best friend he's the man she loves. She swears if he get off that mountain alive she will not waste one more precious moment of their lives together. It is the beginnings of marriage forged by fire hardened by devotion and the knowledge life is fragile. After ten years of adventure and battling fires at each others side a deadly fire in Colorado shakes Sarah to her core. She longs for the home and family she and Eddy never bothered to build. She's stunned to discover a life together isn't enough to make Eddy happy. His first love firefighting simply won't let him go without a fight. For the sake of their marriage Sarah reluctantly agrees to return to the fire line. She never once thought in might truly be the last, until the helicopter begins falling out of the sky over an active fire line.

Download or read book Fireline written by Kate Angelo and published by Sunrise Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SECRETS. BETRAYAL. SACRIFICE. THIS TIME, THEY'RE NOT JUST FIGHTING FIRE. An original series created by bestselling authors Susan May Warren and Lisa Phillips. She was born to be a smokejumper… As the niece of a legendary smokejumper, Nova Burns is tough as nails. When their crew chief Tucker Newman breaks his leg, Nova longs for the opportunity to helm the team, ready to take risks and prove herself. But there's one risk she refuses to take—falling in love. He’s living a lie… Undercover Homeland agent Booth Wilder is seeking redemption. Scarred by a past explosion that took the life of his partner, Booth is hunting a rogue CIA faction known as the Brotherhood. Now, he's determined to uncover their secrets and find a hidden nuclear weapon that could turn the world to ash. Only problem…summer sparks have ignited between Booth and Nova. Nova is torn between her future as the smokejumping chief, her growing attraction to Booth, and the belief that he’s hiding something from her. Of course he is…Booth is hiding his true goal—unrooting the Brotherhood and returning to his life as a Homeland Security agent, a life that he’s not sure he really wants. Then the wildfire threatens the home of the Jude County Firefighting team, and Nova doesn’t care what secrets he might be hiding—she needs everyone to save the town. But when the Brotherhood discovers Booth and his goals, the fight becomes personal. Now, Booth must choose between accomplishing his mission and saving the woman he’s come to love. It’s a dangerous game of loyalty, betrayal, and pulse-pounding action in the fifth installment of the Chasing Fire: Montana series. Chasing Fire: Montana Book 1: Flashpoint Book 2: Flashover Book 3: Flashback Book 4: Firestorm Book 5: Fireline Book 6: Fireproof

Download or read book Fireline Handbook written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Radio for the Fireline written by Gary Craven Gray and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fireline written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fire Crew written by Ben Walters and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider look at wildland firefighting today - Ben Walters' realistic, day-to-day account of life on a BLM engine crew

Download or read book Love on the Fireline written by Ashton M Stevenson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Kira Christopher as she adventures in the west. Take a day to walk in the boots of a wildland firefighter. Travel from Dunkirk, Ohio, to Pinedale, Wyoming, to the front lines of a wildfire. Attend fire school, engine rides, helicopter escapades, hot boys, and more. Eat, sleep, and breathe with your crew. Experience the food, exercise, smoke, hardships, brotherhood, and love on the fire line.

Download or read book Bulldozer Fireline Production Rates written by Clinton B. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Death Stalks the Fireline written by J. A. Guinn and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Keeting has finally settled back into relative normalcy as the chief of Spruce Bay Fire in North Idaho after a series of harrowing and tragic incidents. With the help of an out-of-district firefighter acting undercover, he was able to assist law enforcement in the arrest of almost the entire board of fire commissioners in his small rural fire department. But just as the proverbial dust has settled and he has begun helping his fiancee, Jennifer, with the planning of their wedding, he receives a call from his good friend, Marty Jackson, the fire chief at a district just across the border in Whitman, Washington. Marty has been seriously injured in a cannery fire, the cause of which is suspicious and he asks Jason to fill in for him, running the district until Marty can get back on his feet. Jason readily agrees; however, within a day of arriving as the substitute fire chief, he finds himself in a quandary when the fire crews find themselves in danger while responding to what should have been the extinction of a simple wheat stubble fire. After several more similar incidents, Jason arrives at the conclusion that someone is targeting Whitman Fire firefighters. Incensed, Jason enlists Shaun Gaines, a trusted volunteer from his own fire district, to assist him in an undercover investigative operation. He soon regrets, however, pulling Shaun into the line of fire.

Download or read book The High Sierra written by Ezra Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1972-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide written by NWCG and published by NWCG Training Branch. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide is a revision of what used to be called the Fireline Handbook, PMS 410-1. This guide has been renamed because, over time, the original purpose of the Fireline Handbook had been replaced by the Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461. As a result, this new guide is aimed at a different audience, and it was felt a new name was in order.

Download or read book Fireline Construction written by R. L. Ponto and published by Forestry Canada. This book was released on 1989 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, little information is available regarding actual bulldozer production levels for boreal forest types. This report combines the results of a bulldozer productivity study undertaken by the Northern Forestry Centre with the experience of forest personnel and contractors to determine common problems and develop solutions for a range of fireline conditions. Results of the NFC study were derived from a database that incorporated approximately 200 km or 600 hours of actual bulldozer fireguard construction during wildfires. The report covers the role of bulldozers in fire control and the organization of bulldozer units; fireguard construction productivity; requirements for individual boreal forest types; strategy; fundamental standards for constructing bulldozer fireguards; maximizing productivity; the environmental impact of bulldozer use and fireguard reclamation; and safety considerations.

Download or read book State of Fire written by Charles Vaught and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June of 2013, on summer break from my first year of college, I started a job as a wildland firefighter with the Highlands 20, an initial attack handcrew, based out of the Sinlahekin Valley in North Central Washington. I had never before thought of fighting wildfire, but my bank account was in dire straits and, truth be told, so was my ego. However, I didn't start that summer looking for personal growth, I started it with nineteen other men, each of us looking for a seasonal gig that paid well. I was already a man and thought that I knew quite a bit about myself, about the world at large. But as that summer, and that fire season progressed; I found out that I still had so much to learn; I was both a rookie to wildland firefighting and a rookie in life. Through the trials of day-to-day life on the fireline, living and fighting wildfire with my fire crew, through the adrenaline, the danger, the laughter, the smoke, the blisters, I came to understand that it was far more than a paycheck that I was earning. I was learning, for the first time in a long while, who I really was and what I was made of. I was proving my worth to the fire crew. I was proving my worth to myself. This book evolved out of experiences from my four summers of fighting wildfire as well as to a promise I made to my fellow Highlands 20 crewmembers. I promised them that I would write a book about wildland fire fighting. At the time I had no idea what that would entail. But I knew what it would not. It would not be a book about hero-izing the exploits of wildland firefighters. No, bullshitting the reader with portrayals of wildland firefighters as faultless demigods with the morals of saints, the work ethic of Navy SEALs, and the looks of A-list Hollywood actors was never my intention. I make no claim to have been a perfect wildland firefighter, or to have never felt fear when putting my life on the line in battles with Nature. I know for a fact that there are many other fire crews that saw more action and were in far greater danger than the Highlands 20 or I ever were. This book is by no means the definitive book about wildland firefighting. That book would be impossible to write, as every person who fought wildfire has their own experiences that vary greatly from my own. What I have found is that are no two fire seasons alike. And that my time spent on the fireline was a perfect balance of danger and laughter, of bravery and childlike awe, of crassness and brotherhood, of selflessness and evolution.State of Fire is neither an ultimate description of wildland firefighting nor a book of fire-filled heroism, so you might be asking then, what is its purpose? This is a book about wildland firefighting and the indelible marks it leaves on a person's soul. This book is about finding commonality by going through hardship with strangers, who soon become closer than family. It's about what can be learned from camaraderie, and what happens when you separate men from society and normalcy for months at a time. It's about love and loss, and the rebirth of one's self through the testing of mental, emotional, and physical strength. It is about coming to terms with one's limitations, and why challenges of every shade should not be shunned, but embraced. It is about finding meaning and worth, where once there was none. And most importantly, why these lessons were not only significant for me, but for everyone who picks up this book. This book represents - my path to, of, and away from wildland firefighting. It should be noted that State of Fire is a collection of nine essays. Each essay deals with a different aspect of wildland firefighting. Therefore it does not have to be read in chronological order, as each essay is independent of the next. To honor all wildland firefighters, especially those who have lost their lives on the job, I will be donating 10% of all books sold to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation (wffoundation.org).

Download or read book Crossing the Fire Line written by Gloria Bullman Psy.D. and published by . This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Firefighters as seen by a psychologist in bunker gear" Dr. Gloria Bullman was given the rare privilege of spending days and nights in firehouses across North America riding to calls on engines, ladder trucks, rescues, squads and a helicopter. This psychologist shows the impact of line-of-duty death reaching far beyond the fallen firefighters and their families, also engulfing the extended family that is the brotherhood (which includes the sisters) that is the fire service. It was her expertise in helping emergency services personnel with traumatic losses that took her into the firehouses, and she tells something of this cost of being part of the fire service and something of the healing. Ride along through the Tenderloin in the "San Francisco Tony Bennett doesn't sing about," on an FDNY Squad and with paid and volunteer firefighters in rural and urban settings. Learn why the best food you can ever eat is handmade Italian ice eaten just as you come off a structure fire. Much of firefighters' lives are lived behind the closed bay doors, in privacy, while their work is done in public, often with watching crowds and TV crews. Very few people ever get a close-up view of both sides. The reader gets to climb into the engine and see the transition of the crew as they physically and mentally prepare themselves for whatever they find when they reach the place that people need their help and observe their response in pulling hose, swinging axes, extricating a patient from entrapment in a crushed car or carrying a victim from a fire. You will feel the changes as they fully commit to that person they have never met before being pulled back into life, that person they have come to save in their darkest moments. Heroes are ordinary people, choosing to do extraordinary things in the service of others. Live and ride with these heroes as they save lives and property, then go back to the firehouse and wash the dinner dishes. You will laugh and you might cry, but you will come away with a new understanding of who firefighters are and what they do.

Download or read book Wrango and Banjo On the Fireline written by Brent Ruby and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story surrounds the adventures of Wrango and Banjo (two border collies) as they work together as part of a fire crew located in Missoula, MT. While adventures unfold on the firelines of the west, new friendships are forged and the strength of the crew is discovered.

Download or read book General Technical Report INT written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: