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Book Between Two Fires

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen J. Pyne
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2015-10-15
  • ISBN : 0816532192
  • Pages : 550 pages

Download or read book Between Two Fires written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a fire policy of prevention at all costs to today's restored burning, Between Two Fires is America's history channeled through the story of wildland fire management. Stephen J. Pyne tells of a fire revolution that began in the 1960s as a reaction to simple suppression and single-agency hegemony, and then matured into more enlightened programs of fire management. It describes the counterrevolution of the 1980s that stalled the movement, the revival of reform after 1994, and the fire scene that has evolved since then. Pyne is uniquely qualified to tell America’s fire story. The author of more than a score of books, he has told fire’s history in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the Earth overall. In his earlier life, he spent fifteen seasons with the North Rim Longshots at Grand Canyon National Park. In Between Two Fires, Pyne recounts how, after the Great Fires of 1910, a policy of fire suppression spread from America’s founding corps of foresters into a national policy that manifested itself as a costly all-out war on fire. After fifty years of attempted fire suppression, a revolution in thinking led to a more pluralistic strategy for fire’s restoration. The revolution succeeded in displacing suppression as a sole strategy, but it has failed to fully integrate fire and land management and has fallen short of its goals. Today, the nation’s backcountry and increasingly its exurban fringe are threatened by larger and more damaging burns, fire agencies are scrambling for funds, firefighters continue to die, and the country seems unable to come to grips with the fundamentals behind a rising tide of megafires. Pyne has once again constructed a history of record that will shape our next century of fire management. Between Two Fires is a story of ideas, institutions, and fires. It’s America’s story told through the nation’s flames.

Book Federal Wildland Fire Management

    Book Details:
  • Author : DIANE Publishing Company
  • Publisher : DIANE Publishing
  • Release : 1997-08
  • ISBN : 0788146793
  • Pages : 56 pages

Download or read book Federal Wildland Fire Management written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing wildland fire in the U.S. is a challenge increasing in complexity & magnitude. The goals & actions presented in this report encourage a proactive approach to wildland fire to reduce its threat. Five major topic areas on the subject are addressed: the role of wildland fire in resource management; the use of wildland fire; preparedness & suppression; wildland/urban interface protection; & coordinated program management. Also presented are the guiding principle that are fundamental to wildland fire management & recommendations for fire management policies. Photos, graphs, & references.

Book Wildland Fire Management Economics

Download or read book Wildland Fire Management Economics written by David C. Baumgartner and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliografie en een zeer globaal overzicht van de Noord-Amerikaanse literatuur over economische modellen voor het afbranden van natuurterreinen (uitgezonderd bossen) als beheersmaatregel

Book Fire Regimes and Ecosystem Properties

Download or read book Fire Regimes and Ecosystem Properties written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Minnesota State Fire Code

Download or read book Minnesota State Fire Code written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minnesota state fire code is a modern, up-to-date fire code addressing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, explosion, handling or use of hazardous materials and the use and occupancy of buildings and premises. It establishes minimum fire safety requirements for new and existing buildings, facilities, storage and processes. It addresses fire prevention, fire protection, life safety and safe storage, and use of hazardous material, providing a total approach of controlling hazards in all buildings and sites, regardless of the hazard being indoors or outdoors. The code contains requirements for maintaining the life safety of building occupants, the protection of emergency responders, and to limit the damage to a building and its contents as the result of a fire, explosion or unauthorized hazardous material discharge. It is founded on broad-based principles that make possible the use of new materials and new system designs.

Book Disaster Policy and Politics

Download or read book Disaster Policy and Politics written by Richard T. Sylves and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster Policy and Politics combines evidence-based research with mini-case studies of recent events to demonstrate the fundamental principles of emergency management and to explore the impact that disasters have had on U.S. policy. Paying special attention to the role of key actors—decision makers at the federal, state, and local levels; scientists; engineers; civil and military personnel; and first responders—author Richard Sylves explores how researchers contribute to and engage in disaster policy development and management. The highly anticipated Third Edition explores the radical change in policy and politics after the occurrence of recent disasters such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; Hawaii’s false nuclear attack warning; and responses to U.S. wildfires. This book’s comprehensive “all-hazards” approach introduces students to the important public policy, organizational management, and leadership issues they may need as future practitioners and leaders in the field.

Book Fire in America

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen J. Pyne
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2017-01-27
  • ISBN : 0295805218
  • Pages : 681 pages

Download or read book Fire in America written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.

Book General Technical Report NC

Download or read book General Technical Report NC written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Research Note RMRS

Download or read book Research Note RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide

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.

Book The Public and Wildland Fire Management

Download or read book The Public and Wildland Fire Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents key social science findings from three National Fire Plan-sponsored research projects. Articles highlight information of likely interest to individuals working to decrease wildfire hazards on both private and public lands. Three general topic areas are addressed: (1) public views and acceptance of fuels management, (2) working with homeowners and communities, and (3) tools that can help us understand social issues.

Book Grand Canyon National Park  N P    Fire Management Plan

Download or read book Grand Canyon National Park N P Fire Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fire Management Notes

Download or read book Fire Management Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Draft Yosemite Fire Management Plan

Download or read book Draft Yosemite Fire Management Plan written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1969 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: