forest fire fighters

Describes the hazards and duties of smokejumpers, describing the experiences of Wayne Williams, who fights fires as a smokejumper.

Rhyming text introduces the equipment and work of a team of fire fighters as they battle a blaze caused by a spark from a train.

Peter Leschak chronicles the events surrounding the deadliest fire in North American history which occured in the small lumbering town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, on October 8, 1871, and discusses how reading about that fire inspired him to become a firefighter.

Describes how a group of firefighters use a helicopter to help put out a forest fire.