prevention and control

Tells what happened on August 5, 1949 in Man Gulch, Montana when fifteen smokejumpers came to fight a forest fire.

During one of the worst fire seasons the American West has ever seen, a crew from NOVA accompanied a team of elite "Hotshots" to the fire line and got up-close footage of their work, as well as interviews with members.

Simple text and illustrations of a family camping in the woods provide an introduction to outdoor fire safety.

Describes what a forest fire is, how it burns, and the harmful and beneficial aspects of those fires.

Depicts in text and photographs the training, equipment, and real-life experiences of people who risk their lives to battle wildfires, as well as people who use fire for ecological reasons.

The story of the 1988 fire season in the Grand Canyon National Park.

Presents an introduction to wildfires and the men and women who fight them, describing the training, equipment, and real-life experiences of people who risk their lives as well as people who use fire for ecological reasons.