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  • SWI Fire Protection At Grand Canyon National Park

    The Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) is one of the great "Wonders of the World." It is a geological marvel of nature that has been, and continues to be, carved out of rock by the mighty Colorado River. The GCNP is located in far northern Arizona...

    Article • October 1st, 1998

  • Flagstaff FD Proactive On Wildland Fire Threat

    Flagstaff, AZ, a modest-sized city 80 miles south of the Grand Canyon and 120 miles north of Phoenix, is situated within the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world. Wildfires and structural wildland interzone (SWI) fires are common and can occur...

    Article • August 1st, 1998

  • Tools & Tactics In The War Against Wildland Fires

    SPECIALIZED APPARATUS Photo by Robert M. Winston The Marion, MA, brush breaker in the foreground displays one of the largest breaker/push bars in the fire service. Photo by Robert M. Winston A Bush Fire...

    Article • July 1st, 1998

  • Engine Company Operations: What Everyone Needs to Know (Part 3)

    As stated in part 1 of this series, one of the most important aspects of any fireground operation is safety - for yourself, your fellow firefighters and for those other people who are or could be in harm's way. Engine company crews operating in the...

    Article • June 1st, 1998

  • Engine Operations: What You Need To Know (Part 2)

    Size-up is the mental imaging of many pieces of information gathered as the alarm is initiated, when enroute and while at the incident. Size-up is continuous and essential to a successful fire-attack plan. All firefighters should participate in size-up...

    Article • May 1st, 1998

  • 1997 Fire Season Wrap-Up And Some Random Comments

    The 1997 wildland and structural wildland interzone (SWI) fire season has been an unusually tranquil one in the lower 48 states. Fire incidents have been sporadic and small to medium in size when compared to previous active years. A wet-weather...

    Article • November 30th, 1997

  • Wildland Firefighters On The Front Lines

    Willie Cirone presents a behind-the-scenes look at wildland operations.

    Article • October 31st, 1997

  • When Maine Burned: Remembering 50 Years Ago

    This is the year that "downeasterners" (as residents of Maine are referred to) are commemorating the great forest and structural wildland interzone fires of October 1947. A lengthy drought had a stranglehold on New England. Particularly hard hit...

    Article • August 1st, 1997

  • Let's Lighten Up: Personal Protection In The Interzone

    I'll preface this column by stating that it is NOT criticism for the sake of criticizing. On the contrary. This is about a health and safety concern germane to the fire service. This column is intended to be constructive. It is about the wearing of...

    Article • July 1st, 1997

  • California Department Of Forestry And Fire Protection

    California is the third-largest state in the country and covers an area of nearly 160,000 square miles with a coastline over 840 miles long. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States, covering an area as large as Connecticut...

    Article • June 1st, 1997

  • Colorado Wildland Fire Conference: Planning, Mitigation & Operations

    Colorado is a state graced with an abundance of open space, magnificent mountains and vast pristine forests of pine, oak and aspen trees. It is Colorado's awesome natural beauty that has caused a population explosion and the resulting building boom...

    Article • May 1st, 1997

  • Fire Season '97

    Last year's very busy wildland fire season is now a part of fire service history. The brutal winter of 1996-97 has brought us other forms of natural disasters in the form of record-breaking cold, Siberia-like blizzards that crippled portions of the...

    Article • February 28th, 1997

  • California's Calabasas/Malibu Fire

    Ken Koller recounts the devastating wildfire that raged for seven days in October 1996.

    Article • February 28th, 1997

  • The Winecoff Fire - 50 Years Later

    Dave E. Williams recounts the deadliest hotel fire to date, which claimed 119 lives and injured over 100 people in Atlanta.

    Article • November 30th, 1996

  • The Battle Against The Castaic Wildfire

    Mike Meadows gives a first person account of a wildfire in Los Angeles that rapidly destroyed 22,500 acres in seven days.

    Article • November 30th, 1996

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