Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000547F0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 501 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fire on the Mountain weaves together a tense narrative of almost cinematic action, starring ballsy cowboy smokejumpers, frustrated federal middle managers, seasoned "hotshots" flown in like commandos, pissed-off tanker pilots, and well-intentioned but spin-wary politicians. OSHA would later describe the coordinated action flatly as a "management failure," and concurrent investigations would reveal a tangled web of jealous rivalries, bureaucratic bungling, and severe morale problems. Maclean's well-sketched personalities bring the action on the ground convincingly to life--and knowing up front that many of his main characters won't survive South Canyon makes this tragic tale that much more com
When, on the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded as taking place at South Canyon, it became the first of a series of seemingly small human errors that, three days later, led to the deaths of fourteen fire fighters, including four women. If this book is action/adventure at its best, it also offers deeply moving insights into the lives of the smoke jumpers, hot shots, and helitacks who fight forest fires and put their own well being on the line as a daily part of their jobs.. Fire on the Mountain sets out to answer three mysteries that surrounded the blaze: Why wasn't the fire, which could be seen clearly from an interstate highway, put out earlier? Why did Don Mackey, a smoke jumper who was already a legend in his own time, turn back to the fire after making his way to safety? And how could such a seasoned group of fire fighting professionals be caught off guard so badly? With the aid of papers obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and dozens of interviews, Fire on the Mount
Heartbreaking true account of young men and women giving their lives to fight fire. Carl L. Roof A gripping true account of a most heartbreaking effort by a group of "hotshots" (wildland firefighters) from Oregon to fight a fire on Storm King Mountain that initially had been erroneously called in as being on South Canyon, near Glenwood, Colorado. We were so moved by it that on our next trip out to the area, we found and hiked the trail to a small memorial that gives added context to the story.. Definitely Supplements the South Canyon Reports I've studied the South Canyon fire on and off ever since I helped build the memorial trail on Storm King Mountain way back in 1995. Just a young 19-year-old then, my only remaining memories are of carrying landscaping material, briefly sitting beside a father as he dug the hole for his son's/daughter's cross, and choking up with exhaustion and tears as I tried to climb the last 150 yards to Zero Point. The book helped me to have a much broader understanding of the inci. Eye opening journey I bought this book in preparation for a pilgrimage to Storm King. AS a former USFS Firefighter, I had long wanted to go there to pay my respects, as so many before me have. I felt the best way to ensure the best experience possible for myself was to educate myself on this incident by both reading the Official report, and also by utilizing John Maclean's extensive investigative skills in this book. I was not disappointed. After reading this book, and then hiking to the