Forest Fires

Library Journal

Wildfire or wildland fire, sometimes called grassland or forest fire, takes place in uninhabited or uncultivated areas. Fighting wildfires requires different knowledge, training, equipment, and policies than fighting urban or suburban fires, and it is largely the province of the U.S. Forest Service. Fuller, a writer of trail and natural history books, covers all of the standard topics found in a wildfire text: combustion, fuel types, wind and weather, topography, fire behavior, firefighting, safety, prevention, fire policies (including the pros and cons of prescribed burning), environmental effects, and famous fires. While patrons interested in the outdoors or concerned with the recent devastating Yellowstone fires might enjoy this book, much of it is too detailed for general readers. For subject collections.-- Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. Lib., New York