A Great Day To Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949

A critical study of the 1949 Mann Gulch, Montana, wildfire that claimed the lives of thirteen firefighters draws on the recollections of the three survivors, their families, and colleagues to offer a moment-by-moment re-creation of the disaster and to describe the legacy of the fire in terms of the development of new safety equipment and training programs for firefighters.

• | Author: Mark Matthews
• | Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 03, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 284 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0806140348
• | ISBN-13: 9780806140346