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"In Wildfire, the journalist Heather Hansen embeds herself in an elite crew of wildland firefighters based in Boulder, Colorado.... Hansen learns and shares some fire science and fire history, filling in the background of the current crisis. She describes the crew's punishing training and their powerful camaraderie, and recounts their stories of fires fought, disasters survived, lessons learned." -- New York Review of Books - The author was embedded with one of the busiest wildfire crews in the United States
- Reveals wildfires through the experiences of the people who go face-to-face with them
- Focuses on challenges faced in Western states
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Wildfire shares the drama, hardships, and experiences of the firefighters who try, sometimes in vain, to prevent destruction when a spark flares out of control. Hansen tells the rich and frightening stories of the firefighters themselves and the challenges they face: a safety system struggling to keep up with fire seasons that are lengthening, fires that are becoming more extreme, and agencies that are struggling to cover the bills.
About the author
Heather Hansen is an award-winning reporter, specializing in environmental and travel writing. She is the author of
Wildfire: On the Front Lines with Station 8, and her work has appeared in
High Country News,
National Geographic Traveler,
Smithsonian,
Outside,
Mountain Gazette, and others. She splits her time between Boulder, Colorado, and Cambridge, UK. Follow her online at heather-hansen.com.
