{"product_id":"wildfire-on-the-front-lines-with-station-8-9781680513394","title":"Wildfire: On the Front Lines with Station 8","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eWildfire\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe author was embedded with one of the busiest wildfire crews in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals wildfires through the experiences of the people who go face-to-face with them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on challenges faced in Western states\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Every year wildfires ravage forests, destroy communities, and devastate human lives, with only the bravery of dedicated firefighters creating a barrier against even greater destruction. Throughout the 2016 wildfire season, journalist Heather Hansen witnessed firsthand the heroics of the Station 8 crew in Boulder, Colorado. She tells that story here, layered with the added context of the history, science, landscape, and human behavior that, year-by-year, increases the severity, frequency, and costs of conflagrations in the West. She examines the changes in both mindset and activity around wildfires and tracks the movement from wildfire as something useful, to something feared, to something necessary but roundly dreaded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWildfire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHansen, Heather:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eHeather Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning reporter, specializing in environmental and travel writing. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWildfire: On the Front Lines with Station 8\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMountain Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She splits her time between Boulder, Colorado, and Cambridge, UK. Follow her online at heather-hansen.com.","brand":"Mountaineers Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197001003282,"sku":"9781680513394","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64ad29de-1afc-4d86-944c-bd1ef348e953.jpg?v=1776159876","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wildfire-on-the-front-lines-with-station-8-9781680513394","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}