Harold R. Larson

Fire in the Eucalypts

A Wildland Firefighter's Memoir of the Black Saturday Bushfires

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On February 7, 2009, devastating fires ravaged the Australian countryside throughout the State of Victoria. Eight years of consecutive drought coupled with record breaking temperatures caused the fires to burn at an unprecedented rate destroying entire communities and claiming the lives of 173 people. This tragic event would become known as "Black Saturday." Fire in the Eucalypts is the memoir of a Canadian firefighter working alongside the Australian wildland firefighters during that unforgettable fire season. His journey from training camp to firefighter would ultimately take him directly into the heart of Australia's worst natural disaster in history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harold Larson
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781773023632
• ISBN-10: 1773023632
• Artikelnr.: 47583276

Autorenporträt

Over his 20-year wildfire career, Harold Larson has fought hundreds of wildfires throughout Canada, Australia, and the United States. Larson worked alongside the Australian wildland firefighters during Australia's worst natural disaster in history, which was captured in his first book, Fire in the Eucalypts: A Wildland Firefighter's Memoir of the Black Saturday Bushfires. A graduate of Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) with a diploma in forest technology, Larson continues to work in the field of emergency response as a city firefighter on British Columbia's West Coast.