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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd)     Subjects     Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd)     Wildfire fighters -- Canada -- Biography.     Forest fire fighters -- Canada -- Biography.     Forest fires -- Canada.     Wildfires -- Canada.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd)       by title:      Chasing smoke : a wi...       by call number:      634.9618 W721c     Search the Web     Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd)     Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd)     Wildfire fighters -- Canada -- Biography.     Forest fire fighters -- Canada -- Biography.     Forest fires -- Canada.     Wildfires -- Canada.       MARC Display

Chasing smoke : a wildfire memoir / Aaron Williams. by Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd) Harbour Publishing, 2017. Call #: 634.9618 W721c Subjects Williams, Aaron (Aaron Lloyd)   Wildfire fighters -- Canada -- Biography.   Forest fire fighters -- Canada -- Biography.   Forest fires -- Canada.   Wildfires -- Canada. ISBN:  9781550178050 (pbk.) Description:  191 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm. Summary:  "British Columbia's weather and geography - hot dry summers, steep terrain, and population density in forested areas - make it one of the most difficult places in the world to fight forest fires. An enthralling insider account of how a fire season unfolds. Firefighter Aaron Williams offers a tangible window into the intensely physical, high-adrenalin lifestyle shared by his crew of eccentrics, all eager to be on the front line. What it's like to work sixteen-hour days in an apocalyptic landscape, where the smoke is so thick your snot runs black and you need to drink ten litres of water a day. What it's like to make a stupid mistake and singe your beard in front of your crew, or spend hours hosing a spot the size of a queen mattress and still not extinguish the burn. What it's like to hear a tree fall, a co-worker's shout, and imagine the worst. From the "curated gauntlet of abuse" that makes up rookie week, until the last length of hose is rolled up at the end of the burn season, Williams chronicles the seasonal existence of a firefighter, all while examining the wider world of firefighting - interweaving the history, mechanics and politics - as well as the micro-world of the small crew who willingly put their lives on the line. Aaron Williams fought forest fires in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Idaho from 2006 until 2014. He is currently working on an MFA in creative non-fiction writing at King's College in Halifax."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 634.9618 W721c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 634.9618 W721c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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