1. Forest fires : in context -- U.S. fire activity -- Wildfires that strike home -- Killer fires -- Park and wilderness fires -- Friendly fires -- Other classic forest fires -- Fires of the future -- 2. Problems, controversies, solutions -- Wildfires that strike home -- Killer fires : understanding the fatalities -- Park and wilderness fires -- Friendly fires -- Other significant fire problems -- Summary : problems and issues -- Urban interface issues -- Fatality fires issues -- Park and wilderness fire management issues -- Prescribed fire and thinning issues -- Other issues -- Solutions -- 3. Chronology -- Firing of the forest by Native Americans -- U.S. wildland fires and their impacts -- Frontier settlement fires -- Early years of forest and fire management -- Institutionalization of fire exclusion -- Forest and fire policy reflections -- Environmentalism takes off -- Increasing safety concerns -- 4. People and events -- Significant individual contributors -- Dr. James K. Agee (b.1945) -- Frank A. Albini (b.1936) -- Martin E. Alexander (b.1952) -- Patricia L. Andrews (b.1948) -- Jack S. Barrows (1911-1989) -- Professor Harold H. Biswell (aka Harry the Torch)(1905-1992) -- James K. Brown (b.1942) -- George M. Byram (1909-1996) -- Craig C. Chandler (b.1926) -- A. Malcolm Gill (b.1940) -- Harry Thomas Gisborne (1893-1949) -- Paul Gleason (1946-2003) -- Johann Goldhammer (b.1949) -- Edwin Vaclay Komarek, Sr. (1909-1995) -- Norman Maclean (1902-1990) -- Edward Pulaski (1868-1931) -- Stephen J. Pyne (b.1949) -- Richard C. Rothermel (b.1929) -- Mark J. Schroeder (b.1915) -- Ferdinand Augustus Silcox (1882-1939) -- Herbert Stoddard (1889-1970) -- Charles E. Van Wagner (b.1924) -- Domingos Xavier Viegas (b.1950) -- Historic events -- Frontier settlement era -- Early years of forest and fire management -- Institutionalization of fire exclusion -- Policy reflections -- Environmentalism takes off -- Fatalities and houses take center stage -- Historical events summary --
Fire weather observations
Fire danger and the public
Standard fuel measurements
Fire adaptations and dependence
Emissions and air quality
Postfire effects on soils/hydrology
Fire protection and management
Systematic fire management
Urban interface management
Fuel treatment effectiveness
Commercial logging and wildfires
Extended attack, project fires, and megafires
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Optimizing fire management expenditures
Employment opportunities in fire science
6. Directory of agencies and organizations
Fire policy and administration
USDI agencies : National Park Service, Fires and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
State and local jurisdictions
Nongovernmental organizations
Forest fire research and technology centers
Experiment stations and research programs
Technology and development centers
Community college programs
Training/education opportunities
Agencies and organizations around the world
7. Print and nonprint resources
Technical reports and research papers
Fire effects : the "rainbow" series
Other : fire effects on aquatic ecosystems
Popular magazines (not peer-reviewed)
Other selected references
Landscape scale studies involving consideration of fire
Congressionally commissioned fire studies
