Monster Fire at Minong : Wisconsin's Five Mile Tower Fire Of 1977.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Anatomy of a Fire -- The Family's Land -- An Ominous Morning -- The Match and the Horror -- On the Ground, In the Air -- Fire Headquarters Springs to Life -- Other Fires Were Burning -- Ranger Sets a Record -- Wardens Join the Fray -- Here Come the Dozers -- Sandwich Queens -- Teenage Firefighters -- Animals Didn't Have a Chance -- The Fire Tree -- Birches Blow Up -- Working the Right and Left Flanks -- Highway T Controversy -- Fire Meets Water -- Caught in a Fire Tornado -- The Breakout -- Fleeing the Flames -- Citizens Fight the Fire -- The Final Battle -- Mop-Up -- Aftermath -- Part 2: Fighting Forest Fires in the Twenty-first Century -- Today's Ranger Stations -- Local Volunteer Fire Departments -- Engines, Dozers, and More -- A Modern-Day Fire-Management Team -- LeMay Center in Tomahawk -- Madison Command Center -- Incident Command Post -- DNR Air Section -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments and Interview List -- Appendix I: Five Mile Tower Fire Dispatch Summary -- Appendix II: List of Those Who Fought the Five Mile Tower Fire -- Index -- About the Author.

Ignited by a single match, the Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977 raged out of control for seventeen hours. It would be one of the largest wildland fires in Wisconsin history, ultimately destroying more than 13,000 acres of land and sixty-three buildings. With jack pines exploding around them and flames spiraling overhead, DNR rangers, volunteer firefighters, and high school students fought to extinguish the ravenous fire. Based on his own experiences during the long battle, plus dozens of interviews and other eyewitness accounts, Bill Matthias presents an in-depth look at the Five Mile Tower Fire, the brave citizens who helped fight it, and the important changes made to firefighting laws and procedures in its aftermath.

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