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Wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive. Learn more about wildfires, how they start, how to protect your home and how they impact lives.

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  • Aflame

    Learning from Silence

    Iyer, Pico
    Iyer connects with inner stillness and joy in his many seasons at the monastery, even as his life is going through constant change: a house burns down, a parent dies, a daughter is diagnosed with cancer.
    eBook, 2025Penguin Publishing Group, 2025
  • The Last Fire Season

    a Personal and Pyronatural History

    Martin, Manjula,
    H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record.
    Book, 2024New York : Pantheon Books, [2024] — 363.379 MARTIN
  • Burnt

    a Memoir of Fighting Fire

    Frank, Clare,
    California's female chief of fire protection looks back at her pioneering path in a male-dominated field, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns.
    Book, 2023New York : Abrams Press, 2023. — BIO FRANK FRANK
  • The Summer Canada Burned

    the Wildfire Season That Shocked the World

    Zurowski, Monica,
    The dramatic story of Canada's wildfires in 2023 that provides a case study of the changing climate and its impacts on our environment.
    Book, 2023[Vancouver, British Columbia] : Greystone Books, [2023] — 363.3709 ZUROWSK
  • Ignition

    Lighting Fires in a Burning World

    O'Connor, M. R., 1982-
    In an investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M. R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2023. — 363.3709 OCONNOR
  • This Is Wildfire

    How to Protect Yourself, Your Home, and Your Community in the Age of Heat

    Mott, Nick,
    Analyzes how our society arrived at this perilous moment and recounts stories of those fighting fire and trying to change our relationship with it. Provides advice about choosing your insurance and making your home resilient to burns, rebuilding…
    Book, 2023New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. — 363.379 MOTT
  • Into the Inferno

    a Photographer's Journey Through California's Megafires and Fallout

    Palley, Stuart,
    Documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a landscape as well as a soul.
    Book, 2022Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Publishing, 2022. — 363.379 PALLEY
  • Breathing Fire

    Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires

    Lowe, Jaime, 1976-
    A revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California's wildfires.
    Book, 2021New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. — 363.3709 LOWE
  • Paradise

    One Town's Struggle to Survive An American Wildfire

    Johnson, Lizzie,
    The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire and a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfolds.
    Book, 2021New York : Crown, [2021] — 363.379 JOHNSON
  • Trees in Trouble

    Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change

    Mathews, Daniel, 1948-
    A story of the devastating effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, told through in-depth reportage and conversations with ecologists, professional forest managers and park service scientists.
    Book, 2020Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020. — 634.9097 MATHEWS
  • Awakening to Wildfire

    Stories of the Mendocino Lake Complex Fire

    Captures dozens of stories about the Mendocino Lake Complex fire to convey the strength, courage, and resilience of those who survived it.
    Book, 2019Ukiah, Calif. : Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library, 2019. — 363.379 AWAKENI
  • Gardening expert Maureen Gilmer shares proven ways to save your home, property, and life with wildfire-resistant landscaping and fire-prevention techniques.
    Book, 2019Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019] — 635.95 GILMER
  • Wild Fire

    on the Front Lines With Station 8

    Hansen, Heather,
    Shares the drama, hardships, and experiences of the firefighters who try, sometimes in vain, to prevent destruction when a spark flares out of control.
    Book, 2018Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2018] — 634.9618 HANSEN
  • Fire in the Heart

    a Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire

    Emerick, Mary,
    Determined to forge herself into a stronger, braver person, Mary devotes herself to fighting fire from the Florida swamp to Alaska's interior.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Arcade Publishing, 2017. — 363.377 EMERICK
  • My Lost Brothers

    the Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's Lone Survivor

    McDonough, Brendan,
    The sole survivor of the disastrous 2013 fire in Yarnell, Arizona recalls the natural disaster that took the lives of 19 firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires.
    Book, 2016New York : Hachette Books, 2016. — 363.379 MCDONOU