A forest fire is won or lost on situational awareness: where the fire is, where it is going, where your people are, and what is in its path. This field guide adapts proven European fire service doctrine into checklists and decision tables built for command under pressure, not for reading at a desk.
- Six tactical methods for attacking a forest fire, with a decision table for when to use each, from head-first attack to backfire
- A reconnaissance checklist and 17 complications to expect, from stuck apparatus to radio dead zones
