Anyone in, or with friends or family in, the wildfire business should read at least these books:
1. Norman Maclean's "Young Men and Fire" about the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire.
2. His son, John Norman Maclean, wrote "Fire on the Mountain" about the 1994 South Canyon (Storm King Mountain) fire.
A former co-worker of mine lost his son in Storm King.
3. Also, John's "The Thirtymile Fire" in 2001.

These are chilling accounts of tragic wildfires. "Normal" fires sometimes turn very bad with unanticipated devastating effects.

Another good book about aviation "incidents" is "Fate is the Hunter" by Ernest Gann:
Fate is the Hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A helicopter pilot (including Huey gunships in Viet Nam) friend of mine recommended it.
The lesson I took away from it is that when you come to junctions with choices, anticipate possible outcomes, and if you don't like outcomes, don't make that choice.

The Dude Fire on the Tonto NF in 1900 is another example:
1990's Dude Fire stands as example of extreme blaze

Now we have the Yarnell Hill Fire:
Yarnell Hill Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Please disregard this version - I mistyped date of Dude fire - it was 1990.

Strong second for Fate Is The Hunter--the book, not the movie.

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