The Wildfire Twenty: A Firefighter Memoir

by Harold R. Larson

Overview

In the spring of 2011, a devastating wildfire almost destroyed the town of Slave Lake. From the aftermath, a new type of Alberta firefighting crew was created to fight wildfires that could threaten entire communities. These 20-person crews would become known as "Units."

The Wildfire Twenty is the memoir of veteran firefighter Harold Larson leading the first Peace River Unit crew as they learn how to battle natural disasters on an epic scale. Their trials, perseverance, and friendships would shape wildland firefighting in Northern Alberta and bond the Wildfire Twenty forever.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160976785
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	04/20/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Over his 20-year wildfire career, Harold Larson has fought hundreds of wildfires throughout Canada, Australia, and the United States. Larson worked alongside the Australian wildland firefighters during Australia’s worst natural disaster in history, which was captured in his first book, Fire in the Eucalypts: A Wildland Firefighter’s Memoir of the Black Saturday Bushfires.

A graduate of Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) with a diploma in forest technology, Larson continues to work in the field of emergency response as a city firefighter on British Columbia’s West Coast.