Young Men And Fire By Norman Maclean
Introduction
In the book Young Men and Fire By Norman Maclean,He explains how fires effects the smokejumpers and him. The story illustrates how fire acts and how to control it. Also the personality they have to maintain as a smokejumper or ground crew. And what it takes to be a firefighter in any region. And everything in between showing you the realistic point of views that they suffer through everyday.
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Fire is a very dangerous and harmful act but also can be maintained various ways.All fires are not the same. There are two types of fires that are more dangerous than most.Then you have your fires that are easy or medium to maintain and control. “There are differences between the behavior of and timber fire, and the differences can be tragic if firefighters don't know them” (Maclean,p.44,1992). In many cases Firefighters have to know what they have to do to keep themselves safe or others safe. And control the fire is one of them. The second is to know how harsh and how unstable a fire truly is. …show more content…
Each fire is set into a category. As stated “class D fire (100-299 acres)” is one one of the most dangerous of fires (Maclean,p.33,1992). Many of fires have many personalities. Like described in the book Crown fire is loud like a train and spits out fires (Maclean,P.35,1992). But with fires comes a times even you can not control it. As Maclean remembers, “what would you do to control a crown fire? “With the one-liner”. Get out of the way and pray like hell for rain”(Maclean,p.32,1992). Fire are meant to be cleared but sometimes it just is not worth risking your
In the book Young Men and Fire By Norman Maclean,He explains how fires effects the smokejumpers and him. The story illustrates how fire acts and how to control it. Also the personality they have to maintain as a smokejumper or ground crew. And what it takes to be a firefighter in any region. And everything in between showing you the realistic point of views that they suffer through everyday.
Blue Sub-Topic #1
Fire is a very dangerous and harmful act but also can be maintained various ways.All fires are not the same. There are two types of fires that are more dangerous than most.Then you have your fires that are easy or medium to maintain and control. “There are differences between the behavior of and timber fire, and the differences can be tragic if firefighters don't know them” (Maclean,p.44,1992). In many cases Firefighters have to know what they have to do to keep themselves safe or others safe. And control the fire is one of them. The second is to know how harsh and how unstable a fire truly is. …show more content…
Each fire is set into a category. As stated “class D fire (100-299 acres)” is one one of the most dangerous of fires (Maclean,p.33,1992). Many of fires have many personalities. Like described in the book Crown fire is loud like a train and spits out fires (Maclean,P.35,1992). But with fires comes a times even you can not control it. As Maclean remembers, “what would you do to control a crown fire? “With the one-liner”. Get out of the way and pray like hell for rain”(Maclean,p.32,1992). Fire are meant to be cleared but sometimes it just is not worth risking your