Beyond Tranquillon Ridge
Beyond Tranquillon Ridge is a story that recounts the firefighting efforts during a frenzied 24- hour period known as the "Honda Canyon Fire." It is a history of the strategies and tactics used and it includes many first-hand accounts of the conditions that firefighters and the military faced on the front lines-including the tragic deaths of their comrades. Joseph Valencia offers a brilliant look back; re-creating the sights and sounds of actual firefighting; descriptive overviews of the landscape of South Vandenberg, with rich profiles and command level decisions of the brave men who fought it. In the end, this one day in 1977 stands out as the pivotal time when wind and fire combined into a firestorm and where past compromises affected an outcome
Print Book, English, ©2004
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Ind., ©2004
Biographies
xix, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9781418443306, 9781418443320, 9781418443313, 1418443301, 1418443328, 141844331X
57341426
South Vandenberg
The initial response
Firestorm at SLC-5
Chaos on the Titan complex
Death and decision
The forces of nature
Backfire on the South Flank
Conscience and command
Showdown at Bear Creek and Coast Road
Beyond Tranquillon Ridge
Fire and rain
"December 20-21, 1977, the climatic ending to a California fire season"--Jacket