Sifting through the Ashes: Lessons Learned from the Painted Cave Fire

Gomes, Daniel; Otis L. Graham, Jr.; Elizabeth Hall Marshall, Andrew J. Schmidt

ISBN 10: 188353514X / ISBN 13: 9781883535148

Published by Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993

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Softcover with excellent pages and VG-minus exterior (light edge wear, corners slightly bent). 194 pages. Unmarked. 1990 Santa Barbara, California fire examined, as well as preceding fires in the area. [12oz].

Seller Inventory # 44305

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sifting through the Ashes: Lessons Learned from the Painted Cave Fire
• Publisher: Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 188353514X
• ISBN 13: 9781883535148
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • AAAPRIORITY
  • Californiana

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Synopsis

This study is more than a history of the Painted Cave FIre, though we do present a narrative account of the inferno that swept down upon Santa Barbara on the evening of June 27,1990. A brief review of the history of fire and fire policy in the United States and in the Santa Barbara area point to our larger topic- the lessons that came, and others that should have come, out of the Painted Cave Fire experience, and the guidance they offer to policymakers and citizens. We conclude with suggestions for more fundamental reforms in the region's approach to living in the least discomfort with one of nature's messengers--wildfire.