Surviving Wildfire: Get Prepared, Stay Alive, Rebuild Your Life (A Handbook for Homeowners)

Masterson, Linda

ISBN 10: 1936555158 / ISBN 13: 9781936555154

Published by PixyJack Press, Incorporated, 2012

About this Item

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteedâ but the story's all there!

Seller Inventory # PKV.1936555158.G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Surviving Wildfire: Get Prepared, Stay Alive, Rebuild Your Life (A Handbook for Homeowners)
• Publisher: PixyJack Press, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936555158
• ISBN 13: 9781936555154
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Every year wildfire destroys thousands of homes, devastates countless lives and burns millions of acres. And every year people who have lost everything say, "We didn't think it would happen to us. If only we'd been better prepared." What you do before wildfire strikes could save your home. What you do during a wildfire could save your life. And if your home is damaged or destroyed, what you do now will make it much easier to put your life back together. Author and researcher Linda Masterson knows what it's like to flee a wall of flames in the middle of the night. She escaped with her life and little else when her Colorado home burned to the ground in 2011. Now she's sifted through information, resources and expert advice from across the country to create a practical handbook that will help homeowners be better prepared if disaster strikes. - Assessing Your Risk - Firewise Building and Remodeling - Defensible Space You Can Live With - Advance Planning: A Pound of Prevention Can Save a Ton of Trouble - Evacuation Essentials: What to Take, When to Leave, How to Escape - Insurance: How Much You Need, What It Covers, How It Works - Filing a Claim: Insider Tips and Tactics - Recovery: Picking Up Your Pieces and Starting Over - Our Story

About the Author

Award-winning author and researcher Linda Masterson tackles a subject she knows all too well in Surviving Wildfire: Get Prepared, Stay Alive, Rebuild Your Life (A Handbook for Homeowners). Masterson's home burned to the ground in a Colorado wildfire in 2011, leaving her with little but her laptop and a fierce determination to get back on her feet and get on with her life. Masterson has always specialized in turning the complex into the comprehensible. In her job as director of Strategic Planning for Ketchum Communications she provided insight and direction to clients ranging from Procter & Gamble to Campbell Soup. As an award-winning author her work has appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Log Homes Illustrated, Countryside, New Pioneer, Animal Kingdom and many more. Her handbook, Living with Bears: A Practical Guide to Bear Country, has become the book of choice for bear professionals and homeowners alike. Linda is a partner in Phillips Group, a marketing and communications firm, and now lives in her new home north of Fort Collins with her husband Cory Phillips.