Veseth, Anne, and family, 217–22, 223
Vietnam, 208, 209
Vilsack, Tom, 239, 240, 313
virga, 281
Vitwar, Dave, 196–97
volcanoes, 119–20
volunteer firefighters, 23, 32–39, 77, 168–69. See also specific department names
W
Wagers, Justin and Jonathan, 168–69
Wages, Colorado, and Volunteer Fire Department, 27–31, 38, 168, 316
Wakimoto, Ron, 226
Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), 181–85, 186–200
air tankers and, 160, 181, 204, 205, 209–10, 216
Black Forest Fire compared to, 230, 232, 234
evacuations and, 236
Hickenlooper on, 172
investigations following, 229
rebuilding following, 310
Schanel and, 177, 178, 179
Wallow Fire (2011), 131, 143
Ward, Colorado, 115
Ward, Wade, 302–3
Warneke, William and Roxanne, 267, 299, 306
Wasden, Lawrence, 221
Washington, 77, 165, 222, 224, 301, 314
Water Canyon, 119, 120
water supply, fire effects on, 70, 155–56
Weaver Mountains, Arizona, 3, 272, 273, 290
Weber Fire (2012), 159
Weldon, George, 142, 214, 215
Westerling, Anthony LeRoy (Tony), 19
West Fork Fire (2013), 228
Wheaton family, 40
Whiskey Row (Prescott, Arizona), 246, 247, 248, 249, 260, 264, 296
White, Jim, 149, 226
White Draw Fire (2012), 210–13
White Rock Fire (2012), 201
Whitewater-Baldy Fire (2012), 133–35, 138, 143–44
Whitted, Clayton, 268, 294
Wilch, Steve, 188, 198
Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy (Wuerthner), 140
Wildfire and Americans (Kennedy), 122
wildfires. See also grass fires; megafire; specific fire names; specific place names
acres burned in, xv, 19, 223
extended seasons, 12, 29, 153–54, 224–27
homes burned in, 13
increases since 1986, 19
management strategies, 14
in red and gray forests, 162–63
successful extinction of, 12, 13
as terrorism tool, 170–73
worldwide, 14–18
wildland-urban interface (WUI), 13, 101, 102, 103, 110, 178
Wildland Urban Interface Code, 252
Will, Kirk, 71, 72, 73, 74, 79, 81, 82
Williams, A. Park, 132
Williams, Jerry, xii–xiii, xiv, 312–13
Williams, Mark, 67
Williams Canyon, 179, 236
Willis, Darrell, 6, 251–53, 254, 257, 270, 277, 282–83, 304–5
Windy Pass Fire (2013), 228
Witch and Zaca Fires, 18–19
Witt, Jane and Mike, 54
Witte, Curtis, 33
wolves, 157–58
Woodland Heights Fire (2012), 159, 226
World War II, 50, 118, 119, 121, 130, 171
Woyjeck, Kevin, 267
Wrangham, Richard, 47
Wuerthner, George, 140, 141
Wyden, Ron, 203
Wyoming, 51, 165, 167, 171, 210–11, 217
Y
Yale University, 57–58, 88, 124, 151
Yarnell, Arizona, 272–74, 276, 284, 290, 292, 298, 299–300, 303
Yarnell Fire District and department, 274, 286
Yarnell Hill Fire (2013)
aircraft and, 275–76, 278–79, 280, 293
disaster scene and recovery, 3–6, 10–11
evacuations for, 286–88
events and conditions leading to, xv, 12, 13, 23
first night of, 275
Granite Mountain Hotshots and, 277–82, 284–85, 289–94
increasing frequency of similar disasters, 14
investigations of, 300–302
lightning strike and, 272–73, 274, 279
property lost in, 274
Steep Corner Fire safety violations and, 221–22
Yavapai County and Yavapai County Courthouse, 245–46, 247, 249, 281, 286, 296, 299, 303
Yellowstone National Park and fires, xii, 45, 64, 161
Yosemite National Park, 237
Yuma Ambulance Service, City of, 316
Yuma County and Yuma Volunteer Fire Department, 31–34, 38–39
Z
Zaca and Witch Fires, 18–19
Zibtsev, Sergiy, 124
Zuppiger, Garret, 267
About the Author
MICHAEL KODAS is the deputy director of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado–Boulder, an award-winning photojournalist and reporter, and the author of the best-selling book High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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