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Fire Wars
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Program Overview
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Americans have long engaged in an ongoing struggle against one of
the most important ecological forces of nature—wildfires. NOVA
follows an elite firefighting team through the 2000 fire season, one
of the fieriest in U.S. history.
The program:
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introduces the Arrowhead Hotshots, an elite team of wildfire
fighters from California, and tracks the team's efforts through
the season.
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focuses on the months-long effort to control a massive fire in
Clear Creek, Idaho, the largest single wildfire in the year
2000.
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reveals the ecological benefits and importance of fire to
wildland systems.
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documents major wildfires from the past century, emphasizing the
lessons learned from each encounter.
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explains the development of modern wildfire fighting methods and
the technology, equipment, and strategies that are employed to
control wildfires.
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details the enormous role that weather plays in wildfires.
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documents a comprehensive wildfire research project in the
Alaskan wilderness.
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examines the debate among supporters of various firefighting
policies, raising the possibility that some environmental
policies have created forests where wildfires are hotter, burn
faster, and spread more quickly than they did 100 years ago.
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