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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:
introduces the Arrowhead Hotshots, an elite team of
wildfire fighters from California, and tracks the team's efforts through the season.
focuses on the months-long effort to control a massive fire in Clear Creek, Idaho, the largest single wildfire in the year 2000.
reveals the ecological
benefits and importance of
fire to wildland systems.
documents major wildfires from the past century, emphasizing
the lessons learned from each encounter.
explains the development of modern wildfire fighting methods and the technology, equipment, and strategies that are employed to control wildfires.
details the enormous role that weather plays in wildfires.
documents a comprehensive
wildfire research project in the Alaskan wilderness.
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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