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AS ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER FIRES DRAWS NEAR, OFFICIALS URGE RESIDENTS TO BE PREPARED FOR WILDFIRES


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READER’S EDITORIAL: WILDFIRES—MISUNDERSTANDINGS & SOLUTIONS

 

 

“…Innocent citizens in San Diego County are being defrauded because government officials are failing to protect the public they serve.” 

 

By Richard Halsey

 


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BOOK REVIEW: FIRE, CHAPARRAL, AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

by Richard W. Halsey

 

Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Sunbelt Publications, San Diego. 2008. 232 pages, illustrated, color plates.

 

Reviewed by Walter Hall

 

“The Viejas fire in ’01, the Galivan fire in ’02, and then again during the Cedar fire in ’03. It’s always the same damn thing.” -- A weary incident commander back on the fire line


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