Download or read book A Great Day to Fight Fire written by Mark Matthews and published by Editorial Galaxia. This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical study of the 1949 Mann Gulch, Montana, wildfire that claimed the lives of thirteen firefighters draws on the recollections of the three survivors, their families, and colleagues to offer a moment-by-moment re-creation of the disaster and to describe the legacy of the fire in terms of the development of new safety equipment and training programs for firefighters.