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2007 Fire Siege

Below is a chronicle of the Fire Siege of 2007. The file is very large and is available in its original format, and broken into more manageable pieces for downloading. *Fire season statistics are still being tabulated and sorted. Final season figures may differ somewhat from the numbers available at the time this document was published.

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  1. Cover and Introductory Statement (321K PDF)
  2. Table of Contents (46K PDF)
  3. Introduction (243K PDF)
  4. Fire Events and Policy (275K PDF)
  5. Prelude to the Siege 2007 (60K PDF)
  6. Meteorological Events Timeline and Preparations (250K PDF)
  7. The Fires - Day 1 (930K PDF)
  8. The Fires - Day 2 (604K PDF)
  9. The Fires - Day 3 (630K PDF)
  10. The Fires - Day 4 (572K PDF)
  11. The Fires - Day 5 (790K PDF)
  12. The Fires - Day 6 (921K PDF)
  13. The Fires - Day 7 (227K PDF)
  14. The Fires - Day 8 (316K PDF)
  15. The Fires - Day 9 (325K PDF)
  16. The Fires - Day 10 (366K PDF)
  17. The Fires - Day 11 (169K PDF)
  18. Aftermath (460K PDF)
  19. Epilogue(301K PDF)
  20. Fire Siege Coordination (460K PDF)
  21. Appendix Part I (902k PDF)
  22. Appendix Part II (5.9MB PDF)
  23. Appendix Part III (176K PDF)
  24. Appendix Part IV (304K PDF)
  25. Appendix Part V (226K PDF)
  26. Acknowledgements (96K PDF)
  27. Glossary of Terms (432K PDF)