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2008 Fire Siege
Below is a chronicle of the Fire Siege of 2008. 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.Full Document
- Fire Siege 2008 (33.8MB PDF)
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- Cover and Dedication (698K PDF)
- Table of Contents (35K PDF)
- Opening Statement and Signature Page (63K PDF)
- Introduction (417K PDF)
- Executive Summary and Timeline (1MB PDF)
- Setting the Stage (1.2MB PDF)
- Siege Summary Part I:(1.9MB PDF)
- Siege Summary Part III: Tuesday, July 1 (1.9M PDF)
- Siege Summary Part IV: July 2 – August 5 (1MB PDF)
- Siege Summary Part IV: July 2 – August 5 (1.4MB PDF)
- Epilogue(3.4MB PDF)
- Appendix I (20MB PDF)
- Appendix II (459K PDF)
- Acknowledgements (269K PDF)
- Foldout Map (1.8MB PDF)