Firestorm : trial by fire / Peter Clack.

By:

Clack, Peter, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Milton., Queensland : John Wiley & Sons Australia, c2003.Description: viii, 160 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map., ports. ; 23 cmISBN:

1740310756

Other title:

Fire storm
Trial by fire

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

634.961809947 22
363.37909947 21
363.37909947 21

LOC classification:

SD421.34.A8 C59 2003

Partial contents:

Ch. 1. -- Harsh lessons forgotten -- Ch. 2. Birth of a conflagration -- Ch. 3. It will never happen here -- Ch. 4. The 'universal Australia' -- Ch. 5. Off limits -- Ch. 6. Sudden impact -- Ch. 7. Sheer frustration -- Ch. 8. Overrun -- Ch. 9. 'There is no fall-back position' -- Ch. 10. Thin blue line -- Ch. 11. Get me more pumpers -- Ch. 12. Against all odds -- Ch. 13. A 'complete fiasco.'

Review: "The flames have long since faded, but the search for the truth rages on. In this controversial account, Peter Clack seeks to offer answers to establish that the firestorm was no accident or climatic phenomenon. This story is told by the police and fire-fighters and by the victims themselves." -- BOOK JACKET.

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Includes index.

"The flames have long since faded, but the search for the truth rages on. In this controversial account, Peter Clack seeks to offer answers to establish that the firestorm was no accident or climatic phenomenon. This story is told by the police and fire-fighters and by the victims themselves." -- BOOK JACKET.

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