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Judging the Past: Lessons from the Mann Gulch Fire
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Judging the Past: Lessons from the Mann Gulch Fire

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Benjamin Kahn
Aug 02, 2023
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This August 5th will mark the 74th anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire of 1949 – a wildfire that caused the deaths of 13 wildland firefighters and changed the emergency management sector forever. Although most of the victims’ suffering was short lived (Jansson 1949a), their legacies and sacrifice paved the way for achievements and pursuits of knowledge t…

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