It was called Fundamentals of Wildland Firefighting by Carl Goodson. The book begins by explaining the basics of each stage of fire. For example, the combustion process, which is basically the stage where the fire starts, comes first. I learned that both fuel and oxygen are present in the wilderness, but in order for the combustion process to begin, heat must be added to release the combustible gases. In this state, the process continues to repeat itself. So, once chemical combustion begins, the more heat the energy releases, and as more heat is released, more combustible gases are released, adding to more fire. However, the behavior of oxygen is different, since the amount of oxygen available in the soil neither decreases nor increases depending on the heat. However it changes depending on the weather conditions, as wind can certainly increase the oxygen available for fire. Later in the book I saw a discussion of conduction, which Goodson describes as occurring “when two objects of different temperatures come into direct contact with each other; heat transfers from the hotter to the colder object until their temperatures are equal” (17). For example, when a person touches a pot full of boiling water, his fingers will burn. That reaction is the conduction process. The heat from the pan transfers from the