RED FLAG WARNING
Kurt Kamm has written two novels about firefighters and is at work on a third. RED FLAG WARNING, published by Aberdeen Bay in May 2010, is a serial arson mystery.
Los Angeles County is burning. A serial arsonist is setting the parched hills on fire. Plunge into infernos and face the smoke, heat and danger with the men on the fire lines. NiteHeat prowls in the darkness, setting fires and taunting investigators while the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Arson Unit struggles to find the fire-setter and stop the devastation.
Kurt attended a CalFire arson investigation academy and spent time in the field with members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Arson Unit while writing RED FLAG WARNING. Members of several law enforcement agencies, including an arson profiler at the ATF, helped him understand the mentality of the arsonist. NiteHeat is a complex but very realistic person.
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Did you ever wonder what it's like to fight a wildfire - to face a wall of flames ninety feet high, moving at sixty miles an hour, burning at 1200+ degrees, and sucking away your oxygen? Did you ever wonder what kind of person becomes a wildland firefighter? ONE FOOT IN THE BLACK is a coming-of-age story. Driven from home by an abusive father, Greg Kowalski heads west to California to become a seasonal firefighter. He struggles to build a new life and, as his faces a fatal firestorm, Greg finds comfort and support in the brotherhood of his fire crew.
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Kurt lives in Malibu, CA, a place of beauty and destructive wildfires. In 2007, the Canyon Fire, a 70 mile-per-hour wind driven inferno, burned to his front door and destroyed the homes of several neighbors. He is a frequent visitor to the fire camps and stations in Southern California.
Visit his fire website: http://www.kurtkamm.com/
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