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October is Fire Prevention Month! Check out these resources to learn more about fire, fire prevention, and smoke.

Cover of the Natural Inquirer A Burning Question

A Burning Question – Vol. 1 No. 19

Smokey Bear LIVE A Distance Learning Adventure. Illustration of Smokey Bear.

Smokey Bear LIVE

PDF preview of the cover of

Meet Smokey Bear’s Team – Vol. 1 No. 12

Cover for the Natural Inquirer 'Where's There's Smoke' monograph. The cover consists of a photograph of a wildfire, and another circular photo of firefighters wearing their gear standing in front of a large raging fire.

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire (Time Warp Monograph Series) – Vol. 1 No. 14

PDF preview of the front of Smokey Bear's collector card, featuring an illustrated Smokey Bear holding a shovel.

Smokey Bear Collector Card Pack

Dr. Ford wearing a bucket hat in a desert

Meet Dr. Ford! – Vol. 1 No. 6

Front cover of the monograph

Knock on Wood – Vol. 1 No. 21

Natural Inquirer cover for the Wildland Fire 2 issue. There are four squares, the top left is a row of tents, top right has a grasshopper, th bottom left a rattlesnake, and the bottom right a woodpecker. All are photographs.

Wildland Fire 2 – Vol. 13 No. 1

Cover of Natural Inquirer with an illustration of firefighters in the woods

Wildland Fire – Vol. 4 No. 1

A Flame Changer monograph cover

A Flame Changer – Vol. 1 No. 25

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