Fighting Fire

Author : Caroline Paul
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312970000
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Fire written by Caroline Paul and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Paul, one of the first women in the San Francisco Fire Department, writes about what it's like to be a firefighter: the daily routine of the fire house, and the dangers and thrills of risking one's life fighting this elemental force. In remarkably gripping prose she shows readers what life is like for a woman in what has traditionally been a man's world. Caroline was named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1998. Martin's Press.

Author : Michael L. Cooper
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805097147
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Fire! written by Michael L. Cooper and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the histories of 10 of America's most formidable fires while paying tribute to the bravery of firefighters, sharing insights into how each catastrophic blaze led to new firefighting practices and technologies. By the author of Hero of the High Seas.

Author : Larry Shapiro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616730130
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Fire written by Larry Shapiro and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing stirs the blood like the flashing lights and blaring siren of a fire truck racing to fight a blaze. The action photography in this book captures that excitement in all of its forms. In powerful, on-the-scene pictures and text, author/photographer Shapiro explores the special techniques and equipment brought to bear on fires in cities and suburbs, rural outposts and wilderness, in homes and industrial structures. He also takes a close look at hair-raising rescues and other “non-firefighting” tasks that firefighters find themselves facing. From bold photography and detailed descriptions of fire fighting to close-up looks at the fire house and its full array of equipment--trucks, ladders, pumpers, and tankers--this book conveys both the technical nitty-gritty and the fiery action of meeting and containing one of nature’s most brutal forces.

Author : Seymour Simon
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN 13 : 1623342228
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Fires written by Seymour Simon and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colorful SeeMore Reader introduces firefighters and some of the vehicles and tools they use in the line of duty. "The directness and clarity of both text and photos make this a good choice for beginning readers as well as for younger children fascinated by the subject." - Booklist

Author : Larry Shapiro
Publisher : MotorBooks International
ISBN 13 : 9781610605854
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Fire Trucks written by Larry Shapiro and published by MotorBooks International. This book was released on 1999-05-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the flashing lights and wailing sirens, grab a hand-line or a pike pole, and get ready to discover the up-close and on-the-scene action of Fighting Fire Trucks! Larry Shapiro offers this colorful look at the many different types of fire trucks in use today, including pumpers, aerials and tankers, and the personnel who man them. Filled with details of specialized rescue squads, foam and forest fire units, and a full chapter on airport fire fighting. See them in the heat of the action!

Author : Jaime Lowe
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374721920
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breathing Fire written by Jaime Lowe and published by MCD. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires. Shawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and up the ravine. She was feeling the adrenaline, but also the terror of doing something for the first time. She knew how to run with a backpack; they had trained her physically. But that’s not training for flames. That’s not live fire. California’s fire season gets hotter, longer, and more extreme every year — fire season is now year-round. Of the thousands of firefighters who battle California’s blazes every year, roughly 30 percent of the on-the-ground wildland crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of those firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. In Breathing Fire, Jaime Lowe expands on her revelatory work for The New York Times Magazine. She has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program and spoken to captains, family and friends, correctional officers, and camp commanders. The result is a rare, illuminating look at how the fire camps actually operate — a story that encompasses California’s underlying catastrophes of climate change, economic disparity, and historical injustice, but also draws on deeply personal histories, relationships, desires, frustrations, and the emotional and physical intensity of firefighting. Lowe’s reporting is a groundbreaking investigation of the prison system, and an intimate portrayal of the women of California’s Correctional Camps who put their lives on the line, while imprisoned, to save a state in peril.

Author : Mari C. Schuh
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429617233
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Safety in Action written by Mari C. Schuh and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In simple text and photos, provides advice on fire safety"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Teddy Slater
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Real Fire Trucks and Fire Fighting written by Teddy Slater and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : IFSTA
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 : 9780133140804
Total Pages : 1664 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations written by IFSTA and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2012-12-30 with total page 1664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This version includes all 21 chapters of Essentials of Fire Fighting, 6th Edition and adds three chapters written and validated to meet the emergency medical and hazardous materials requirements of NFPA® 1001, 2013 Edition. Chapter 22 specifically addresses the Firefighter I and Firefighter II knowledge and skills requirements for the emergency medical care competencies identified in NFPA® 1001, 2013 Edition Chapter 4. Chapters 23 and 24 meet the First Responder Awareness and Operations Levels for Responders according to NFPA® 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, 2012 Edition and OSHA 1910.120. The chapters also provide validated content to meet Section 6.6, Mission-Specific Competencies: Product Control, of NFPA® 472. The hazardous materials information is adapted from the IFSTA Hazardous Materials for First Responders, 4th Edition.

Author : Jacqueline Guest
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781038763853
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Fight [Dyslexic Edition] written by Jacqueline Guest and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her ikusin (grandmother) dies, Kai Hunter, a part Navajo, part Stoney Nakoda sixteen-year-old, runs away to Banff, Alberta, to avoid being placed in a foster home. Kai lies her way into a new identity, a job and a safe place to live. She makes new friends and volunteers with a rapid-attack crew for the forestry service. She even meets a great guy named Rory, who's into motorcycles, just like her-and who seems to be into her too. But Kai is scared of being found out, and she isn't sure that she can trust all of her new friendsâ ]or that she likes the person she's pretending to be.