Download or read book America s Fire Engine written by Walter M.P. McCall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As World War II drew to a close, America's premier fire apparatus builder--the American-LaFrance Foamite Corp. of Elmira, N.Y.--bet the company's future on its radical new cab-ahead-of-engine 700 Series fire engines. In a spectacular gamble to capture the superheated postwar market, all of the company's existing products were discontinued and its customers were essentially told to "take it or leave it." This bold gamble paid off and 700 Series rigs soon filled firehouses across the nation, sweeping aside all competitors and ultimately defining the breakthrough 700 as "America's Fire Engine." This is the first comprehensive history of the game-changing 700. Individual chapters detail not only each of the eight major vehicle types but also the origins, design controversies, manufacturing, and marketing of the 700 and short-lived transitional 800 Series. The book includes a meticulously researched registry of every 700/800 series apparatus delivered, supported by many interpretive tables detailing production, specifications and major fire department fleets.
Download or read book Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers written by Walter M. P. McCall and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walt McCall's out of print and outdated book, American Fire Apparatus Since 1900 in the Crestline Series, has been referred to as the "Bible" and is the number one reference source recommended by fire apparatus enthusiasts. The old book was arranged by year and required a lot of reading and searching to research individual companies and their fire trucks. Well, now the new "Bible," is here! From Abbott & Downing to Zwak, this comprehensive volume combines company histories, innovations and hundreds of photographs to present the story of American fire engine manufacturing.
Download or read book 100 Years of American LaFrance written by Walter McCall and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2005-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creation of the American-LaFrance Fire Engine Co. in 1904 through the company's latest deliveries in 2004, McCall provides insight into the company's often complex corporate history with emphasis on the development of ALF motor fire apparatus. Comparisons to its competitors help explain the various development stages in apparatus style and components. Detailed, historic photographs show the wide variety of apparatus produced by ALF over the last century. A color gallery portrays the ALF colorful designs that remain popular for U.S fire departments today. The story wouldn't be complete without a chapter on ALFCO's Canadian Cousin, LaFrance Fire Engine & Foamite Ltd. An appendix explains the various types and series and the time period they were built. An outline of the various names the company went through is also
Download or read book The American Fire Engine written by Hans Halberstadt and published by Crestline Books. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delicious red paint and sparkling gold leaf on swoopy fenders, leather helmets and barking Dalmatians, screaming sirens and high-speed dashes to roaring flames-the business of firefighting is steeped in high adventure, danger, and heroism. Firefighters and their trucks and engines are rugged, ready, and dependable. All they do, around the clock, 365 days a year, is help people, and for this they hold a special place in our society. These vehicles and the men and women who use them in the never-ending battle to control civilization's oldest enemy are our last pure heroes, America 's heroes on wheels. All the legendary names of yesterday and today-Ahrens-Fox, American LaFrance, Emergency One, Mack, Pirsch, Seagrave, Van Pelt-speed off the pages, sirens screaming in more than 150 stunning color photographs. Also included are vintage advertisements and dozens of original black-and-white photographs. The text is a fascinating history of fire apparatus and firefighting, describing the evolution from bucket brigades and hand pumpers manned by rowdy "vollies" to horse-drawn steam pumpers operated by the first professional firefighters, and from the first automotive powered rigs to the powerful, sophisticated trucks, engines, and rescue rigs of today. Woven together for the first time are histories of the great fire-apparatus manufacturers, highlights from historical sources, and hours of interviews with present and former firefighters and fire-apparatus collectors, mustering the legend and lore of hundreds of years of firefighting.
Download or read book History of the American Steam Fire engine written by William T. King and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Fire Apparatus written by Wayne Mutza and published by MMD-Squadron Signal. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the urban skyline rose and horsepower gave way to motorization, the need increased for better ladders and other aerial equipment to fight fires in tall buildings. Ladders grew longer and the trucks that carried them evolved. Improved aerial ladders were fixed to truck beds and new methods were devised to deliver water and firefighters to those building heights. The hundreds of unique and dramatic photos that pack this volume feature fire trucks equipped with a wide spectrum of devices evolved over more than a century, including aerial ladders, elevating platforms, aerial ladder platforms, and water towers. The book illustrates the evolution of the styles and function of the vital "hook-and-ladder trucks" that are an integral part of fire departments throughout the US.
Download or read book Fire Engines written by Clifford T. Jones and published by Chartwell. This book was released on 2005 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 36 colorful pull-out gatefold spreads that trace the history and glory of America's fire engines--from the Prospect/Ford 1920 to the AEC Merryweather 1967. Each spread contains a full-page view of a specific fire engine and close-up shots of noteworthy details, as well as information on origins, manufacturer, method of operation, and design specifications.
Download or read book American Fire Engines written by Cristina Berna and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: them all! They are beautifully colored, have flashy chrome and have all this interesting equipment. Fire trucks have very flashy lights, strong and varied horns and sirens and some of them still have bells! Fire trucks are all about public service. They come to help you if your house is on fire or an accident has happened. We honor all fire fighters and rescue workers on this 4th of July 2023 and hope you will enjoy our selection of photos.
Download or read book The Great Big Fire Engine Book written by and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clang, clang, clang! goes the fire engine bell. The brave firemen are off to save the day. For the first time in 30 years, this family favourite is availible in large format. Tibor Gergely's big red fire trucks almost jump off the pages.
Download or read book History of Fire Engines Coloring Book written by A. G. Smith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1995-04-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 40 detailed illustrations of vehicles spanning more than 300 years includes a 1731 Newsham fire-engine pump built in England; a hand-drawn jumper reel, ca. 1800; a 1924 Model TT commercial chassis; a 1911 hose layer built for Sao Paulo, Brazil; a 1962 Mack aerial ladder truck; and many others.
Download or read book Big Frank s Fire Truck written by Leslie McGuire and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Frank tells young readers all about firefighting and the many other important jobs firefighters do: fire safety training, fire inspection, helping at accident scenes, and more. It's all in a day's--and night's--work for our firefighting friend and his crew. The detailed full-color illustrations in this paperback book will fascinate readers.
Download or read book Hunneman s Amazing Fire Engines written by Edward R. Tufts and published by Squire Boone Village. This book was released on 1995 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire Engines Fire Fighters written by Paul C. Ditzel and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire Engine No 9 written by Mike Austin and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This high-action (yet toddler-friendly) beat-by-beat look at an emergency response is now available as a board book! Told almost entirely in sound words, this day-in-the-life look at a fire engine crew will appeal to the youngest vehicle enthusiasts and to parents with a penchant for exuberant read-aloud sessions. With art reminiscent of that in Donald Crews’s transportation books, Mike Austin evokes the excitement of a 911 call as we follow firefighters down the fire pole, through town, and up the ladder truck.
Download or read book Motor Driven Fire Apparatus written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Engine Company written by John Salka and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nationally recognized author looks at both the similarities and differencesin the engine company operations practiced by fire departments throughout the'nited States. He discusses the equipment, staffing, and operations of enginecompany firefighters at structural fires and emergencies.
Download or read book American LaFrance 400 Series written by Walter M. P. McCall and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powered by the company’s industry-leading V-12 engine, the 400 Series Metropolitan with its long, gracefully tapered hood, skirted fenders, classically-proportioned gabled radiator and oversized wheels, was a triumph of industrial design—an eye-pleasing blend of form and function, and the industry’s first truly styled fire engine. This authoritative, thoroughly-researched and richly illustrated book documents the big 400’s relatively short, but spectacular, production life from its introduction in late 1934 through the last two assembled from the parts bin in early 1940.
