Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Fire Engines Firefighting written by Neil Wallington and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Fire Engines and Firefighting written by Neil Wallington and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest.
Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Fire Engines written by Neil Wallington and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated history and encyclopedia of fire engines from all over the world, with an A-Z of fire engine manufacturers.
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines and Firefighting written by Neil Wallington and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines and Firefighting * With 700 archive and contemporary photographs, many of them previously unpublished, The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines and Firefighting is the definitive book for every fire truck enthusiast. * Contains an illustrated photographic history of firefighting from Roman times to the present day, and charts the development of the fire truck from simple manual pumps to one of the most sophisticated and high-profile vehicles. * Includes an A-Z of 165 of the world's best-known fire truck manufacturers. Each entry features a comprehensive company history and is illustrated with archive and contemporary images of the engines manufactured. Chassis manufacturers, coach-builders and special appliance makers are all included.
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines Firefighting written by Neil Wallington and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines Firefighting written by Neil Wallington and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firefighting written by Jack Gottschalk and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative, vividly illustrated chronicle explores humankind's struggle to subdue nature's most primal and destructive force--from Rome 64 AD to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Download or read book Dennis Smith s History of Firefighting in America written by Dennis Smith and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 1978 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreates through text, line art, and photographs America's most notable fires and traces the evolution of firefighting methods
Download or read book The Picture World of Fire Engines written by Norman S. Barrett and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the vehicles, equipment, and clothing used by fire fighters.
Download or read book American Firefighter written by Paul Mobley and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards — 2017 SILVER Winner for Photography A celebration of and tribute to our nation’s courageous firefighters and first responders. Paul Mobley has taken his camera on the road again to photograph America’s bravest citizens. In this collection of intimate and powerful photographic portraits, we get a glimpse of what it means to answer the call and run toward danger. Stunning portraits of these brave men and women—chief fire officers, company and wildland crew leaders, instructors, and line-firefighters—are accompanied by firsthand accounts of those who put it all on the line, as well as stories of those firefighters who have made the greatest sacrifice of all. American Firefighter contains the real-life stories of firefighters, from the most rural volunteers to the most sophisticated and technologically advanced metropolitan departments, and it also profiles the children and grandchildren of firefighters who have been lost in the line of duty as they honor and pursue a family legacy. This book is an excellent gift for this nation’s 1.4 million firefighters and their families, for those just coming to the profession, or for any American who is intrigued to learn more about these everyday heroes.
Download or read book Fire Engines from Around the World written by Neil Wallington and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical specifications are provided for at least one fire engine from eahc manufacturer, providing key elements of design, performance and innovations.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fire written by David E. Newton and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent introduction and more than 200 A-to-Z entries - enhanced by a topic locator, illustrations, and suggestions for further reading - range over the entire subject to define and explain this fascinating natural phenomenon."--Jacket.
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 Motorbooks. This book was released on 1992-12-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the evolution of the fire engine from hand pumpers to steamers to the elaborate rigs of today, Halberstock points out all the interesting intricacies of the machines, takes readers along to fight real fires, and tells how to purchase a fire truck for $2,000, or less. Illus.
Download or read book Lots and Lots of Fire Trucks and Firefighters written by Tom Edinger and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This giant, 128 page full color book is loaded with lots of exciting color photos of fire trucks and firefighters in action, interesting facts, fire science, safety tips, history, recipes, trivia, and just about everything you'd ever want to know about the world of fire fighting. This is the kind of book everyone can enjoy - from youngsters to oldsters! Firefighter Joe is your guide through this fun book which is also a learning tool and a reference guide that takes you into the world of firefighting. Great for home use, classroom use and fire department open houses - ANYONE THAT'S INTO FIRE TRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTING WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK - EVEN FIREMEN AND WOMEN AND PARAMEDICS!
Download or read book Fire Trucks of the 1960s and 1970s written by Kent Parrish and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1960s and 1970s, the fire apparatus industry saw unprecedented revolution, innovation, and parity. The long admired conventional models gave way to the contemporary archetypes that are the genesis of today’s fire trucks. Just as disco and the lava lamp became all the societal rage, the fire service saw its own fads and trends. A new generation of aggressive fire apparatus manufacturers led by Pierce and Emergency-One began to overtake their forefathers and the pool of builders producing high quality apparatus in numbers became considerably more populated. This volume highlights the fire trucks of the Swinging Sixties and the Groovy Seventies!
Download or read book Molly by Golly written by Dianne Ochiltree and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the story of Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11 who is considered to be the first known female firefighter in U.S. history. New York City’s Fire Company Number 11 is in trouble. A deadly snowstorm is blowing, and many of the volunteers are sick in bed. When the fire alarm sounds, who will answer the call? Who will save the neighborhood? Molly Williams, the company’s cook, for one! Clapping a weathered leather helmet on her head, strapping spatterdashes over her woolen leggings, and pulling on heavy work gloves —it’s Molly, by golly, to the rescue. Young readers will enjoy plucky Molly Williams’s legendary adventure as they learn how fires were fought in the early 1800s.
