Download or read book Firefighter written by Jim Ollhoff and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, people are faced with critical, life-threatening situations - in times of trouble, who can help? In this title, readers will get to know the firefighters who arrive on the scene of a fire. Chapters highlight the history of fighting fires as well as the training, tools, and knowledge firefighters need to save lives and property during forest fires, wildfires, and house fires. An interview with a real-life firefighter provides insight into what makes the worst days bring out their best. From volunteers and fire marshals to smoke jumpers, the stories of these Emergency Workers will keep young readers on the edge of their seats. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Download or read book The Cloud of Deception written by Tracy Anne Bertini and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyaa strong, independent womangrew up outside of Boston, always feeling like something was missing a piece deep down inside of her. After a tragic turn of events, she was thrust into the world of the occult, conspiracy theories, and a postapocalyptic hell. Her journey would take her to the brink physically, mentally, and spiritually. As she follows the clues left for her, she gets closer to the truth. Anya is challenged more than she couldve ever imagined. Follow her adventure as she searches for the truth in a world that is shrouded by The Cloud of Deception.

Download or read book Shades Of Black written by Eleanor Taylor Bland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling collection of crime and mystery stories by Black authors. Bringing together today's brightest talent from the field—from Walter Mosley, “one of America's best mystery writers” (The New York Times), to the late Hugh Holton, whose “gift for retaining suspense is golden” (Chicago Sun-Times)—it is the first anthology of African-American mystery writers. Shades of Black is not only a tribute to the art of storytelling, it's a fascinating foray into the rich and widely varied Black experience. Includes stories by: Frankie Y. Bailey • Jacqueline Turner Banks • Chris Benson • Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland • Patricia E. Canterbury • Christopher Chambers • Tracy Clark • Evelyn Coleman • Grace F. Edwards • Robert Greer • Terris MacMahan Grimes • Gar Anthony Haywood • Hugh Holton • Geri Spencer Hunter • Dicey Scroggins Jackson • Glenville Lovell • Lee E. Meadows • Penny Mickelbury • Walter Mosley • Percy Spurlark Parker • Gary Phillips • Charles Shipps

Download or read book Firefighters written by Dennis Smith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession. Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most dramatic and intense experiences on the job. Their stories, compiled here, are timeless testimonies to the human capacity for heroism and nobility. Focusing on the most courageous firefighters, from those who have been decorated for heroism to those who have been seriously injured, Firefighters presents the extraordinarily rich and rugged voices of men and women who fight urban building fires, who battle sweeping forest fires, who perform emergency rescues, and who face extreme danger and risk as part of their everyday lives. Sometimes brave, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet or filled with anger, these voices combine to make Firefighters both a riveting adventure drama and a moving chronicle of American heroism at its finest.

Download or read book The Firefighter s Match written by Allie Pleiter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Healing Match After serving overseas, former soldier Josephine "JJ" Jones needs a fresh start. And Gordon Falls is just the place. When JJ meets executive Alex Cushman, her world is turned upside down. Alex is seeking a respite from all the pressures of his multimillion-dollar business. And the beautiful firefighter might be the answer to his prayers. But a secret lies between them. One so big, it threatens to end their love before it's even begun. Can she ever trust Alex when she finds out he may be responsible for a family tragedy that changed all their lives? Gordon Falls: Hearts ablaze in a small town

Download or read book The Blind Girl and the Cold Mafioso 1 written by K Rodrigues and published by Mangatoon HK Limited. This book was released on with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an accident where her mother dies and she goes blind for protecting her sister, Ingrid has her wedding cancelled, her fiancé decides to marry Helena, her younger sister. Desperate and without knowing what else to do she tries to take her own life, but is saved by her father. Helena, wanting to get rid of her sister, tells her father about a mysterious man who is looking for a replacement wife since his wife died before the wedding and he pays very well to anyone who accepts, her father sees this as an opportunity to receive a fortune that will help boost his company and force Ingrid to get married without even knowing what her fiancé looks like. Sebastian is looking for a bride to use as leverage in his shady business as he hides his identity as a mobster. When he finds out that Ingrid is blind he is furious and wants to cancel the wedding but Ingrid says she will marry him and do whatever he needs her to do as long as he makes everyone who stepped on her pay!

Download or read book The Esperanza Fire written by John N. MacLean and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a jury returns to a packed courtroom to announce its verdict in a capital murder case every noise, even a scraped chair or an opening door, resonates like a high–tension cable snap. Spectators stop rustling in their seats; prosecution and defense lawyers and the accused stiffen into attitudes of wariness; and the judge looks on owlishly. In that atmosphere of heightened expectation the jury entered a Riverside County Superior Court room in southern California to render a decision in the trial of Raymond Oyler, charged with murder for setting the Esperanza Fire of 2006, which killed a five–man Forest Service engine crew sent to fight the blaze. Today, wildland fire is everybody's business, from the White House to the fireground. Wildfires have grown bigger, more intense, more destructive—and more expensive. Federal taxpayers, for example, footed most of the $16 million bill for fighting the Esperanza Fire. But the highest cost was the lives of the five–man crew of Engine 57, the first wildland engine crew ever to be wiped out by flames. They were caught in an "area ignition," which in seconds covered three–quarters of a mile and swept the house they were defending on a dry ridge face, where human dwellings chew into previously wild and still unforgiving territory. John Maclean, award–winning author of three previous books on wildfire disasters, spent more than five years researching the Esperanza Fire and covering the trial of Raymond Oyler. Maclean offers an insider's second–by–second account of the fire and the capture and prosecution of Oyler, the first person ever to be found guilty of murder for setting a wildland fire.

Download or read book The Firefighter s Dilemma written by Mariah Ankenman and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighter Stephanie Díaz won’t let anyone stop her from becoming the youngest female fire chief in Denver. Not the jerks who’d like to see an ambitious Latine woman admit defeat. Not the ultra-bro firefighters she has to work with. And definitely not her ridiculously hot and often infuriating, fellow firefighter Eli Ward. Now Stephanie has the chance to prove to everyone that she’s got what it takes...but there’s one helluva catch. The Battle of the First Responders is a live, balls-out competition in the secluded Rockies and Stephanie has been selected—along with Ward as her partner. On the line are their reputations, a whole lot of cash...and the promotion they’ve been fighting for. Teaming up is the perfect chance to finally settle their never ending one-upmanship, but it also exposes the smoldering attraction they’ve held at bay. Now their days are fueled by a high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled competition. Their nights are filled with sizzling deep kisses that steal her breath away. But this sexy little fling is about to set off a five-alarm blaze she can’t control... Each book in The Mile High Firefighters series is STANDALONE: * The Dating Dilemma * The Wedding Dilemma * The Firefighter’s Dilemma

Download or read book Of Ghosts and Faeries A Firefighter s Tale written by Chris Brown and published by WritersPrintShop. This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Occupational Safety and Health written by Charles D. Reese and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most occupational safety and health books explain how to apply concepts, principles, elements, tools of prevention and develop interventions, and initiatives to mitigate occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths. This is not a how-to book. It is a book that addresses the philosophical basis for all of the varied components and elements needed to develop and manage a safety and health program. It is a book designed to answer the questions often posed as to why should we do it this way. It is the “Why” book and the intent is to provide a blueprint and a helpmate for the philosophical basis for occupational safety and health and the justification as an integral component of doing business.

Download or read book Dillon A Curvy Girl Small Town Romance Firefighters With Hearts Book 2 written by Sophie Sparks and published by Sophie Sparks. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been six months since their moonlit kiss on Parfield beach. But Dillon is still avoiding Jasmine & he's due to leave town soon. Can she make him see the glaring truth in front of his dark eyes? Or will he turn his back on the truest thing he's ever known...? Not all scars are visible. And some run so deep... only love can heal them. 'Firefighters With Hearts' (Book Two). What happens when a ripped alpha firefighter meets a curvy girl with her sights set on love? Twisting, turning, inspiring. No cliffhangers. A must read for anyone who believes that true love will ALWAYS win... no matter what. DILLON: Aged thirty-seven, I honestly believed that people like me don’t deserve happiness. But all that changes when my heart is stolen in the time it takes to lift my head. The stunning stranger with fiery red hair is walking behind the bride-to-be. Her dress accentuates her shapely hourglass figure and I can’t steal my eyes from her angelic curves. I’m supposed to be leaving town soon. I’m supposed to head back home. I want to listen to my heart. I want to spend my life looking into her emerald green eyes. But it’s my fault she’s in hospital and maybe my dad was right all along. All I create is chaos and suffering. Maybe I should leave town after all… JASMINE: I’ve seen it in movies. I’ve read about it in books. That inexplicable moment in time when a girl knows she’s met The One. And when Dillon Moore awkwardly introduces himself on the evening of my best friend’s wedding… I know I’m falling. Combined with his masculine physique and six foot six inch frame, the way he looks at me melts my heart. An hour later, when we pull away from our magical first kiss… I see pain in his eyes. Trapped deep behind the white teeth of his perfect smile, he’s hiding something. And when he bolts… I struggle to fight back a wave of tears. I know I’m not wrong. I know this is as real as it gets. And I know he knows it, too. But if he won’t admit it and just be honest with me, maybe it’s best if he does leave town… ************************************************************************************* Dear awesome reader, Welcome to book two in the Firefighters With Hearts series. He’s a ripped and rugged firefighter with a huge heart. She’s a cute girl with curves to die for. Despite the course of true love never running smoothly… our heroes will overcome all obstacles and spend the rest of their lives together. Buckle up for a twisting, turning & emotional romance with a guaranteed, no cheating, blissful HEA. This medium-length novella can be enjoyed as a standalone tale, but why stop there? Beginning with Caesar and all set in the idyllic, heavenly seaside town of Parfield, each of our heroes and heroines are all intimately connected. In Parfield… everyone knows everyone and true love will ALWAYS find a way. We’re heading down to the beach. Join us. Sophie Sparks ♥

Download or read book Engine Company Fireground Operations written by Raul Angulo and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Jones & Bartlett Learning are pleased to bring you the fourth edition of Engine Company Fireground Operations. This expanded edition incorporates the latest recommendations from UL and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) into every aspect of fire attack and ventilation and presents an extensive study of engine company fire ground operations.This new edition is an ideal resource for fire service personnel preparing for promotion or studying for a civil service examination.Firefighters and company officers will gain knowledge in fire science, building construction, and the effects of burning modern fuels that result in extreme fire behavior.Specific features include:Detailed illustrations that show the tactics and approaches described in each chapterCase studies of strategies and tactics that resulted in firefighter line of duty deaths, as well as those that were successful, incorporated into the recommended practices of engine company fire attack, rescue, and ventilationDetailed information on size-up that applies risk management principles to the Value-Time-Size method, which considers survivability profiling and threshold limits, identifying problems, selecting strategies and tactics, developing a quick incident action plan, and applying a functional accountability system for safetyA significant emphasis on attacking residential and commercial basement firesA one-of-its-kind chapter on fireground operations and responsibilities for company level high-rise firefighting, with special attention paid to fire behavior within high-rise buildingsIn-depth coverage of all the basic engine company responsibilities, including:EquipmentInitial hose lays and water suppliesThe deployment of attack, back-up, and exposure hose linesRapid intervention teamsSearch and rescueMaster streamsFire protection systemsStandpipe operationsSalvage and overhaul

Download or read book Safety and Survival on the Fireground 2nd Edition written by Vincent Dunn and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chief Dunn—the recipient of FDNY's Lifetime Achievement Award—has updated his classic book on how to identify and survive hazards on the fireground. Dunn attempts to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries year after year by describing the 15 most dangerous tactics and the 13 most recurring fire and explosion environmental dangers, ranked by degree of danger and frequency of occurrence. This indispensable book will help keep every first responder, firefighter, and fire officer out of harm’s way. It is a must-read and reread for every firefighter who responds to fires and emergencies, every company officer who commands a fire company, and every incident commander or safety officer who is responsible for the safety of firefighters on the fireground. NEW TO THIS EDITION • Examination of “aggressive interior firefighting attack” and “nonaggressive attack” • Discussion of risk intensity and risk frequency at the fireground • Visual representation and discussion of the NIST five-stage time/temperature fire growth curve showing temperatures before and after firefighter venting • Coverage of the Columbia University Capstone Project: FDNY Property Saved Indicator, with a formula to quickly calculate the dollar amount of property saved at a structure fire • Updated statistics, graphs, and charts

Download or read book The Firefighter s Refrain written by Loree Lough and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a man who wants it all…if only he could have it Dreams of stardom took musician and firefighter Sam Marshall far from his Colorado roots. Starting fresh in Nashville hasn't been easy, especially after an injury on the job, but he's working his way to the Grand Ole Opry one open mike at a time, teaching at the fire station to make ends meet. Yet Sam's intentions are shaken when he meets the lovely owner of a local café. Suddenly, Sam's dreams are filled with her. Too bad that as the daughter of country-music wannabes, Finn Leary's been there, done that. She'll never choose a musician. So how can Sam possibly get the girl and keep the guitar?

Download or read book Hot for the Fireman written by Gina L. Maxwell and published by Entangled: Select Contemporary. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-Army Ranger Erik Grady lives for his job as a Boston firefighter. So when he’s forced to choose between mandated therapy or a permanent desk job, Erik reluctantly agrees to see a shrink. Only the good doctor isn’t quite what he expects. Hotter than a four-alarm fire? Check. The kind of woman that can heat his blood in and out of bed? Check and check. His unforgettably wicked one-night stand? That’s one helluva check... Psychologist Olivia Jones can’t believe her eyes—or the spike in her heart rate—when Erik walks into her office. Her wickedly hot hook-up is definitely not playing by the One Night Stand Rules. She has very good reasons for keeping her distance, especially when it comes to delicious firefighters. And now he's playing dirty...just so she’ll date him. But Erik needs Olivia’s help—which means she can handle whatever heat he throws her way. She's a professional, damn it. And if that means dating Mr. I'm Too Sexy For My Bunker Pants, she’ll do it...and see just how much heat this fireman can take.

Download or read book On the Fireline written by Matthew Desmond and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter. Having joined a firecrew in Northern Arizona as a young man, Desmond relates his experiences with intimate knowledge and native ease, adroitly balancing emotion with analysis and action with insight. On the Fireline shows that these firefighters aren’t the adrenaline junkies or romantic heroes as they’re so often portrayed. An immersion into a dangerous world, On the Fireline is also a sophisticated analysis of a high-risk profession—and a captivating read. “Gripping . . . a masterful account of how young men are able to face down wildfire, and why they volunteer for such an enterprise in the first place.”—David Grazian, Sociological Forum “Along with the risks and sorrow, Desmond also presents the humor and comaraderie of ordinary men performing extraordinary tasks. . . . A good complement to Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire. Recommended.”—Library Journal

Download or read book Zachary Goldman Private Investigator Cases 1 13 written by P.D. Workman and published by pd workman. This book was released on with total page 2430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ZACHARY GOLDMAN, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, IS FLAWED WITH A CAPITAL F. Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues. Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves cases that will stretch his abilities to the limit. A case is only unsolvable as long as it remains unsolved. This set includes: She Wore Mourning His Hands Were Quiet She Was Dying Anyway He was walking alone They Thought he was Safe He was not there Her Work was Everything She told a Lie He Never Forgot She was at Risk He Drowned in Memory Their Walls Were Empty They Came for Him ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Zachary Goldman has become one of my favorite fictional characters. He is so flawed and troubled and loyal and hardworking and, and…I want to be Zach when I grow up! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The writing is skillful, with a wonderfully complex plot and well-developed characters. Highly recommended! Looking for a gritty PI series without foul language and gore? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings you stories that delve into some of the darkest parts of society but leave you feeling good in the end Even with his own life in shambles, Zachary Goldman is still the one you want on the case. ADD ZACHARY TO YOUR BOOKSHELF TODAY.