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 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 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 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 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 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 101 AWESOME FIRE TRUCKS A Picture Book written by Alex Zielinski and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Fire Trucks!! Take a look at fire trucks from around the world! See the amazing colors and designs of fire engines and ladder trucks from different countries. Look at the fantastic things that firefighters use each day to protect their communities! This wonderful picture book contains 101 different fire trucks, rescue trucks, fire engines, and more! This is a wonderful gift for the child that loves fire trucks and emergency vehicles. How many of them are similar to your local fire department? See a variety of colors and equipment from fire departments and fire brigades in different countries. There are so many colors! There are tons of crazy looking vehicles! You can see them all in your very own fire truck picture book.
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: From colonial times to the modern day, two things have remained constant in American history: the destructive power of fires and the bravery of those who fight them. Fighting Fire! brings to life ten of the deadliest infernos this nation has ever endured: the great fires of Boston, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and San Francisco, the disasters of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the General Slocum, and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, the wildfire of Witch Creek in San Diego County, and the catastrophe of 9/11. Each blaze led to new firefighting techniques and technologies, yet the struggle against fires continues to this day. With historical images and a fast-paced text, this is both an exciting look at firefighting history and a celebration of the human spirit.
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines written by Bill Gunston and published by History Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition, Gunston describes every major aeroplane manufacturer throughout the world. He focuses on the aircraft from the pioneering days to the very latest engines, and places each engine within its technological and historical context.
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 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 Tools of the Trade written by Richard A. Fritz and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each day, firefighters throughout the country use numerous tools. Without the knowledge of how and when to use these tools. Without the knowledge of how and when to use these tools, they become ineffective and a waste of space on the apparatus. Contents: Introduction Cutting tools Prying tools Striking tools Pole Personal tools Several-in-one tools Tools Maintenance Tool combinations Tool on fire apparatus.
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 Dennis Fire Engines written by Barry Hutchinson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete history of the world famous Dennis fire engines.
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 Fire Trucks written by Judith Jango-Cohen and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the parts of a fire truck, the tools it carries, and the work it helps firemen to do.
Download or read book The Illus Encyclopedia of Trucks written by Peter J. Davies and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly updated history and photographic A-Z guide to 280 classic makes around the world.
