fires

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Stop the grassfires!

2008
Eddie the elephant and some of the other animals call on the rhinos to help put out a grassfire.

Three-alarm jokes

a book of firefighter jokes
2004
A collection of jokes and riddles about fires and firefighters, including "Why did the firefighter bring his ladder to the library? He heard the library had a lot of stories.".

Pippi to the rescue

2000
The heroic Pippi Longstocking takes charge and rescues two little boys from a burning building when no one else can figure out how to save them.

Hotshots!

2003
Rhyming text introduces the equipment and work of a team of fire fighters as they battle a blaze caused by a spark from a train.

San Francisco is burning

the untold story of the 1906 earthquake and fires
2005
Presents a comprehensive account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the fires that burned for three days afterward killing over three thousand people and destroying twenty-eight thousand buildings, and traces the experiences of those who lived through it.

The story of the San Francisco earthquake

1983
Describes the devastating earthquake and ensuing fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in the spring of 1906.

The story of the Chicago fire

1982
Presents eyewitness accounts of the devastating effects of the 1871 Chicago fire and describes the subsequent rebuilding of the city.

Disastrous fires

1981
Presents accounts of several fires which resulted in numerous deaths or considerable loss of property.

Firehorse Max

1997
Grandpa Lev buys a new horse, Max, to pull his peddler's cart. Max used to be a firehorse, so whenever he hears the alarm bells ring, he takes off for the fire. Grandpa Lev has to find a way to keep Max from running off with the cart every time he hears an alarm.

Carousel cat

2005
Dan, operator of the carousel on the boardwalk's Pavilion O' Fun, is befriended by a cat that joins him for a daily ride, but after the Pavilion is forced to close, the cat vanishes for several days, only to make a surprising return on the day fire breaks out in the abandoned amusement park.

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