Fire fighters not only fight fires, they are also called upon to help in other emergencies & to be of assistance to the community. Fire fighters go to school to learn their calling. When they are not fighting fires, they are at the firehouse.
This book introduces firefighters, including firefighting history, types of fires, firefighter training, firefighters' different kinds of jobs, and a personal interview with a firefighter.
Explores the day-to-day responsibilities of firefighters and discusses how they help people in their community. Examines what kinds of equipment firefighters use and includes full-color photographs and a glossary.
Explores how firefighters keep the public safe and why the fire station is an important part of every community. See its trucks, uniforms, protective gear and equipment. From the dispatcher to the fire chief, look at the daily lives of the people who make the fire station run smoothly.
a history of New York's bravest : the FDNY from 1700 to the present
Golway, Terry
2003
Chronicles the history of New York City's fire department from the eighteenth century to the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, tracing the FDNY's changes and telling the stories of significant individuals.