fire fighting

"Firefighters" educates young readers on the way firefighters help the community. Details such as firefighting tools, vehicles, and equiptment, how firefighters put out fires, and fire safety are all discussed in easy to follow chapters and side-bars perfect for beginning or struggling readers.

Photographs and text describe the different types of vehicles used by firefighters, explaining each vehicle's unique purpose and features and describing how they work together on the scene of accidents and fires.

Using fine old engravings this book follow the changes in fire fighting equipment over the years.

Provides information about the Kuwaiti oil fires set by the Iraqi army as it retreated at the end of the Golf War in 1991, focusing on the efforts to put the fires out and the environmental damage that resulted.

Photographs and text describe the work of firefighters.

Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of fire fighters.

Describes a day in the life of a fire fighter.

The fire chief shows the Sesame Street characters how fire fighters fight fires and the equipment at the firehouse.

This is an introduction to the job of a firefighter, including driving fire trucks, carrying heavy equipment, putting out fires, and more.