fire stations

Text, labels, cutaway artwork, and diagrams provide an overview of how technology is used at a fire station, discussing alarm calls, a firefighter's suit, fire engines, special incidents, extreme heat, and other related topics.

Describes what might be found in a firehouse and what the firefighters do there.

An overview of a fire station in a graphic format. Covers what fire fighters do, their uniforms, their equipment, their engines, and how they respond to a fire.

Describes fire stations, the functions they perform, and the role they play in the community.

Describes the various activities performed every day by fire fighters in Livermore, California, a suburb of San Francisco.

Children visit a fire station and learn how fire fighters do their work.

Briefly describes what goes on at a fire station, the people who work there either as professional or volunteer firefighters, the equipment they use, and what happens when a fire alarm is sounded. Includes a related activity.

Photographs and simple text describe the various equipment the firefighters use and things that firefighters do.

Describes what kinds of things are in a firehouse and what life is like for firefighters staying there.

Describes the life and work of fire fighters who operate out of a fire station on New York's Lower East Side, a neighborhood plagued by arson in recent years.