firefighters

Vibrant illustrations accompany information about the daily tasks of a fire truck. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade.

The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at his uncle's firehouse, everything changes-and nothing will ever be the same again. In graphic novel format.

A firefighter, injured and trapped in a burning building, has flashbacks of his life as he drifts in and out of consciousness. Meanwhile, fellow firefighters led by the Chief attempt to rescue him.

A stirring, heart-wrenching memoir of a life spent in battle, by the man at the center of the FDNY's heroic 9/11 rescue.

Fire Within: A Memoir of a Firefighter's Will to Live spans a three-year period in Dennis Bracey's life. The author, a once strong and virile firefighter, is diagnosed with a debilitating disease that nearly cost him his life. He lost the ability to walk and talk and has to reinvent himself. This chain of events would soon derail him, as he begins the biggest fire fight of his life.

Ursa, a firefighter in rural Kentucky, is struggling to find her place in life when she meets Rafi, an illegal immigrant whose life isn't going the way he pictured it either.