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American Firefighter

Author : Paul Mobley

Publisher : Rizzoli Publications

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 45,74 MB

Release : 2017-10-10

Category : Photography

ISBN : 1599621371

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FOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards — 2017 SILVER Winner for Photography A celebration of and tribute to our nation’s courageous firefighters and first responders. Paul Mobley has taken his camera on the road again to photograph America’s bravest citizens. In this collection of intimate and powerful photographic portraits, we get a glimpse of what it means to answer the call and run toward danger. Stunning portraits of these brave men and women—chief fire officers, company and wildland crew leaders, instructors, and line-firefighters—are accompanied by firsthand accounts of those who put it all on the line, as well as stories of those firefighters who have made the greatest sacrifice of all. American Firefighter contains the real-life stories of firefighters, from the most rural volunteers to the most sophisticated and technologically advanced metropolitan departments, and it also profiles the children and grandchildren of firefighters who have been lost in the line of duty as they honor and pursue a family legacy. This book is an excellent gift for this nation’s 1.4 million firefighters and their families, for those just coming to the profession, or for any American who is intrigued to learn more about these everyday heroes.



Molly, by Golly!

Author : Dianne Ochiltree

Publisher : Astra Publishing House

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 35,12 MB

Release : 2020-09-22

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1635924375

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Here is the story of Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11 who is considered to be the first known female firefighter in U.S. history. New York City’s Fire Company Number 11 is in trouble. A deadly snowstorm is blowing, and many of the volunteers are sick in bed. When the fire alarm sounds, who will answer the call? Who will save the neighborhood? Molly Williams, the company’s cook, for one! Clapping a weathered leather helmet on her head, strapping spatterdashes over her woolen leggings, and pulling on heavy work gloves —it’s Molly, by golly, to the rescue. Young readers will enjoy plucky Molly Williams’s legendary adventure as they learn how fires were fought in the early 1800s.



Fireman Down

Author : Lee Shargel

Publisher : Archway Publishing

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 23,77 MB

Release : 2021-09

Category :

ISBN : 9781665710787

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It is the early 1980s when Artie and Angela Reese and their children move into their dream home in the Stoneybrook community in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the hope that the fears and prejudice that once overshadowed their African American family have melted away. Artie is now a lieutenant in the Charlotte Fire Department and Angela is an accountant for a banking firm. But as they settle in, no one has any idea of the everlasting effect that Artie and his family will soon have on the community and entire city. Unfortunately, Artie knows his new assignment at University Station is not going to be easy. The fire station houses a den of redneck racists who are determined to make his life miserable. Although he knows he will be the only black man there, he still needs to command respect and authority from his brothers in uniform. As he rescues victims in burning buildings that he is certain are racist, Artie transforms into a courageous hero who does not see color-only lives to be saved-a decision that seals his fate and determines his legacy. Fireman Down is the story of an African American firefighter who bravely wears his uniform during a time of racial unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina.



Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills

Author : David Schottke

Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Page : 1229 pages

File Size : 38,65 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Fire extinction

ISBN : 1449641520

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Local Heroes

Author : Marek Fuchs

Publisher : Schiffer Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 28,76 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Photography

ISBN : 9780764341502

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Firefighters are the unsung local heroes of every community. They protect our towns and cities, risk their lives, and give up their free time when the alarm sounds. Through beautiful photography and engaging text, take a glimpse into the lives of these men and women, all of them volunteer, including an Emmy-winning songwriter, an arborist, a lawyer, and a topographic mapmaker. Experience a sampling of life at firehouses from around the country: a 100-year-old department in a small New York town, an "Old South" department in one of America's poorest counties, a Midwest department that battled one of the worst fires in Colorado's history, and a California coastline department with only nine members--none younger than 54. Their stories will leave you inspired and thankful for the local heroes we call firemen.



Black Firefighters and the FDNY

Author : David Goldberg

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 42,94 MB

Release : 2017-10-23

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1469633639

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For many African Americans, getting a public sector job has historically been one of the few paths to the financial stability of the middle class, and in New York City, few such jobs were as sought-after as positions in the fire department (FDNY). For over a century, generations of Black New Yorkers have fought to gain access to and equal opportunity within the FDNY. Tracing this struggle for jobs and justice from 1898 to the present, David Goldberg details the ways each generation of firefighters confronted overt and institutionalized racism. An important chapter in the histories of both Black social movements and independent workplace organizing, this book demonstrates how Black firefighters in New York helped to create affirmative action from the "bottom up," while simultaneously revealing how white resistance to these efforts shaped white working-class conservatism and myths of American meritocracy. Full of colorful characters and rousing stories drawn from oral histories, discrimination suits, and the archives of the Vulcan Society (the fraternal society of Black firefighters in New York), this book sheds new light on the impact of Black firefighters in the fight for civil rights.



Dennis Smith's History of Firefighting in America

Author : Dennis Smith

Publisher : Doubleday

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 44,28 MB

Release : 1978

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780803725386

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Book Description

Recreates through text, line art, and photographs America's most notable fires and traces the evolution of firefighting methods



Mose the Fireman

Author : Eric Metaxas

Publisher : ABDO

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 32,54 MB

Release : 2004-09

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781591977667

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Relates the tall tale adventures of Mose Humphries, a nineteenth-century fireman in New York City.



Detroit Fire Department

Author : David Traiforos

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 17,23 MB

Release : 2016-01-25

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1439655472

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Once known as the "Paris of the West," Motown became synonymous with urban abandonment and arson as job and population decline took hold in the late 20th century. No other fire department has experienced the hardships of the job on such a consistent basis as the Detroit Fire Department (DFD). Detroit firefighters have ridden the waves of unprecedented prosperity and tragic decline. Determined faces mask many layoffs, station closings, and a reduction in workforce. Despite these perils, dedication and the belief in their city remains a constant among Detroit firefighters. The official Detroit motto, "We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes" holds as true today as it did when first uttered over 100 years ago.



Lowell Firefighting

Author : Jason T. Strunk

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 11,14 MB

Release : 2006

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738545028

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The Lowell Fire Department was established by the state legislature on February 6, 1830. As Lowell began its climb as a center of industrial power, fire protection evolved from the days of the United Fire Society's bucket brigades to organized volunteer fire companies and a full-time paid department. Lowell Firefighting features images, memorabilia, and photographs covering more than 175 years of this mill city fire department's history. Photographs depict the work of Lowell's firefighters through a prolific period of serious fires and urban decay. Today the Lowell Fire Department protects a city rich with tradition that is reinventing itself, responding to all manner of fire and rescue emergencies.