Author : Paul Combs
Publisher : Fire Engineering Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1593702434
Readers will find that this book is more than a collection of 156 fire service editorial cartoons. Paul Combs is a gifted artist who uses his talent as a tool to express his passion for making a difference in the fire service, the greatest job in the world.
Author : Dennis Smith
Publisher : Crown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 14,81 MB
Release : 2010-07-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 0307484904
An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession. Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most dramatic and intense experiences on the job. Their stories, compiled here, are timeless testimonies to the human capacity for heroism and nobility. Focusing on the most courageous firefighters, from those who have been decorated for heroism to those who have been seriously injured, Firefighters presents the extraordinarily rich and rugged voices of men and women who fight urban building fires, who battle sweeping forest fires, who perform emergency rescues, and who face extreme danger and risk as part of their everyday lives. Sometimes brave, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet or filled with anger, these voices combine to make Firefighters both a riveting adventure drama and a moving chronicle of American heroism at its finest.
Author : Sherri Duskey Rinker
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 2018-10-16
Category :
ISBN : 1452175594
#1 New York Times Bestselling children's book author Sherri Duskey Rinker A new toddler book and Christmas classic: VROOM and ZOOM into the holidays with this new Christmas classic from the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Mighty, Mighty, Construction Site! Construction toys and construction joys: The trucks are gearing up for Christmas by building a special gift! But, there's a surprise waiting for each of them, too! Presents await for Excavator, Bulldozer, Crane, Dump Truck, and Cement Mixer as each finishes their part of this big, important job and rolls off to a sweet and sleepy goodnight. A gift that will delight: Playful rhyming text from the bestselling author of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and vibrant illustrations from the acclaimed artist AG Ford make this a perfect gift for young construction fans everywhere. If you and your child liked toddler books such as Goodnight Moon, Little Blue Truck, Dragons Love Tacos, Building a House, or The Day the Crayons Quit; you'll love Construction Site on Christmas Night
Author : David Goldberg
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1469633639
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.
Author : Jim Cangany
Publisher : Uncial Press
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 20,8 MB
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1601741731
Kaitlin didn't want to go to the Christmas Parade. Michael didn't, either. But when their chance meeting along the parade route is brought to an abrupt and all-too-soon end, an angel steps in to bring them back together. Kaitlin's beloved heirloom angel pin, to be more exact. Michael finds it on the ground after Kaitlin's gone. With only a name to go on, can he track her down to return the pin before the night ends, as he feels he must? Once she realizes it's gone, is there any chance she'll ever see it again? The only hope they have of finding each other and returning the pin to where it belongs rests with divine intervention and the absolute determination that only comes from true love.
Author : Bridgeport Firefighters Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 35,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738504926
Tracing its roots to 1796, the Bridgeport Fire Department protects Connecticut's largest city. Bridgeport's first step toward independence occured when the Corporation of Newfield was formed in 1797 for the express purpose of forming a fire company. Through the years, the firefighters have continued to play a significant role in Bridgeport's history. Bridgeport's fire department has grown, changed, and shared in its city's triumphs, and tragedies. The purchase of the steam-powered D.H. Sterling fire engine triggered an oftentimes bitter contest between adherents of the traditional muscle-powered fire engine and new mechanical machines. The contest resulted in the formation of the present career fire department in 1872. Bridgeport Firefighters traces the innovations, incidents, and personalities through the hand-drawn, horse-drawn, and motor-driven eras up to the twentieth century.
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Page : 408 pages
File Size : 36,49 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Fire prevention
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Author : Olivia Noble
Publisher : Olivia Noble
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 22,62 MB
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
What's so hot about firefighters anyway? Ginny is very annoyed to be forced to work on reporting fluff pieces about shirtless local firemen hugging kittens for the animal shelter. Until the worst wildfires in recent memory begin to sweep through the forests north of Snowflake Creek, Minnesota, blanketing the town with smoke and ash. As the fires rage on, it's up to the firefighters to save the town, and Ginny must apologize to the annoying man with the great abs for offending him... Because she will need his help to save her hometown...
Author : Marsha Giesler
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 1225 pages
File Size : 26,85 MB
Release : 2024-09-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1284310612
Fire and Life Safety Educator, Revised Second Edition, includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access and meets the objectives of NFPA 1030, 2024 Edition. It is written for practitioners, managers, and supervisors, as well as for those who are new to the FLSE field.
Author : Gerry Bowler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,42 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190499028
An Anglican priest hands out brass knuckles to his congregation, preparing to battle anti-Christmas fanatics. Fascists insist that the Winter Solstice is the real Christmas, while Communists stage atheist musicals outside of churches on Christmas Eve. Activists vandalize shops that start touting the holiday in October and anti-consumerists sing parody carols in shopping malls. Is there a war on Christmas? As Gerry Bowler demonstrates in Christmas in the Crosshairs, there is and always has been a war, or several wars, on Christmas. A cherished global phenomenon, Christmas is the biggest single event on the planet. For Christians it is the second-most sacred date on the calendar, but it also engages billions of people who are caught up in its commercialism, music, sentiment, travel, and frenetic busyness. Since its controversial invention in the Roman Empire, Christmas has struggled with paganism, popular culture, and fierce Christian opposition; faced abolition in Scotland and New England; and braved neglect and near-death in the 1700s, only to be miraculously reinvented in the 1800s. The twentieth century saw it banned by Bolsheviks and twisted by Nazis. Since then, special interest groups of every stripe have used the holiday's massive popularity to draw attention to their causes. Christmas in the Crosshairs tells the story of the tug-of-war over Christmas, replete with cross-dressing priests, ranting Puritans, and atheist witches. In this eye-opening history of Christmas and its opponents from the beginning up to the present day, Bowler gives us a shocking, and richly entertaining, new look at the tradition we thought we knew so well.
