Fire!

by Joy Masoff

Everything about fighting fires--the rigs, the gear, the fires, the rescues, the past, and the future--in a dramatic, action-packed, photographic presentation.

FIRE! is an informational book with a dramatic flair. It's chock full of the details, both narrative and visual, of fighting fires and rescuing people--vehicles from pumper trucks to hovercraft, protective clothing from boots to special clothing to wear when working with hazardous materials, equipment from hoses to the golf tees firefighters carry in their helmets to plug leaks in gas tanks and storage drums. It's all here in living color, the generalists, both professional and volunteer, and the specialists--smoke jumpers and hot shots (forest firefighters), arson investigators, emergency

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jelisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very informational. It includes facts about many things that you would not typically know the answer to. I would definitely read this book to students when discussing fire safety. I think that the text would also come in handy when schools implement fire drills, so that students have prior knowledge to what is happening during the drill, and how this keeps students safe.

[Bernadette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned that the word curfew comes from the French for "cover the fire" and was an order put in place to keep people from having lit fires at night.

I learned that Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire department in Philadelphia.