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My son's all-time favorate fire fighting book -- mine too!
My son judges a bookstore or library by number and quality of fire engine books.This book is our favorite.There is information in this book that is not in any other book we've read (and we have read many) and still it is an easy read.Gail Gibbons does a great job packing information into 4-8 year old bite sized pieces.

Fire! Fire! Awesome! Awesome!
I purchased this book for my 3 year old son with the intent to acquaint him with exactly what firefighters and their apparatus do. All kinds of fire fighters!
My 5.5 yr old son LOVES this book!He renewed itfor four weeks at the school librarybefore they made him turn it in, and then cried about it.The book teaches kids about different kinds of fire fighters. Most of us think of a fire fighters down at the fire station but it alsoencompassessmoke jumpers, water front fire fighters and more. I found it interesting to read to him too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    3. Children: Preschool    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire prevention    6. Juvenile literature    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Careers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Fire prevention    8. Juvenile literature    9. Vocational guidance   

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Good one for the smaller readers
Ok, so I have to admit that I am mentioned in this book, but this is not why I gave it 5 stars.When I reviewed this book a number of years back I found it to be a great introduction to younger readers about the fire service.It also shows the diversity of the fire service today as well as where it is heading in the future and where it came from in the past.Even if you don't have a young one, get a copy for your fire library at home, or even at the fire station.

An Exciting Look at Modern Fire Fighting
An excellent follow up to Emergency also by Joy Masoff. Tons ofgreat color photos let the average person feel like they are actuallyin a burning building spraying water over a blazing fire. The book also shows a lot of the very high tech equipment used to fight fires today. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Careers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Reference / General   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Fire fighting    8. Health & Daily Living - General    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Rescue work    12. Fire services   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. Fire fighting    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile Vocational Guidance    9. Juvenile literature    10. People & Places - United States    11. Vocational guidance    12. Careers & vocational information & reference    13. Fire services    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Careers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Fire Science    6. Fire extinction    7. Fire fighters    8. General    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Occupations    12. Vocational guidance   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Careers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile Vocational Guidance    9. Juvenile literature    10. Occupations    11. Vocational guidance    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Technical    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Fire Science    6. Fire extinction    7. Fire fighters    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Vocational Guidance    10. Juvenile literature    11. Technology   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. Fire fighting    7. General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Vocational guidance   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. Fire stations    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Preschool Informational Books   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Careers    2. Fiction    3. Fire extinction    4. Fire fighters    5. Juvenile literature    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fire Science    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Juvenile Easy Readers    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Occupations    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Technology & Industrial Arts   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Fire extinction    4. Fire fighters    5. General    6. Health & Daily Living - Safety    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Rescue work    10. Spanish: Grades 1-2   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. General    7. Health & Daily Living - Safety    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Vocational Guidance    10. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. Fire prevention    7. Juvenile literature    8. Vocational guidance   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Technical    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Fire Science    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Occupations    11. Spanish    12. Spanish language materials    13. Spanish: Grades 1-2   

Subjects:  1. Business, Careers, Occupations    2. Careers    3. Children's 9-12 - Careers    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Occupations    10. Vocational guidance   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's 9-12 - Careers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Fire extinction    7. Fire fighters    8. Fire fighting    9. Health & Daily Living - Safety    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile Science (General)    12. Juvenile literature    13. Occupations    14. People & Places - Other   

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Firefighting: Behind The Scenes
This is a great book for anyone who is thinking of being a firefighter or if you enjoy reading about firefighting. I was amazed on how many colored photos were in this book,and how much information was included in the captions. This book tells about the history of the fire service from the days of George Washington to the present. This book also tells about the different types of fire engines,fire trucks,and rescue vehicles there are,and how they are used to do different jobs at the fire scene. It tells the different hose sizes and the different nozzles that the fire engine carries,and which nozzle is used for which fire. It also tells about the different tools each of the vehicles have. The book tells about how many firemen ride on the vehicles and the different jobs each of them have. It also tells all that happens on the fire scene from when the firefighters first arrive on the scene to until they leave. The book also tells the basic training for a firefighter,and all of the information they have to know. It also tells of the safety each of the firemen have,and about all the protective clothing all the firemen have. The book also lets you know the regular day that a fireman goes through. Finally, the book has a safety section,in the back of the book,to tell children what to do in case of a fire or if they are on fire. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adventure & Adventurers    2. Careers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighters    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Occupations    10. Fire services    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Adventure & Adventurers   

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. General    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile Vocational Guidance    9. Juvenile literature