I asked for help in finding books of interest to our large group of fire =
department volunteers. Here are the hits and the books I found on =
Amazon.com that I am considering:
Fighting Fire Trucks by Larry Shapiro
Firefighting: Basic skills and techniques by Mike Ertel, Gregory C. =
Berk
Fire Fighting by Jack Gottschald
Fire by Edward C. Goodman
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Although I haven't read it yet, The Big Burn by Jeanette Ingold comes to =
me highly recommended. I have ordered it for my collection.
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A fiction book you might look at is "the Big Burn" by Jeanette Ingold. =
It is
a fictional account of the great Montana fires of the 1910 era; because =
of
the deaths resulting from that fire, some of the fire fighting =
techniques
used today were developed then. It is high school age appropriate.
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Here's a short list of titles we have that seem to fit the bill
Peterson, Linda. Emergencies. Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's 1993.
Thoele, Michael. Fire line : the summer battles of the West Golden, CO :
Fulcrum Pub., c1995.
Rafilson, Fred M. Firefighter Foster City, CA : IDG Books Worldwide, =
Inc.,
c1999.
Brown, Larry, On fire New York, N.Y. : Warner Books, 1995.
The heart behind the hero : a heartwarming & inspirational collection of
true firefighter & paramedic stories from across America / [compiled =
and
edited] by Curt & Karen Yoder. Trabuco Canyon, Calif. : Stoney Creek =
Press,
c. 2000
Fighting fire / Caroline Paul. New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1999,
Report from Engine Co. 82 / Dennis Smith ; New York : Warner Books, =
c1999.
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fire: the story of firefighting by Gorrell=20
Firefighter exams by Murtagh=20
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Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire by Murry A.
Taylor.
ISBN : 0-15-601397-5
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Cheryl B. Adams
Media Generalist
Patuxent High School=20
Lusby, MD 20657
adamsc@calvertnet.k12.md.us
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