A Great Day To Fight Fire
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A Great Day To Fight Fire
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Author : Mark Matthews
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-07-17
A Great Day To Fight Fire written by Mark Matthews and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-17 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Mann Gulch, Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Searing the fire into the nation’s consciousness, Norman Maclean chronicled the Mann Gulch tragedy in his award-winning book Young Men and Fire. Still, the silence of the victims’ families robbed Maclean’s account of an essential personal dimension. Shifting the focus from the fire to the men who fought it, Mark Matthews now provides that perspective. Not until 1999—the fiftieth anniversary of the fire—did people begin to talk openly about Mann Gulch. Matthews has garnered those thoughts to reveal how devastating the fire was to the firefighters’ family members, coworkers, and friends. In retelling the story of Mann Gulch, he draws on the testimony of the three survivors—including never-before-published insights from the last living member of the team—and interviews with former smoke jumpers of that era. The result is a moment-by-moment, heart-stopping re-creation of events. The Mann Gulch tragedy provoked the Forest Service to develop safety equipment and training programs, but fighting wildfires is still a perilous job. Matthews’ stirring account renews our respect for one of nature’s primal forces. A heartbreakingly human story, it still haunts a firefighting community—and keeps today’s firefighters forever on guard.
Fight Fire With Fire
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Author : Dean Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: Michael Hanrahan Publishing
Release Date : 2015-12
Fight Fire With Fire written by Dean Hawkins and has been published by Michael Hanrahan Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12 with Conduct of life categories.
Are you achieving what you set out to?Do you have a good reason to get out of bed every day?Are you meeting your own expectations?Fight Fire with Fire is for those who want to make real changes in their life, not just talk about it. It's for those with self-doubt, who are scared to put themselves out there. This book provides the spark and the mechanisms to help you go from self-doubt to self-confidence, from procrastination to action, using the tried-and-proven planning and systems that make our Fire Departments so successful at what they do. After all - they can't take a day off, ever.You can use these strategies to help you:lose weightgain self-confidencefind a new job or get better at your current jobstart or complete studybeat an addictionbecome a fitter and healthier youovercome any behaviours or obstacles that are stopping you from reaching your goals.We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity. If you have a plan, ambition and commitment you can achieve great things, regardless of where you started out. It's up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to know how to stay productive and committed. To do those things well you need to cultivate a deep understanding of yourself and set a game plan in place - not only for what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how to operate day to day, how you prepare, what your values are, and where you can make the ultimate changes.If not now, when? If not you, who?About Dean HawkinsRaised in difficult circumstances, Dean Hawkins was a single-minded kid who learnt how to survive in a tough environment and how to be resilient. He became a decorated Fire Officer with over 30 years in emergency response and management, from the Fire Department to running a successful risk and emergency advisory and training business. Dean is now a prominent author and entertaining keynote speaker, who finds humour in most situations, and remains always grounded. He is insanely curious by nature and enjoys doing new things and the challenge of the journey.
Fighting Fire
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Author : Michael L. Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Release Date : 2014-03-04
Fighting Fire written by Michael L. Cooper and has been published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From colonial times to the modern day, two things have remained constant in American history: the destructive power of fires and the bravery of those who fight them. Fighting Fire! brings to life ten of the deadliest infernos this nation has ever endured: the great fires of Boston, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and San Francisco, the disasters of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the General Slocum, and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, the wildfire of Witch Creek in San Diego County, and the catastrophe of 9/11. Each blaze led to new firefighting techniques and technologies, yet the struggle against fires continues to this day. With historical images and a fast-paced text, this is both an exciting look at firefighting history and a celebration of the human spirit.
Smoke Jumping On The Western Fire Line
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Author : Mark Matthews
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2006
Smoke Jumping On The Western Fire Line written by Mark Matthews and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The story of the World War II conscientious objectors who volunteered for Civilian Public Service as U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers is told in this history that reveals a little-known dimension of American pacifism.
A Day With Firefighters
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Author : Jan Kottke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
A Day With Firefighters written by Jan Kottke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fire extinction categories.
Describes what firefighters wear, the equipment they use, and how they fight fires.
A Day In The Life Of A Firefighter
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Author : Diana Herweck
language : en
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Release Date : 2011-12-30
A Day In The Life Of A Firefighter written by Diana Herweck and has been published by Teacher Created Materials this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-30 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Introduces fire fighting and its history, and follows a typical fire fighter from checking equipment in the morning through training exercises, working with the community, and responding to alarms to getting everything ready for the next call.
A Day With A Firefighter
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Author : Katie Kawa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
A Day With A Firefighter written by Katie Kawa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Fire extinction categories.
"Firefighting is a fast-paced, adrenaline-filled career. It is also a critical profession for every community around the globe. Aside from putting out fires, firefighters work as first responders, helping people any way they can. A Day with a Firefighter shows young readers how firefighters prepare their equipment for emergency calls, the latest methods for fighting fires, and how firefighters work to keep themselves and others safe"--
Breathing The Fire
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Author : Kimberly Dozier
language : en
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-01
Breathing The Fire written by Kimberly Dozier and has been published by Fox Chapel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with History categories.
“A harrowing tale of courage, survival, determination, fellowship and the high price of covering a war . . . a master storyteller and one tough journalist.” —Tom Brokaw CBS Foreign Correspondent Kimberly Dozier shares her compelling story from being injured in Iraq to her recovery . . . shedding light on the ordeal faced by countless combat veterans and civilians. In a flash, Kimberly Dozier’s life changed. As an award-winning CBS News reporter, Dozier had devoted her career to being in the right place at the right time to capture the story. Suddenly, in the wrong place at the worst time, she became the story, as a deadly explosion tore through her team and the troops they were following, and a word spread worldwide. That Memorial Day in 2006, a routine mission ended with Dozier in a pool of blood on a Baghdad street, a victim of a car bomb that killed her team, cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan, as well as U.S. Army Captain James Alex Funkhouser and his translator. Critically injured, Dozier woke to find herself fighting first for survival, then for recovery, and finally to return to the field. Breathing the Fire tracks one woman’s relentless determination to get the story, to get it right, and to get well again after everything went wrong. The paperback was produced at the request of hospital caregivers, who find the book helps trauma patients and the families supporting them. The author’s profits go to wounded warrior charities. “A rare, personal view—with all the attention to detail a great reporter brings to bear—into an experience shared by thousands of wounded Iraq veterans.” —Dan Rather
The Great Fire
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Author : Jim Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction
Release Date : 2006
The Great Fire written by Jim Murphy and has been published by Scholastic Nonfiction this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents.
Year Of The Fires
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Author : Stephen J. Pyne
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 2001
Year Of The Fires written by Stephen J. Pyne and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
"1910 was America's millennial year of fire. That summer, American nature and American society collided with tectonic force as western wildfires scorched millions of acres, darkened skies in New England, and deposited soot on the ice of Greenland. Farms, mining camps, and rail towns cracked and burned. A survivor said that the towering flames raged with the sound of a thousand trains rushing over a thousand steel trestles. As one ranger put it, the mountains roared." "Stephen Pyne explains how wildland fires happen and how they are fought, how forests are created then re-created in cycles of burning, and what happens to a landscape when roads, railways, mining camps, logging, and national parks appear. The action distills into a two-day crisis, the Big Blowup of August 20-21, when the fires tripled in size, and focuses in particular on the heroics of Ranger Ed Pulaski, who held his panicked crew at gunpoint in a mine tunnel while the firestorm raged outside." "Pyne brings that year to life through the experiences and words of the rangers, soldiers, politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, and civilians who faced the fires, fought the flames, and were forever scarred by them. It was the first and greatest test of the five-year-old Forest Service. Yet even as seventy-eight fire-fighters perished, a national debate raged about policy, and especially about the relative merits of firefighting versus fire lighting."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved