Fighting Fire: Trucks, Tools, and Tactics

by Larry Shapiro

Nothing stirs the blood like the flashing lights and blaring siren of a fire truck racing to fight a blaze. The action photography in this book captures that excitement in all of its forms. In powerful, on-the-scene pictures and text, author/photographer Shapiro explores the special techniques and equipment brought to bear on fires in cities and suburbs, rural outposts and wilderness, in homes and industrial structures. He also takes a close look at hair-raising rescues and other "non-firefighting" tasks that firefighters find themselves facing. From bold photography and detailed descriptions of fire fighting to close-up looks at the fire house and its full array of equipment--trucks, ladders, pumpers, and tankers--this book conveys both the technical nitty-gritty and the fiery action of meeting and containing one of nature's most brutal forces.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760332053
• ISBN13: 9780760332054
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.9" x 11.0"