Illustrates the different types of fire trucks and how a night fireman prepares to answer a fire alarm

Product Description: Young readers will be pumped up to learn about different kinds of fire trucks. Fire Trucks: Racing to the Scene introduces readers to pumper trucks, ladder trucks, and other fire department vehicles. Children will enjoy learning about the different functions of each truck and the equipment on board these emergency vehicles...read more

This newly updated and expanded edition of Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment covers the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, andchemical/biological transformations in surface waters, in soil and groundwater, and in air. Eachof these three major environmental media are introduced by descriptive overviews, followed bypresentation of the controlling physical, chemical, and biological processes. The textemphasizes intuitively based mathematical models for chemical transport and transformations inthe environment, and serves both as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses inenvironmental science and engineering, and as a standard reference for environmental practitioners. Key Features* Provides an integrated coverage of major environmental media* Presents a quantitative treatment of fate and transport processes* Is based on a graduate-level course taught for 10 years at MIT, augmented with practical consulting experience* Features examples and illustrations throughout the text* Includes extensive exercises at the end of each chapter* Contains ample references to the primary literature

Examines fire engines, equipment, and specialized apparatus offered by the top fourteen manufacturers

A survey from the simplest to the most sophisticated of fire fighting equipment in use in Europe, the Soviet Union, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania

Product Description: Fire trucks help to save lives and prevent the spread of dangerous fires every day. Readers will learn where a fire truck gets its water supply, what kind of equipment it contains, and the ways firefighters use these tools to help keep people safe.

Offers an introduction to the features and uses of fire engines.

Product Description: Fire tucks are common sights on the road, but how do they help firefighters do their job? Readers discover the answer to this question along with many other fun facts about fire trucks and the firefighters who ride in them. Vibrant photographs of these vehicles are presented alongside relevant text to aid young readers in developing comprehension skills...read more

''A fundamental introduction to ground-borne rescue vehicles known as fire trucks, including their history, a description of their features, and how they help people in emergencies''--Provided by publisher.Title: Fire TrucksAuthor: Bodden, ValeriePublisher: Creative CoPublication Date: 2011/01/01Number of Pages: 24Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2009048827

How do you steer a fire truck? Are all fire trucks alike? Get the basics on these very important rescue machines!

Product Description: Fire trucks carry everything that firefighters need to put out fires. Some fire trucks hold enough water to fill more than 1,000 bathtubs. Learn more about these mighty machines in Fire Trucks, an AV2 media enhanced book.

Product Description: Firefighters use fire trucks and the equipment they carry to put out fires and rescue people. Learn more about how these vehicles help with this life saving work in Fire Trucks in Action.

Product Description: A kindergarten-level introduction to fire trucks, covering their firefighters, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their ladders.

Product Description: Learn proven ladder company fireground operations with Ladder Company Fireground Operations, Third Edition. Fire department ladder companies face many challenges. Ladder company personnel are an integral part of fire fighting operations at the fireground, and this book emphasizes the point that fire fighters performing ladder company tasks must be properly trained, possess the proper equipment, and be adequately staffed...read more

Product Description: Young boys are fascinated by fire trucks and firefighters, and this book offers them a tour of a firehouse, a look at the various firefighting and rescue trucks and scenes of firefighters and firetrucks in all kinds of action.When there’s an emergency, chances are you’ll see fire trucks and other rescue vehicles racing to the scene with sirens blaring and lights flashing...read more