THERE’S A NEW FIRE/RESCUE-RELATED BOOK on the market that Firegeezer recommends.
Fighting Fire: Trucks, Tools and Tactics
by Larry Shapiro.
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This book was just released in September and has gotten several good reviews already. Amazon.com describes the book by saying: 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.
Larry Shapiro is a professional photographer and has more than a half-dozen photo-rich books about emergency services in his portfolio. Fighting Fire: Trucks, Tools and Tactics is available in all major bookstores and online. It is a coffee-table style book with over 200 images and 14,ooo words of informative text and makes a very good gift. The suggested retail price is $35, but most booksellers are offering it for less than that.
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