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I was a London Firefighter

Author : David C. Pike
Publisher : Austin MacAuley
ISBN 13 : 9781528918008
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis I was a London Firefighter by : David C. Pike

Download or read book I was a London Firefighter written by David C. Pike and published by Austin MacAuley. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a firefighter? They are the person next door... They are like you and me with warts and worries and unfulfilled dreams. Yet they stand taller than most of us.The latest book from author and retired fireman David Pike, I Was a London Firefighter is an anthology of factual narratives and fictional tales loosely based around the personal experiences of individual members of the London Fire Brigade. Ranging from the mid-19th century to the present day, the book includes direct reminiscences by former firefighters alongside descriptions of key historical figures like Massey Shaw, Sidney Gamble and Joe Milner. It takes in such subjects as the IRA's 20-year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters. Running through the book is a series of gripping historical narratives subtitled 'Yesteryear's Fires', depicting the heroic professionalism of firefighters confronted by truly harrowing disasters. Some of these remain all-too-familiar, such as the King's Cross fire of 1987 which claimed the lives of 31 people; others, no less terrible, have faded into distant memory. The book ends with a fresh and compelling description of a horrifying tragedy that no one can have forgotten: 2017's Grenfell Tower fire. I Was a London Firefighter shares with David's previous works - Beyond the Flames, London Firefighters and Fire-Floats and Fireboats - a careful and comprehensive approach to historical research, an eye for striking and unusual narrative details and an understated humour. Above all, it shows an unwavering appreciation of and empathy for the concerns and drives of the ordinary firefighter, born of David's own experiences as a fireman.

Here Comes Firefighter Hippo

Author : Jonathan London
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1635923379
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Here Comes Firefighter Hippo written by Jonathan London and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author Jonathan London explores how even the smallest Hippo can be a big help when he teams up with his friends. Today Little Hippo is playing firefighter. But as Firefighter Hippo pedals his fire truck through the jungle, he gets trapped in a mud hole, tangled in tall grass, and stuck on a hill. That's nothing compared to the biggest surprise of all—a real fire. It's a good thing the little firefighter knows exactly what to do!

Into the Fire

Author : Edric Kennedy-Macfoy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147355876X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis Into the Fire by : Edric Kennedy-Macfoy

Download or read book Into the Fire written by Edric Kennedy-Macfoy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ___________________ 'Deeply personal and blisteringly powerful.’ Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPY The incredible true story of life as a London firefighter. What is it really like to be a firefighter? How does it feel to respond to an emergency call, to know that someone's life hangs in the balance and every second is critical? Into the Fire offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of life in the fire service. Chronicling his thirteen-year career in the London Fire Brigade, Edric Kennedy-Macfoy takes us with him from his training days as a new recruit to his very first fire; from call-outs to cannabis farms, chemical spills and trapped swans to the devastating scenes of road traffic collisions, the Croydon tram derailment and the Grenfell Tower fire. Heart-breaking, deeply personal and at times hilarious, this is his remarkable story.

London Firefighter

Author : Stephen Dudeney
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398463256
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book London Firefighter written by Stephen Dudeney and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave and I crept up the stairs, the floor had burned through in places as had the floor above, the roof was gone so there was a bit of dull light. The floor was covered in rubble; tiles from the roof, burnt timber, cork and all sorts. Dave took the nozzle and we pushed forward along the floor. The smoke was tolerable, the heat was a different matter. As I breathed in it was searing my lungs, a bit like trying to breathe in over a boiling kettle, I was lying on the floor in a puddle of steaming water trying to find some cooler air. As Dave opened the nozzle we were engulfed in steam as the water cooled the superheated atmosphere above us. I buried my head a little lower and held on for dear life as Dave worked the jet around the large hallway, extinguishing the burning contents. We pushed further and tried making our way into a room on the right. I was suffering a bit now, and as if reading my mind, Dave pulled back and I pushed up to the nozzle. I opened it and aimed in the direction of the fire. I got some relief by breathing in the cool clean air that was being forced out of the nozzle with the water. Soon we had pushed a good way forward but we were taking a real beating. I could feel my skin scalding as the wet fire tunic steamed in the heat...

Call the Fire Brigade!

Author : Allan Grice
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780574339
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Call the Fire Brigade! written by Allan Grice and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working as a fireman in London’s East End during the early 1970s was no easy ride. In the years before workplace health-and-safety legislation had started to exert its grip, Allan Grice had to cut his fire-and-rescue teeth without the advantages of a breathing apparatus for each member of his crew. Back then, the time-tested strategy was to ‘get in’ – to crawl below the intense heat and ‘eat’ the thick smoke – in order to locate a missing child or to halt a rapidly spreading inferno. In Call the Fire Brigade!, Grice recounts his most memorable experiences as a front-line member of the London Fire Brigade working the city’s East End, with its myriad commercial premises, brooding Thames-side warehouses, seedy tenements and colourful cosmopolitan community, ranging from prosperous manufacturers to down-and-out winos with their body-warming bonfires in derelict houses. Fires in factories, tenements and warehouses, and non-fire emergencies such as the Moorgate Tube disaster of 1975, are graphically described, while the elation of rescue, the sadness of being too late to save lives and the warm camaraderie of fire crews during some of the capital’s busiest peacetime years are vividly depicted.

Firefighter Frank

Author : Monica Wellington
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735231826
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Firefighter Frank written by Monica Wellington and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright pictures of a firefighter and his big red truck make this board book perfect for the very youngest. In twelve eye-catching spreads, Frank shows scenes from his day, from cleaning the truck to putting out a fire. With lots to look at, this book is sure to be a favorite of every truck-loving tot.

London's Firefighters

Author : David C. Pike
Publisher : Austin Macauley
ISBN 13 : 9781784555412
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book London's Firefighters written by David C. Pike and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's Firefighters is a wonderfully readable, lavishly illustrated anthology of articles, fiction and verse about the London Fire Brigade, most of it gathered from the Brigade's house magazines London Fireman (1966-82) and London Firefighter (1982-2005). The book's editor David C. Pike, himself a retired firefighter, has cleverly selected material that delivers both a comprehensive history of the London Fire Brigade and a fascinating portrait of individual firemen and women, at work and (occasionally) at play. The book includes vivid, occasionally harrowing articles on important events involving the Brigade - the Sidney Street Siege of 1911, the London Blitz and the 1981 Brixton riots, to name just a few - as well as covering key figures within the Brigade like James Braidwood and Massey Shaw. The more personal sections provide a revealing insight into the bravery, commitment and camaraderie of ordinary working firefighters and their families. The numerous, often highly dramatic illustrations, many from the London Fire Brigade's own collection, offer a lively commentary on the text. All the profits from this book will go to the Fire Service charity, Firemen Remembered. David Pike was a London firefighter for more than 30 years, retiring at senior rank in 1996. His first book, Beyond the Flames, was published by Austin Macauley in 2013. 'A fascinating peek into the world of the London Fire Brigade. A finalist and highly recommended.' The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2014/15, on Beyond the Flames

Sherlock: The Fire Brigade Dog

Author : Paul Osborne
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473558336
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Sherlock: The Fire Brigade Dog written by Paul Osborne and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The full, true story of the dog featured on the cover of Clare Balding's HEROIC ANIMALS ____________________ The incredible true story of Sherlock, the brave dog with a nose for saving lives. Firefighter Paul Osborne works with the Fire Investigation Dog unit, where he handles Sherlock - an excitable, bright-eyed cocker spaniel. What makes Sherlock different? He's the most talented investigative dog the Fire Brigade has ever produced, capable of identifying extraordinarily subtle traces and scents even after thousand-degree blazes - even when he has to wear special protective boots due to the dangerous environments. Today, Paul and Sherlock fearlessly plunge into the most dramatic fire scenes in London, helping to keep the capital safe around the clock. With remarkable insight into the life of London's most heroic working dog, this inspiring account of the London Fire Brigade's four-legged heroes will delight and amaze. Foreword by Dany Cotton, Commissioner for The London Fire Brigade ____________________ Winners of the Mirror and RSPCA Animal Hero Awards 2017 Written in collaboration with and with full support from the London Fire Brigade

Fire Woman

Author : Josephine Reynolds
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782437002
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Fire Woman written by Josephine Reynolds and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring true story of Josephine Reynolds, Britain's first full-time female firefighter. When Josephine Reynolds signed up with the Norfolk Fire Service in July 1982 at just seventeen years old, there was no such thing as a firefighter - only fire men. Set against the slate-grey backdrop of early 1980s Britain, Fire Woman is the story of how a young woman brought up in rural Wales coped in the testosterone-fuelled world of the fire brigade, where even today 96 per cent of all staff are male. In a life packed with incident - where lethal forest fires, escaped zoo animals and unexploded bombs formed a background to the everyday toll of death and disaster - Josephine experienced both triumph and heartbreaking personal tragedy. Fire Woman also provides a unique insight into the camaraderie that comes with risking your life on a daily basis and stands as the inspiring true story of an extraordinary young woman who took on a man's world and won, becoming Britain's first full-time firefighter.

Let's Meet a Firefighter

Author : Gina Bellisario
Publisher : Millbrook Press ™
ISBN 13 : 146776518X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Let's Meet a Firefighter written by Gina Bellisario and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you curious about fire trucks? Firefighting clothes? Hoses and ladders? You're in luck! Firefighter Jim works at the fire department. He knows how to handle all kinds of emergencies. He shows a group of kids how he does his job. Let’s hear it for firefighters!

My Mummy is a Firefighter

Author : Kerrine Bryan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993276996
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book My Mummy is a Firefighter written by Kerrine Bryan and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Euro Firefighter

Author : Paul Grimwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906600259
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Euro Firefighter written by Paul Grimwood and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Grimwood has responded and worked from over a hundred fire stations in the USA and Europe. In this, his third book, he demonstrates how the very best strategies and tactical approaches from Europe and the USA may be effectively combined to enhance firefighter tactics and safety at structure fires. The book also covers and exceeds the 2007 syllabus of the European (UK) EDEXCEL CFBT Instructor Qualification (90 hours) for practical Fire Behavior Training (flashover training in ISO shipping containers and other FDS units). Euro Firefighter is for the CFBT instructor, firefighter, company officer and fire chief. The concept of teaching about flashover using ISO steel shipping containers was developed in Europe - now read how European instructors teach fire behavior using a vast array of Fire Development Simulators (FDS). This book will also take you out onto the fire-grounds of London, New York, Madrid, Chicago, Paris, Germany and Sweden, demonstrating how similar fires are fought using different strategic approaches and showing how US and EURO firefighting tactics are gradually aligning in many areas. From tactical ventilation to air management, from Rapid Intervention Teams to high-rise firefighting and limited staffing, the author brings you the best tactics from Europe and the USA in one training manual! Written in such a way that the training officer can immediately transfer key learning points directly into training presentations, the core principles of this training package enhance firefighter safety on the fire-ground. The book also provides a LINK CODE for ongoing updates and web-based downloads. Euro Firefighter covers a broad range of issues important to anyone who steps off a fire truck at the scene of an emergency.

Courage High!

Author : Sally Holloway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Courage High! written by Sally Holloway and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kings, princes, dukes, women and watermen have all played their part in the 1000 years of firefighting - from the Romans to the present day - recorded in this text. The author has uncovered information on the Tudor auxiliary fire service, the silence of the press over a Victorian prince's firefighting escapades and the government's long indifference to fire which resulted in the near destruction of London in the Blitz.

I Want to Be a Firefighter

Author : Becky Davies
Publisher : I Want to be
ISBN 13 : 9781912756629
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book I Want to Be a Firefighter written by Becky Davies and published by I Want to be. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a day in the life of a firefighter! This fun and friendly book is suitable for even very young children, with sturdy pages and surprise mirror ending.

New London Firefighting

Author : Tara Samul
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738545370
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book New London Firefighting written by Tara Samul and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New London Fire Department was born in 1767 when Nathaniel Shaw Jr. presented the city with its first fire engine. Since then, New London has had a successful history of emergency medical service, heroic assistance during natural disasters, and fantastic 0firefighting. The city's most notorious fire occurred on September 6, 1781. Under the command of the infamous traitor and New London County native, Gen. Benedict Arnold, British troops set New London ablaze. A great deal of life and property was lost. At a 1786 town meeting, residents began the first regular fire company, which eventually evolved into eight volunteer companies. New London Firefighting proudly chronicles its initial humble volunteer system up to today's technologically advanced apparatus and career personnel.

Star in Your Own Story: Firefighter

Author : Danielle McLean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788814898
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book Star in Your Own Story: Firefighter written by Danielle McLean and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Star in Your Own Story personalised board books, just pull out the slot-in card, write your child's name, slot it back in and watch them become the star of the book! Ring the alarm and rush to the rescue - be a FIREFIGHTER!

Firefighting the Blitz

Author : Aylmer Firebrace CBE KPM
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1399015028
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Firefighting the Blitz written by Aylmer Firebrace CBE KPM and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War was coming. Everyone knew that confrontation with Nazi Germany was inevitable and that London was likely to be a prime target of Hitler’s bombers. So, in January 1939, Aylmer Firebrace, the Chief Officer of London Fire Brigade, was seconded to the Home Office to plan for the capital’s fire defence. Before joining the Fire Brigade, Aylmer Firebrace had been a Royal Navy officer who had fought in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. It was following the Armistice that, in 1919, he became principal officer in the London Fire Brigade. He was promoted to deputy chief and finally chief officer in June 1938.. That war struck London soon enough, but it was on 7 September 1940, that Firebrace’s preparations were truly tested with the start of the Blitz. For the next fifty-seven days and nights London was subjected to the longest continuous bombing campaign in history. Then, as the Luftwaffe ranged wider and further across Britain’s towns and cities, Firebrace was tasked with toured the nation to see the effects of the bombing, at which point he saw the need for a national response. The result was the creation of the National Fire Service. Formed in August 1941, by the amalgamation of some 1,600 separate brigades, this remarkable organisation had, at its peak, a strength of 370,000 men and women. It was led for its entire existence by Aylmer Firebrace. As the war continued, Firebrace became Chief of the Fire Staff and Inspector-in-Chief of the Fires Services, being the first and, to date, only person to head all the fire-fighting services in Britain. This body had to deal with the expansion of the Blitz as well as the so-called ‘Baedeker’ raids, the ‘tip-and-run’ attacks, Baby Blitz and V1 and V2 offensives of the later years of the war. In his fascinating account, written immediately the war, Firebrace reflects on the functioning of the fire service at its most testing time. This book is an essential addition to the understanding of the Blitz and how London and the rest of the country survived its darkest hour.