Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Firefighting Aircraft
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Review of the U.S. Forest Service Firefighting Aircraft Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Aerial Firefighting
Author: Wolfgang Jendsch
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764330681
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Over 400 vivid color photos show aircraft used around the globe to fight forest and open-range fires. Includes fire-extinguishing planes known as airtankers, firefighting helicopters, transports, and direction and command planes essential to successful firefighting. Many rare, never-before-published images show firefighting aircraft in action. The detailed text provides technical descriptions of forest fire fighting and speculates on the future of firefighting aviation. This book is a must for every reader fascinated by aviation or firefighting.
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764330681
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Over 400 vivid color photos show aircraft used around the globe to fight forest and open-range fires. Includes fire-extinguishing planes known as airtankers, firefighting helicopters, transports, and direction and command planes essential to successful firefighting. Many rare, never-before-published images show firefighting aircraft in action. The detailed text provides technical descriptions of forest fire fighting and speculates on the future of firefighting aviation. This book is a must for every reader fascinated by aviation or firefighting.
Fire Crew! (Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue)
Author: Frank Berrios
Publisher: RH/Disney
ISBN: 0736433392
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
From the world of Cars soars Planes: Fire & Rescue, a comedy-adventure featuring a quirky crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfires. Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love this fun and exciting Step 2 Step into Reading reader!
Publisher: RH/Disney
ISBN: 0736433392
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
From the world of Cars soars Planes: Fire & Rescue, a comedy-adventure featuring a quirky crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfires. Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love this fun and exciting Step 2 Step into Reading reader!
Jumping Fire
Author: Murry A. Taylor
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547541074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung up his chute after the summer of 2000—the worst fire season in more than fifty years. In Jumping Fire, Taylor recounts in thrilling detail one summer of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska, with tales of training, digging fire lines, run-ins with bears, and the heroics of fellow jumpers who fell in the line of duty. This unique memoir, filled with humor, fear, tragedy, joy, and countless stories of man versus nature at its most furious, is a “tale of love and loss, life and death, and sheer hard work, set in an unforgiving and unforgettable landscape” (Publishers Weekly). “Filled with adventure, danger and tragedy.” —The New York Times Book Review “A beautifully crafted, wise yet thrilling book.” —Los Angeles Times
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547541074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung up his chute after the summer of 2000—the worst fire season in more than fifty years. In Jumping Fire, Taylor recounts in thrilling detail one summer of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska, with tales of training, digging fire lines, run-ins with bears, and the heroics of fellow jumpers who fell in the line of duty. This unique memoir, filled with humor, fear, tragedy, joy, and countless stories of man versus nature at its most furious, is a “tale of love and loss, life and death, and sheer hard work, set in an unforgiving and unforgettable landscape” (Publishers Weekly). “Filled with adventure, danger and tragedy.” —The New York Times Book Review “A beautifully crafted, wise yet thrilling book.” —Los Angeles Times
Federal Aircraft
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Aerial Firefighting Safety
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics in forest fire control
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics in forest fire control
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Residential Fire Rescue
Author: Mark van der Feyst
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
ISBN: 1593703228
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Authors Mark van der Feyst, Eric Wissner and James Petruzzi wrote their new book to serve as a much-needed sole source reference for rescuing an occupant from a residential structure. Residential Fire Rescue covers the theory of search and rescue, practical application of search and rescue, and company training. The book includes sample lesson plans that can be customized for various skills (including VES, drags and removals); step-by-step instructions combined with photos to show the various rescue techniques and positions; and, a DVD to aid the instruction of techniques. Company officers, training officers, and firefighters will find Residential Fire Rescue an important resource.
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
ISBN: 1593703228
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Authors Mark van der Feyst, Eric Wissner and James Petruzzi wrote their new book to serve as a much-needed sole source reference for rescuing an occupant from a residential structure. Residential Fire Rescue covers the theory of search and rescue, practical application of search and rescue, and company training. The book includes sample lesson plans that can be customized for various skills (including VES, drags and removals); step-by-step instructions combined with photos to show the various rescue techniques and positions; and, a DVD to aid the instruction of techniques. Company officers, training officers, and firefighters will find Residential Fire Rescue an important resource.
Firefighting Preparedness
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Managing Aerial Firefighting Activities on Airports
Author: Tim Phillips (consultant.)
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309223644
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This synthesis study is intended to provide a review of current airport and agency [primarily the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)] practices, policies, and procedures at airports called upon to support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature and interviews with ten airport operators (representing 13 airports), two commercial helicopter operators, and one regional fire center manager to gather insights on the current state of airport practices that support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. The interviews followed a series of questions in areas such as community and economic matters, contracts, operations, and general business practices. While the interviews were structured, the interviewees were encouraged to freely discuss matters related to the topic of the study and to offer information on the subject that they believed was important--
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309223644
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This synthesis study is intended to provide a review of current airport and agency [primarily the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)] practices, policies, and procedures at airports called upon to support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature and interviews with ten airport operators (representing 13 airports), two commercial helicopter operators, and one regional fire center manager to gather insights on the current state of airport practices that support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. The interviews followed a series of questions in areas such as community and economic matters, contracts, operations, and general business practices. While the interviews were structured, the interviewees were encouraged to freely discuss matters related to the topic of the study and to offer information on the subject that they believed was important--