Fire & rescue
- an illustrated guide to fire trucks around the world with 700 pictures of modern & historical appliances. It is a fully illustrated guide to fire trucks from around the world including an A-Z directory of 165 of the best-known fire engine manufacturers. It
Includes:: a comprehensive history of firefighting from Roman times to the modern day
- with stories from horse-drawn & manually pumped engines to the spectacular modern-day equipment used for fighting fires in all kinds of hazardous & hard-to-reach environments today. It features information about chassis manufacturers coach builders & special appliance makers. This is the definitive encyclopedia of fire engines from all over the world charting their history from Roman times to the super-advanced firefighting machines that we rely on today. An A-Z of fire engine manufacturers depicts each type from General Motors in the USA & Metz in Germany to Hino in Japan. There is documentation of early fires including the Great Fire of London & a section on modern-day fire brigades provides facts about training uniforms & special rescue techniques. With 700 photographs many depcting fire engines in action this fabulous book is an essential history identifier & source book of fire engines & firefighting.