Crucible of fire : nineteenth-century urban fires and the making of the modern fire service /
| Основен автор: | Hensler, Bruce, 1953- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
Potomac Books,
℗♭2011.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=388823 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Crucible of fire. |
Съдържание:
- pt. 1. The context of the modern fire service
- Origins of organized fire service
- Firefighter culture
- Contemporary firefighting
- pt. 2. The fire problem defined
- Great fire in Pittsburgh
- Fire in the built environment
- Fire and human behavior
- Fire in rural areas and wildlands
- pt. 3. The fire service under fire
- Transformative forces to make firefighting safer
- Cultural change needed to improve firefighter safety
- Transitional forces create new fire service model
- pt. 4. Learning to fight great urban fires
- London and the development of a fire service
- Portland and the Board of Fire Underwriters
- Boston and the standardization of fire protection
- pt. 5. Learning to control building fires
- Fire protection in theory
- Deadly fire in a fireproof hotel
- Firefighting, building codes, and technology
- pt. 6. Firefighters, engineers, and underwriters
- New England mills and the factory mutual system
- Fighting fires : from art to science
- Volunteers to paid firemen
- Legacy of the combustible city.