Fire!

Fire!
ISBN-10
0590978721
ISBN-13
9780590978729
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
48
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Scholastic

Description

Presents the work done by fire fighters, including the equipment they use, the fires they fight, the rescues and investigations they perform, and the history and future of fire fighting.

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