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Crucible of fire : nineteenth-century urban fires and the making of the modern fire service Cover Image Book Book

Crucible of fire : nineteenth-century urban fires and the making of the modern fire service / Bruce Hensler.

Hensler, Bruce, 1953- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781597976848 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1597976849 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Formatted Contents Note:
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

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Fire extinction > United States > History > 19th century.
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