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Crucible of Fire Nineteenth-Century Urban Fires and the Making of the Modern Fire Service
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How the tragedies of the nineteenth-century's great municipal fires changed firefighting today
| Title |
Crucible of Fire Nineteenth-Century Urban Fires and the Making of the Modern Fire Service / Bruce Hensler. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books |
| Manufacture |
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE |
| Creation Date |
2011 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and index. English |
| Content |
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. |
| Extent |
1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2011. |
| National Library system number |
997010706054805171 |
MARC RECORDS
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