ISBN: 1439058423 Binding: Paperback Edition: 4 Author(s): Robert W. Klinoff Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning Number of Pages: 562
Now in a striking four-color format Introduction To Fire Protection 4E reflects the latest FESHE outlines and NFPA fire codes and ordinances as it provides all the necessary tools for individuals seeking a career in the fire service Written by a widely respected firefighter instructor and authority this comprehensive resource emphasizes the vital skills needed by successful firefighters It includes up-to-the-minute coverage of incident effectiveness customer service physical fitness training and fire prevention It also covers such cutting-edge issues as homeland security goal setting life safety initiatives recent laws affecting firefighters fire fighter emergency decision making and other developments straight from the field
The Kindle Fire Department Compendium: Our Tips and Tricks Guide for Optimizing Your Fire, Finding FREE Apps, and Using Key Utilities
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): Gadget Publisher: Number of Pages:
There are Kindle Fire guides for people who need to know where the power button is and then there are Kindle Fire guides for people who are ready to start having fun Get the scoop on all the exciting discoveries since the Fires release as we give you step-by-step instructions on how to do things that you wont find anywhere else (Rooting is not covered)
In over 30 articles and over 17000 words this guide featuring the best of the Kindle Fire Department blog includes such topics as
Extending Battery Life Optimizing the Silk Browser Setting up Gmail Parental Controls and Preventing Unintentional Purchases Sending FREE Texts from the Fire Sideloading Apps Addressing Volume Control Problems Sending Documents to the Fire Using Cell Phone Chargers with the Fire Managing Screen Brightness Syncing iTunes Streaming Videos from Your PC Finding FREE Apps Playing Apps on Windows Using a Microphone with the Fire
Love Your Kindle Fire: The ILMK Guide to Amazon's Entertablet
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: 20111120d Author(s): Bufo Calvin Publisher: Bufo Calvin Number of Pages:
This unique book will get you loving your new Kindle Fire quickly
Bufo Calvin author of the bestselling I Love My Kindle blog takes you through all the options with a thorough hands-on
The book has a series of what the author calls "splinterviews" where Bufo interviews Bufo on each of the main functions of the Fire from movies to web browsing to apps to e-books
For those looking for the official information an appendix gathers links to Amazon's Kindle Fire resources in one spot
Among the discoveries you may make:
How to set a password for your Kindle Fire
How to remove websites from your Carousel
How to use the Pulse app to get free blogs on your Kindle Fire
How to change your notification sound
Now updated with about a month's worth of experience using the Kindle Fire
Newly added:
Apps Reviews (including ones that greatly enhance the value of your Kindle Fireproviding parental controls and transferring files between your Fire and your computer wirelessly)
Testing other sources for video besides Amazon
What you lose when you deregister and reregister your Kindle Fire (it's not like the other Kindles)
Updated with information about the new 621 update That includes how to remove items from the Carousel and how to put them back and password protecting internet access
Updated with information about the 622 update (adding full screen on webpages and the ability to set Flash to be "on demand) We've also added a handy troubleshooting section addressing some of the most common situations Latest app reviews include Splashtop which displays content from a computer on your Kindle Fire and lets you interact with it
Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History
ISBN: 0521156319 Binding: Paperback Edition: Reprint Author(s): Alfred W. Crosby Publisher: Cambridge University Press Number of Pages: 218
In Throwing Fire historian Alfred W Crosby looks at hard accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities Humans began throwing rocks in prehistory and then progressed to javelins atlatls bows and arrows We learned to make fire by friction and used it to cook drive game burn out rivals and alter landscapes to our liking Our exploitation of these two capabilities figured in the extinction of many species and may have played a role in the demise of Neanderthals In historic times we invented catapults trebuchets and such flammable liquids as Greek Fire a napalm-like substance that stuck to whatever it hit and could not be extinguished with water About 1000 years ago we invented gunpowder which led to guns and rockets enabling us to literally throw fire Gunpowder weaponry accelerated the rise of empires and the advance of European imperialism In the 20th century gunpowder weaponry enabled us to achieve unprecedented mayhem--the most destructive wars of all time This trend peaked at the end of World War II with the V-2 and atomic bomb at which point species suicide became possible Faced with possible extinction should we experience World War III we have turned our projectile talents to space travel which may make it possible for our species to migrate to other bodies of our solar system and even other star systems Alfred W Crosby is the author of the widely popular and ground-breaking books The Measure of Reality (Cambridge 1996) America's Forgotten Pandemic (Cambridge 1990) and Ecological Imperialism (Cambridge 1986) He taught at the University of Texas Austin for over 20 years His books have received the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize the Medical Writers Association Prize and been named by the Los Angeles Times as among the best books of the year
ISBN: 0879393718 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3 Author(s): IFSTA Publisher: Intl Fire Service Training Assn Number of Pages:
This textbook matches the course outline and objectives identified by the National Fire Academy's Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) committee for the Building Construction for Fire Protection core course This new 3rd edition provides the reader with basic instruction about how buildings are designed and constructed and how this relates to emergency operations In addition to basic construction principles a new emphasis is placed on firefighter safety newer types of construction that may be difficult to identify and green construction principles This edition is illustrated with new drawings and photos case histories that emphasize real-life safety principles key terms and review questions Fire inspectors preincident planners fireground commanders investigators and firefighters will all find useful and valuable information in this new edition
Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology)
ISBN: 0393041247 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 1st Author(s): Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Number of Pages: 352
On December 16 1947 John Bardeen and Walter Brattain physicists at Bell Laboratories jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of the metalloid geranium The power flowing from the geranium far exceeded what went in; in that moment the transistor was invented and the Information Age was born No other devices have been as crucial to modern life as the transistor and the microchip it spawned This is the story of the science and personalities that made these inventions possible William Shockley Bell Labs' team leader and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize with Brattain and Bardeen for the discovery grew obsessed with the transistor and went on to become the father of Silicon Valley The process of invention - including the competition and economic aspirations involved - all part of the greatest technological explosion in history is surveyed here
ISBN: 159370061X Binding: Hardcover Edition: 3 Author(s): John Norman Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos Number of Pages: 452
Modern firefighting is a continually evolving science New technologies are constantly being applied to the fire service both from within and without In the latest edition of this perennial favorite author John Norman examines these new technologies and how they affect fireground tactics He also details the new role firefighters play in homeland security What is offered here is a guide for the firefighter and the fire officer who having learned the basic mechanics of the trade are now looking for specific methods for handling specific situations
Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Third Edition -- Audio Book
ISBN: 1593701721 Binding: Audio CD Edition: 3 Author(s): John Norman Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos Number of Pages:
Modern firefighting is a continually evolving science New technologies are constantly being applied to the fire service both from within and without In the latest edition of this perennial favorite author John Norman examines these new technologies and how they affect fireground tactics He also details the new role firefighters play in homeland security What is offered here is a guide for the firefighter and the fire officer who having learned the basic mechanics of the trade are now looking for methods for handling specific situations
Features & benefits: A new chapter addressing fires in garden apartments and townhouses a growing problem throughout the country; a new chapter on the fire department's role in homeland security and preventing terrorism -- the first fire service text to address the new roles first responders play in detecting preventing and responding to the newest threats America faces; the chapters on high rise office building fires and sections on building construction have been expanded to include the lessons learned from the Sept 11 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center; professionally narrated by Keith Boscher; perfect for uploading to your MP3 player
Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and Its Aftermath
ISBN: 030681501X Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): John C. Esposito Publisher: Da Capo Press Number of Pages: 288
On Saturday night November 28 1942 Boston suffered its worst disaster ever At the city's premier nightspot the Cocoanut Grove the largest nightclub fire in US history took the lives of 492 people--nearly one of every two people on the premises A flash of fire that started in an imitation palm tree rolled through the overcrowded club with breathtaking speed and in a mere eight minutes anyone left in the club was dead or doomed The Grove was a classic firetrap the product of greed and indifference on the part of the owners and the politicians who had knowingly allowed such conditions to exist Against the backdrop of Boston politics cronyism and corruption author John C Esposito re-creates the drama of the fire and explores the public outcry that followed In retelling the horrific events of one of America's most cataclysmic tragedies Esposito has fashioned both an incomparably gripping narrative and a vibrant portrait of the era But it is the intense detailed narrative of the fire--harrowing yet compulsively readable--and the trials that followed that will stay with the reader well after they finish this remarkable book "Esposito reminds us that the cautionary tale of the Cocoanut Grove is still relevant today" (New York Law Journal)
