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• Emergency vehicles
• Fire extinction -- Equipment and supplies

• Fire engines -- Dispatching
• Fire engines -- England
• Fire engines -- Evaluation
• Fire engines -- Juvenile fiction
• Fire engines -- Maintenance and repair
• Fire engines -- United States
• Fire engines -- Valuation
• Fire engines, Steam

• Fire trucks
• Fire-fighting vehicles

• History of the American steam fire-engine. (O. Davies, 1960), by William T. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles. Instructor lesson plans. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles. Trainee study guide. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978) (page images at HathiTrust)
• "First steam ("Fire") engine in America. (Charles Bradley, 1929), by Leonor Fresnel Loree (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fire engine tests and fire stream tables. (National Board of Fire Underwriters, 1910), by National Board of Fire Underwriters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fire engine tests and fire stream tables. (National board of fire underwriters, 1922), by National Board of Fire Underwriters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand-book of modern steam fire-engines : including the running, care and management of steam fire-engines and fire-pumps. (David McKay, 1897), by Stephen Roper and H. L. Stellwagen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fire department motor apparatus; description and equipment of every type of motor apparatus in the New York Fire Department. Official instruction of the New York Fire Department on operation and care--Questions and answers on theory of auto engine operation--Defects and cost of maintenance of motor pumping engine--Fire college instruction ... (Civil Service Chronicle, 1916), by New York Civil Service Chronicle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Seagrave motor fire apparatus, text book. (Columbus, Ohio, 1919), by Seagrave Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Legion 40-8, Voiture Locale No. 281 (Blue Earth County Historical Society, 415 Cherry Street, Mankato, MN 56001; http://www.bechshistory.com/, 1940) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Northern Pacific Railway Fire Department Truck, Brainerd (Crow Wing County Historical Society, P O Box 722, Brainerd MN 56401 crowwinghistory.org, 1945) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Description of Farnam's patent hydraulic apparatus, for raising water; including rules, tables, price lists, and other practical information on the subject of supplying families, factories, towns, cities, &c. with water. Also, descriptions of fire engines, fountains, &c. (B.R. Barlow, 1851), by George B. Farnam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated catalogue of piston and rotary steam fire engines, hose carriages, carts, and wagons, pumps for fire boats, fire protection, etc., and fire department supplies. ([s.n.], 1893), by American Fire Engine Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fires, fire engines, and fire brigades: with a history of manual and steam fire engines, their construction, use, and management; remarks on fire-proof buildings ... statistics of the fire appliances in English towns; foreign fire systems; hints for the formation of, and rules for, fire brigades; and an account of American steam fire engines. (Lockwood & Co., 1866), by Charles Frederic T. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Driver training : fire department driver training manual of instruction, course outline, and trade information sheets (The Bureau, 1968), by California. Bureau of Industrial Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Steam Fire Engine and the Old-time Fire Bell (Gutenberg ebook)

• Improving station locations and dispatching practices in fire departments : a guide for fire chiefs and local government executives (Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by Jan M. Chaiken, Bill Bruns, inc Urbatronics, and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fires in Wincanton: including those of 1707 and 1878; with an account of the fire engines and other appliances employed during the past 188 years ... (The compiler, 1895), by George Sweetman (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lightweight fire fighting module evaluation (U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Research and Development ;, 1983), by F. X. McCarthy, U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center, and United States. Coast Guard. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Golden Flash (New York: Junior Literary Guild; Viking Press, 1947), by May McNeer, illust. by Lynd Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

• Trailer, fire fighting, pumper, water extinguishing agent, 1500 GPM propeller pump, Sabre model TT-5110, electric driven, DC,24 V, 12 HP, 2000 gal water tank, 4 wheel, (Sabre Metal model TT-2000) (serial numbers 58142 through 58149) FSN 4210-625-9990. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1959), by United States Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• Unit maintenance repair parts and special tools list : truck, fire fighting, 1000 GPM multipurpose, model 2500L, NSN 4210-01-193-3621. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1988), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's and unit maintenance manual : truck, firefighting, 1000 GPM multipurpose, model 2500L, NSN 4210-01-193-3621. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1989), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intermediate direct support and intermediate general support maintenance manual : truck, firefighting, 1000 GPM multipurpose, model 2500L, NSN 4210-01-193-3621. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1989), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intermediate direct support and intermediate general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list : truck, fire fighting, 1000 GPM multipurpose, model 2500L, NSN 4210-01-193-3621. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1989), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator and organizational maintenance manual : truck, fire fighting, powered pumper, foam and water, 500 gallons per minute capacity, centrifugal pump, power takeoff driven, 400 gallon water tank, 40 gallon foam chemical tank, class 530B, nonwinterized .... (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's, organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) for truck, firefighting, dry chemical AFFF, NSN 4210-00-484-5729. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1989), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's, organizational, and direct support maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) : truck, fire fighting, 4x4, model 1350 PKP/200 AFFF, NSN 4210-00-484-5729, ANSUL fire protection. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance manual ... for 85' aerial ladder fire fighting truck, NSN 4210-00-965-1254. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance manual ... for 85' aerial ladder fire fighting truck, NSN 4210-00-965-1254. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's, organizational, and direct support maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) : truck, fire fighting, 4x4, model 1350 PKP/200 AFFF, NSN 4210-00-484-5729, ANSUL fire protection. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1992), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance manual ... for 85' aerial ladder fire fighting truck, NSN 4210-00-965-1254. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's, organizational, and direct support maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) : truck, fire fighting, 4x4, model 1350 PKP/200 AFFF, NSN 4210-00-484-5729, ANSUL fire protection. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1992), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's, organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) for truck, fire fighting, 4x4, model 1350 PKP/200 AFFF, NSN 4210-00-484-5729. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1992), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Direct and general support and depot maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : truck, fire fighting, powered pumper, foam and water, 500-gpm capacity, centrifugal pump, power takeoff driven, 400-gallon water tank, 40-gallon foam chemical tank .... (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1992), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Warranty program, general support and depot maintenance for fire support team vehicle M981, NSN 2350-01-085-3792, contract no. DAAE07-86-C-A034. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1994), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• Motor fire apparatus manufacturing industry (United States Government Printing Office, 1933), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Motor fire apparatus manufacturing industry (United States Government Printing Office, 1934), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Operator's manual for 85' aerial ladder fire fighting truck, NSN 4210-00-965-1254. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1990), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Warranty procedures truck, firefighting, 1000 gpm, multipurpose, model 2500L, contract no. DAAJ10-84-C-A239, NSN: 4210-01-193-3621. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1993), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the American steam fire-engine. (Pinkham Press, 1896), by William T. King (page images at HathiTrust)

• Issues in fire vehicle replacement : users' views and synthesis (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards :, 1976), by P.B. Saunders, M.H. Pearl, P.R. Meyers, R.H.F. Jackson, and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Applied Mathematics Division. Institute for Basic Standards (page images at HathiTrust)

• Silsby Manu'f'g Co., builders of the Silsby rotary steam fire engines, Holly's patent rotary pumps ... Island Works, Seneca Falls, N.Y. ... (H.W. Knight, 1877), by Silsby Manufacturing Co (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Transportation of the injured : emergency procedures for ambulance crews, training, equipment, vehicles, and responsibility for ambulance service (Charles C. Thomas, 1958), by Carl B. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles : instructor lesson plans. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1985), by United States. National Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effectiveness of audible warning devices on emergency vehicles. Final report. (1977), by R. C. Potter, S. A. Fidell, M. M. Myles, and David N. Keast (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles: final report. (1978), by Sanford P. Schumacher and J. B. Schumacher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles. Instructor lesson plans. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles. Trainee study guide. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highway safety program manual. Volume 11, addendum 1. Communications manual. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978) (page images at HathiTrust)
• NIJ standard for emergency vehicle sirens : a voluntary national standard promulgated by the National Institute of Justice. (The Institute :, 1981), by National Institute of Justice (U.S.) and Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of emergency vehicle signal preemption on the Route 7 Virginia corridor. (1999), by Darcy M. Bullock, J. M. Morales, and B. Sanderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of retrofit ARFF vehicle suspension enhancement to reduce vehicle rollovers. (2002), by K. Bagot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emergency rescue vehicles : interim evaluation report as of summer 1980 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety, 1981), by James P. O'Brien, Illinois. Division of Traffic Safety, and Illinois. Dept. of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles : instructor lesson plans. (Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States. National Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles : trainee study guide (Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1978), by United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training program for operation of emergency vehicles : course guide (Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1978), by United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

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