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- 2011007448 contributor B12108202.
- 2011007448 created "c2011.".
- 2011007448 date "2011".
- 2011007448 date "c2011.".
- 2011007448 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2011007448 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and index.".
- 2011007448 description "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.".
- 2011007448 extent "xii, 231 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- 2011007448 identifier "1597976849 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- 2011007448 identifier "9781597976848 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- 2011007448 issued "2011".
- 2011007448 issued "c2011.".
- 2011007448 language "eng".
- 2011007448 publisher "Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books,".
- 2011007448 spatial "United States".
- 2011007448 subject "628.9/2097309034 22".
- 2011007448 subject "Cities and towns United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "City and town life United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fire departments United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fire extinction United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fire fighters United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fire prevention Social aspects United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fire prevention United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fires Social aspects United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "Fires United States History 19th century.".
- 2011007448 subject "TH9503 .H45 2011".
- 2011007448 tableOfContents "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.".
- 2011007448 title "Crucible of fire : nineteenth-century urban fires and the making of the modern fire service / Bruce Hensler.".
- 2011007448 type "text".