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

Edition First edition Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents 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 Summary How the tragedies of the nineteenth-century's great municipal fires changed firefighting today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Fire prevention -- United States -- History -- 19th century Fires -- United States -- History -- 19th century Cities and towns -- United States -- History -- 19th century City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century Fire extinction -- United States -- History -- 19th century Fire departments -- United States -- History -- 19th century Fire fighters -- United States -- History -- 19th century Fire prevention -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Fires -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fire Science. Cities and towns City and town life Fire departments Fire extinction Fire fighters Fire prevention Fires Fires -- Social aspects United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011007448 ISBN 9781597977562 159797756X

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