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Now in full color throughout, this extensively updated text provides a complete foundation in fire department hydraulics, explaining how and why water is discharged from nozzles at the correct pressures to effectively fight fires, one step at a time.

Go behind the scenes of today's hottest careers. You'll discover what it takes to make it and how much fun the work can be! Do you think you'd like to be on call to respond to an emergency? Learn all about fire and how to prevent it? Work as part of a close-knit team serving the community? Help save lives in an amazing and rewarding job? Then firefighting might be the job for you! In this book, find out what skills are needed for the job, what is in a day's work, fire facts and fire safety tips, and where firefighting can take you, from working in the city to the remote countryside, or even at an airport or as a fire investigator!