Firefighters to the Rescue Around the World (to the Rescue!)

Description

How do the emergency services in different countries of the world rescue people? How do they travel and what equipment do they use? This book looks at the work of firefighters around the world, including how they rescue people from burning buildings as well as the different types of fires they tackle.

Celebrating the heroic work of civil servants in the United States and around the world, these books allow beginning readers to see the similarities in how these professionals work to make the world a safer place. Simple, straightforward language and sentence structure enable students to quickly digest and understand the material. The clean, uncluttered design allows readers to easily navigate the text, while large, colorful photos introduce them to a diverse, multicultural cast of people. . . .First-rate nonfiction that will appeal to readers interested in emergency services as well as those looking for a thrilling read.-- "School Library Journal"