Follow the flashing lights and wailing sirens, grab a hand-line or a pike pole, and get ready to discover the up-close and on-the-scene action of Fighting Fire Trucks! Larry Shapiro offers this colorful look at the many different types of fire trucks in use today, including pumpers, aerials and tankers, and the personnel who man them. Filled with details of specialized rescue squads, foam and forest fire units, and a full chapter on airport fire fighting. See them in the heat of the action!

It's easy to identify fire trucks with their bright red hue and loud wailing siren. You often hear them before you see them, but look closely and you'll notice there are many kinds of these lifesaving, fire-extinguishing vehicles. This high-interest volume will delight fire-truck fans, showing them many types of firefighting vehicles and the truck parts that help firefighters get the job done. Readers will learn many fun facts to share with their friends through this entertaining and informative low-ATOS text.

Fire trucks are fast, loud, and big rescue machines. These vehicles rush to the scene of a fire, bringing firefighters along to help put out a blaze and help rescue people in their time of need. But there are many different kinds of fire trucks. From the ladder trucks firefighters use to reach high floors on buildings to the fire engines used to toss lots of water on a blaze, each fire truck is unique. Beginning readers will love exploring these important vehicles and learning how they help people when fire strikes.

Where there's fire, there are firefighters. But how do they get there? With a fire truck! Learn more about this vehicle and how it saves lives. Young readers will enjoy reading about this machine with engaging leveled text, bright photos, and age-appropriate critical thinking questions.

Fire trucks help to save lives and prevent the spread of dangerous fires every day. Readers will learn where a fire truck gets its water supply, what kind of equipment it contains, and the ways firefighters use these tools to help keep people safe.

Describes the parts of a fire truck, the tools it carries, and the work it helps firemen to do.

With lights flashing and sirens blaring, fire trucks race to fires. See the different fire trucks and their special equipment in action fighting fires and saving people.