Fire Fighting & Rescue, Fire Fighting & Emergency Medicine

A Fire Station

Name: A Fire Station
Author: Jill Kalz
ISBN: 9781583403266

by Jill Kalz

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Briefly describes what goes on at a fire station, the people who work there either as professional or volunteer firefighters, the equipment they use, and what happens when a ...

Cindy Carolan - Children's Literature

If you can't actually go to the fire station, then bring this book into your home; it will feel like you are really there. The book is divided into four main sections. One explains the physical environment of the fire station. Another examines the firefighter themselves some full-time employees and some volunteers. The third section concerns the trucks, tools and gear they use. Finally, an actual emergency call is described. Excellent color photographs are found each time the page is turned. A section near the end of the book entitled "Hands On" gives instructions for performing one's own family fire drill. Step-by-step, children and their parent(s) can go through this essential drill. This is especially nice for the children who have not yet been to preschool and seen or heard from the firefighters in their community. After this section there is a page of information, an index, glossary, suggestions for further research and related Internet sites. A nice read-aloud book for younger children or for those who are reading independently to have in a classroom or home, this book gives a real feel for the firefighter and their responsibilities. The author dedicated the book to her father who served as a firefighter for 21 years. 2004, Smart Apple Media, Ages 4 to 8.

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Children's Literature

If you can't actually go to the fire station, then bring this book into your home; it will feel like you are really there. The book is divided into four main sections. One explains the physical environment of the fire station. Another examines the firefighter themselves—some full-time employees and some volunteers. The third section concerns the trucks, tools and gear they use. Finally, an actual emergency call is described. Excellent color photographs are found each time the page is turned. A section near the end of the book entitled "Hands On" gives instructions for performing one's own family fire drill. Step-by-step, children and their parent(s) can go through this essential drill. This is especially nice for the children who have not yet been to preschool and seen or heard from the firefighters in their community. After this section there is a page of information, an index, glossary, suggestions for further research and related Internet sites. A nice read-aloud book for younger children or for those who are reading independently to have in a classroom or home, this book gives a real feel for the firefighter and their responsibilities. The author dedicated the book to her father who served as a firefighter for 21 years. 2004, Smart Apple Media, Ages 4 to 8.
— Cindy Carolan

Library Journal

Gr 1-3-Designed for beginning readers, these titles leave much to be desired. The format is distracting and annoying. The text is widely spaced with a fine line between each line of print. Paragraphing is ignored. Instead, a stylized drawing of a leaf is inserted in front of the first word of what should be a new paragraph. Unfamiliar vocabulary appears in bold type in a variety of colors and is defined only in the glossary. Important facts are printed in red with the text written around them. Dairy Farm does not contain much information. Silly statements such as "Cows don't use the bathroom" do not add substance to the text. Terms such as milk tester and milking machine are mentioned, but neither is pictured. The color photos are of average quality, but most are only pictures of cows. The chapter entitled "Modern Dairies" begins with a photo of an udder being milked by hand. In Fire Station, various types of fire departments are described, but with little detail. Fewer than half of the photos illustrate equipment mentioned in the text. In both books, captions are separated from the photos they describe. Neither offering has enough information to justify purchase.-Eldon Younce, Harper Elementary School, KS Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.