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80 YEARS OF FIRE & RESCUE APPARATUS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA: 1923 - 2003 (10/2005), Peter West and Mike Sanders, 2004. 8 1/2" x 11", 176 pages, softcover, hundreds of B&W photos, ISBN: 0-9752891-0-1, B#0411 / $35.00

100 YEARS OF AMERICAN LAFRANCE (4/2005)Walter M.P. McCall, 2005. 8" x 11", 176 pages, 48 color and 327 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-139-5, B#0825 / $32.95

A CANADIAN HISTORY OF FIRE ENGINES (7/2004), Donal M. Baird, 2001. 11" x 8 1/2", 240 pages, B&W and color photos, hardcover, ISBN: 1-55125-054-3, BA0523 / $39.95

AERIAL APPARATUS DRIVER / OPERATOR HANDBOOK, 1st ed. (8/2000), IFSTA, 2000.
Text (8/2000) 8 1/2" x 11", 284 pages, many photos & illustrations, softcover BA2630 / $35.00
Study Guide in book form (12/2000), IFSTA, 2000. 8 1/2" x 11", 145 pages, softcover BA2631 / $14.00;
Study Guide in computer software form (8/2002), Knightlite software, Windows, SFA500 / $26.95;

AHRENS CONTINENTAL STEAM FIRE ENGINES (4/2006), Ed Hass, 2005. eBook SFA600 / $24.95

AHRENS-FOX "CONTINENTAL" MOTOR FIRE ENGINES (4/2006), Ed Hass, 2005. eBook SFA615 / $24.95

Ahrens-Fox Fire Apparatus Photo Archive, (9/2008), Walter McCall, 2008. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 161 color and black & white photos, ISBN: 978-1-5838-8217-7, softcover, BA3550 / $32.95

AHRENS-FOX MODEL M MOTOR FIRE ENGINES (4/2006), Ed Hass, 2005. eBook SFA640 / $39.95

AHRENS-FOX MODEL M-X MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS (4/2006), Ed Hass, 2005. eBook SFA646 / $19.95

AMERICAN FIRE APPARATUS CO. 1922-1993 Photo Archive (10/2004), Richard J. Gergel, 2004. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2", 126 pages, 125 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-131-X, BA6800 / $32.95

American LaFrance 400 Series Photo Archive (3/2007), Walt McCall, 2007. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 122 black & white photos, ISBN: 978-1-58388-185-9, softcover, BA8658 / $32.95

American LaFrance 500/600 Series Photo Archive (4/2008), Walt McCall, 2008. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 122 black & white photos, ISBN: 978-1-5838-8210-8, softcover, BA8659 / $32.95

AMERICAN LaFRANCE 700 SERIES 1945-1952 (10/98), Lawrence E. Phillips, 1998. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 116 black & white photos, softcover, BA8662 / $29.95

AMERICAN LaFRANCE 700 SERIES 1945-1952 Photo Archive Volume 2 (10/2000), Lawrence E. Phillips, 2000. 10 1/4" X 8 ½", 128 pages, 120 B&W photos, softbound BA86622 / $29.95

AMERICAN LaFRANCE 700 & 800 SERIES 1953-1958 (3/99), Lawrence E. Phillips, 1999. 10 1/4" X 8 1/2", 128 pages, 117 b&w photos, softcover BA8663 / $29.95

AMERICAN LaFRANCE 900 Series 1958-1964 Photo Archive (10/99), Lawrence E. Phillips, 1999. 10 1/4" x 8 ½", 128 pages, 117 black & white photos, softcover BA8664 / $29.95

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FIRE FIGHTING (10/2006), FASNY, 2006. 9 1/2" x 12", 200 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 0-9768161-0-5, BA8669 / $49.99

APPARATUS AND FIRES ACROSS AMERICA, Peter Aloisi, 1994. 8" x 11", 136 pages, 242 photos, softcover BA9400 / was $24.95 / reduced to $12.95

BICKLE FIRE APPARATUS (4/2006), Ed Hass, 2005. eBook SFB200 / $19.95

CLASSIC SEAGRAVE 1935-1951 PHOTO ARCHIVE (10/2000), Walt McCall & Matt Lee, 2000. 10 1/4" X 8 ½", 128 pages, 120 B&W photos, softbound BC2780 / $29.95

CONNECTICUT FIRE APPARATUS PHOTO VOLUME 3,(9/2006) Kevin McKeon (Illustrator) , 2006. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 96 pages, 400+ B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-4243-0979-4, BC7961 / $15.95

CROWN FIRECOACH 1951-1985 Photo Archive (9/2001), Chuck Madderom, 2001. 10 1/4" x 8 ½", 128 pages, 125 B&W photos, ISBN 1-58388-047-X, BC9010 / $29.95

DARLEY & CO. FIRE APPARATUS 1908-2000 Photo Archive (5/2002), Matt Lee, 2002. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 134 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-061-5, BD0800 / $29.95

ELEVATING PLATFORMS: A FIRE APPARATUS PHOTO GALLERY (5/2006), Paul Barrett, 2006. 8 1/2" X 11", 160 pages, B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-164-6, BE2220 / $29.95

Emergency One Fire Apparatus 1974-2007 (9/2008), Kent Parrish, 2008. 8 1/2" x 11", 112 pages, 302 black & white photos and illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-5838-8225-2, softcover, BE2665 / $29.95

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CANADIAN FIRE APPARATUS (5/2004), Bob Dubbert, Shane MacKichan, Joel Gebet, 2004. 8 1/2" X 11", 160 pages, 320 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-119-0, BE3053 / $29.95

FDNY AHRENS-FOX APPARATUS, John A. Calderone, 1991. 8 1/2" x 11", 56 pages, over 100 photos, 14 in color, softcover BF0760 / $11.95

FDNY Firefighters ("Pompiers de New York F.D.N.Y.") (3/2007), Sebastien Fremont and Carlo Zaglia, 2006. 9" x 11 1/2", 90 pages, color photos, hardcover, ISBN: 2-733-80882-6, BF0817 / $44.95

FDNY HOSE WAGONS (3/2004), John A. Calderone, 2004. 11" x 8 1/2", 56 pages, 59 photos, softbound, BF0855 / $24.95

FDNY MACK L-MODEL APPARATUS, John A. Calderone, 1992. 8 1/2" x 11", 60 pages, 105 photos, 16 in color, softcover BF0930 / $13.95

Fighting Fire: Trucks, Tools, and Tactics (8/2008), Larry Shapiro, 2008. 9 1/4" x 10 7/8", 160 pages, hundreds of photos, hardcover, ISBN: 9780760332054, BF2660 / $35.00

FIRE APPARATUS AT THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM (8/2005), Geoffrey N. Stein, 1987. 8 1/2" x 11", 40 pages, 57 photos (mostly color), softcover, ISBN: 1-55557-176-X, BF3783 / $10.95

FIRE APPARATUS FIGHTING FIRES, Peter Aloisi, 1990. 8 1/2" x 11", 154 pages, 287 full-color photos, softcover BF3821 / was $24.95 / reduced to $12.95

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FIRE ENGINES (10/97), Fred Crismon, 1997. 8 1/4" x 10 5/8", 160 pages, 300 B&W photos, softcover BF4972 / $21.95

FIRE ENGINES: The Gatefold Collection (7/2005), Clifford T. Jones, Mike Schram and David Hutchinson, 2005. 11 3/4" x 9 1/4", 152 pages, 160 photos, hardcover, ISBN: 0-7858-1981-9, BF5001 / $14.95

FIRE ENGINES (11/2003), Trevor Whitehead, 1997. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4", 32 pages, 41 B&W photos and illustrations, softcover, ISBN: 0-85263-555-9, BF5113 / $10.00

FIREFIGHTING TANKER TRUCKS AND TENDERS (4/2005)John H. Rieth, 2005. 8" x 11", 160 pages, 350 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-138-7, BF5880 / $29.95

FIRE FIGHTING TECHNOLOGY TODAY, (Vol. 1) ("Feuerwehrfahrzeugtechnik Heute") (11/99), Raab-Bunzel-Stiehl, 1997. 8 1/2" x 12", 136 pages, hardcover, 360 photos BF5900 / $15.95

FIRE FIGHTING TECHNOLOGY TODAY, Vol. 2 ("Feuerwehrfahrzeugtechnik Heute, Band 2")(3/2000) , Raab-Bunzel-Stiehl, 1999. 8 1/2" x 12", 144 pages, hardcover, 380 photos BF5901 / $15.95

FIRE SERVICE PUMP OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK, Warren E. Isman, 1984. 8 1/2" X 11", 282 pages, softcover BF8043 / $39.95

FIRE TRUCK NUTS & BOLTS, Jerry Boucher, 1993. 9 5/8" x 8 3/8", 40 pages, 49 color photos, hardcover, LIMITED QUANTITY STILL AVAILABLE BF8410 / $22.60;

FIRST LINE FIRE DEPT. TRUCKS ("Einsatzfahrzeuge der Feuerwehr") (11/99), Helmut Raab, 1996. 8 1/2" x 12", 126 pages, hardcover, 300 photos BF8985 / $35.95

FWD FIRE TRUCKS 1914-1963 Photo Archive (10/2005), Robert Gabrick, 2005. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 121 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-156-5, BF9980 / $29.95

GERMAN FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLES IN WORLD WAR II (8/2005), Michael Foedrowitz, 1997. 7" x 10", 208 pages, 300+ B&W photos, hardcover, ISBN: 0-7643-0191-8, BG1073 / $29.95

GRUMMAN FIRE APPARATUS 1976 - 1992 Photo Archive (5/2006), Kent Parrish, 2006. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-165-4, BG7017 / $32.95

GUIDE TO BOSTON FIRE APPARATUS, Jack Calderone, 1994. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 48 pages, 90 color photos, softcover BG8000 / $15.95

GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY FIRE APPARATUS, 2005 edition (4/2005)John A. Calderone, 2005. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 96 pages, color photos, softcover, BG9002 / $24.95

HAHN FIRE APPARATUS 1923-1990 Photo Archive (11/2002), Tom W. Shand, 2002. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2",128 pages, 122 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-077-1, BH0251 / $29.95

HEAVY RESCUE TRUCKS 1931-2000 Photo Gallery (5/2001), Paul Barrett, 2001. 8 ½" x 11", 224 pages, 400+ B&W photos, softcover BH5600 / $24.95

HOOK and LADDERS (9/2002), Larry Shapiro, 2002. 8 1/4" x 9", 96 pages, 83 color photos, softbound, ISBN: 0-7603-1141-2, BH6901 / $14.95

Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers (11/2007), Walter M.P. McCall, 2007. 8 1/2" x 11", 304 pages, 1270 illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-5838-8203-0, hardcover, BI0580 / $99.95

IMPERIAL FIRE APPARATUS 1969-1976 PHOTO ARCHIVE (5/2003), Richard J. Gergel, 2003. 10 ¼” x 8 ½”, 128 pages, 121 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-091-7, BI0921 / $32.95

INDUSTRIAL & PRIVATE FIRE APPARATUS 1925-2001 Photo Archive (10/2001), Leo E. Duliba, 2001. 10 1/4" x 8 ½", 128 pages, 131 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN 1-58388-049-6 BI4000 / $29.95

INTRODUCTION TO FIRE PUMP OPERATIONS, 2nd ed. (1/2005), Thomas B. Sturtevant, 2005. 8" x 9", 422 pages, black & white photos and diagrams, ISBN: 0-7668-5452-3, BI8451 / $75.95

JERSEY SHORE FIRE APPARATUS (9/99), John Rieth, Tim Regan, John Rowe, 1999. 8 1/2" x 11", 96 pages, 175 photos (mostly color), softbound, BJ6637 / $39.95

Loudoun County (VA) Fire and Rescue Apparatus History (7/2007), Mike Sanders, 2007. 6 1/2" x 9 1/3", 128 pages, B&W photos, softbound, ISBN: 0-7385-5263-1, BL9710 / $19.99

MACK FIRE TRUCKS 1911-2005 (11/2005), Harvey Eckart, 2005. 8 1/2" x 11", 160 pages, 48 color and 330 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-157-3, BM0588 / $32.95

MACK MODEL C FIRE TRUCKS 1957-1967 Photo Archive (4/2000), Harvey Eckart, 2000. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2",128 pages, 120 b&w photos, softcover, BM1158 / $29.95

MACK MODEL L FIRE TRUCKS 1940-1954 (10/98), Harvey Eckart, 1998. 10 1/4" x 8 ½", 128 pages, 115 black & white photos, softcover, BM1170 / $29.95

MAXIM FIRE APPARATUS 1914-1989 Photo Archive (9/2001), Howard T. Smith, 2001. 10 1/4" x 8 ½", 128 pages, 122 B&W photos, ISBN 1-58388-050-X, BM5400 / $29.95

MAXIM FIRE APPARATUS PHOTO HISTORY (3/2004), Howard T. Smith, 2004. 7 1/4" X 9" 120 pages, 120 B&W photos, softbound, ISBN: 1-58388-111-5, BM5405 / $24.95

MUSCLE, STEAM AND MOTOR, Tom Bellingham, 1984. 8 1/2" x 11", 136 pages, 105 B&W photos, hardcover LIMITED QUANTITY STILL AVAILABLE BM7000 / WAS $14.95 / NOW $5.00

MUSTER 125 (12/99), Edward M. Koehler, Jr., 1990. 8 1/2" x 11", 46 pages, 80 color photos, softcover BM8000 / $9.95

NAVY & MARINE CORPS FIRE APPARATUS 1836 - 2000 PHOTO GALLERY (8/2000), William D. Killen, 2000. 8 ½" x 11", 222 pages, 428 B&W photos, softcover BN1600 / $24.95

NEW YORK CITY 2001 HISTORICAL FIRE CALENDAR (12/2000), Mike Boucher, 2000. 28 pages, 12 B&W photos BN2163 / $6.95

New York City Squad Company Apparatus (5/2008), John A. Calderone, 2008. 11" x 8 1/2", 96 pages, color and B&W photos, softbound, BN2095 / $34.95

NEW YORK CITY FIRE PATROL , Arthur Smith, 1997. 8 ½" x 11", 80 glossy pages, 106 B&W photos, softcover BN2080 / $12.95

Pierce Fire Apparatus 1939-2006: An Illustrated History (6/2007), Kent Parrish & Shane MacKichan, 2007. 8 1/2'' x 11'', 160 pages, 350 photos, ISBN: 1583881891, softcover, BP0854 / $32.95

PIERRE THIBAULT LTD. FIRE APPARATUS 1918-1990 PHOTO ARCHIVE (11/2002), Joel L. Gebet & Juergen Kiefer, 2002. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2",128 pages, 125 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-074-7, BP0862 / $29.95

PIRSCH FIRE APPARATUS 1890-1991 Photo Archive (1/2003), Roger E. Bjorge and Ronald P. Doerring, 2002. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 126 pages, 122 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-082-8, BP0893 / $29.95

PUMPING APPARATUS DRIVER / OPERATOR HANDBOOK, 1st ed. (5/99), IFSTA, 1999;
Text 8 1/2" x 11"; 471 pages; hundreds of photos, illustrations and tables; soft-cover BP8010 / $38.00;

Pumping Apparatus Driver Operator Handbook, 2nd ed.
Text (1/2007), IFSTA, 2006. 8 1/2" x 11"; 604 pages; hundreds of photos, illustrations and tables; soft-cover BP8014 / $45.00;
Study Guide in hard-copy format by IFSTA (1/2007), 8 1/2" x 11", 182 pages, softcover BP8015 / $20.00;
Study Guide in Software format by IFSTA (1/2007), Windows version, CD-ROM, SFP504 / $25.00;
Study Guide in Software format by Knitelite (1/2007), Windows version, CD-ROM, SFP505 / $31.95;
Study Guide in Software format by Rapidfire (3/2007), Windows version, CD-Rom, SFP506 / $35.95;
Instructor's Curriculum Software by IFSTA (3/2007), Windows version, CD-ROM, SFP508 / $50.00

(Fire Dept) PUMPING APPARATUS MAINTENANCE, 1st ed., IFSTA, 2003.
Text (3/2004), Don Henry, 2003. 8 1/2" x 11", 298 pages, photos & illus., softbound, ISBN: 0-87939-219-3, BP8020 / $43.00;
Study Guide (3/2004), 8 1/2" x 11", 84 pages, softbound, ISBN: 0-87939-223-1, BP8021 / $16.00

ROSENBAUSER INTERNATIONAL ("112 Spezial")(11/99), 112 Magazine, 1998. 8 1/4" x 11 5/8", 52 pages, softcover, 177 photos (mostly color) BR9700 / $9.95

SAULSBURY FIRE RESCUE APPARATUS (11/2003), Joel L. Gebet, 2003. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 137 B&W photos and illustrations, softbound, ISBN: 1-58388-106-9, BS6276 / $32.95

SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS 1959-2004 PHOTO ARCHIVE (10/2004), Kent D. Parrish, 2004. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2", 126 pages, 125 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-132-8, BS6397 / $29.95

SEAGRAVE 70th ANNIVERSARY PHOTO ARCHIVE (10/99), Walter M.P. McCall, 1999. 10 1/4" x 8 ½", 128 pages, 127 black & white photos, softcover BS6399 / $29.95

Stutz Fire Engine Company (7/2008), Rodger J. Birchfield, 2008. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", 248 pages, hundreds of color and B&W photos, hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-932439-70-6, BS8605 / $39.95

TASC FIRE APPARATUS 1946-1985 Photo Archive (5/2002), Scott Mattson, 2002. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 124 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-065-8, BT0790 / $29.95

They Also Served (3/2007), John A. Calderone, 2007. 8 1/2" x 11", 208 pages, hardbound, 600 color and B&W photos, BT3211 / $49.95

THOSE MAGNIFICENT OLD STEAM FIRE ENGINES, Fire Buff House, 1996. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 220 pages, more than 250 photos and drawings, including a full color 11" x 17" pullout, hardcover BT4625 / 29.95

TONKA - WORKING HARD WITH THE BUSY FIRE TRUCK, Horowitz, 1993. 8" x 8", 31 pages, 18 color drawings, softcover BT4750 / $2.95

VAN PELT FIRE APPARATUS 1925-1987 PHOTO ARCHIVE (4/2005)Chuck Madderom, 2005. 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 145 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-143-3, BV0200 / $29.95

VOLUNTEER AND RURAL FIRE APPARATUS Photo Gallery (9/99), W. Wayne Sorensen and Donald F. Wood, 1999. 8 1/2" x 11", 224 pages, over 400 black & white photos, softcover, BV7500 / $24.95

WILDLAND FIRE APPARATUS 1940-2001 PHOTO GALLERY (11/2001), John H. Rieth, 2001. 8 1/2" x 11", 222 pages, 400+ B&W photos, softcover, ISBN 1-58388-056-9 BW6600 / $24.95

WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FIRE ENGINES & FIREFIGHTING (1/2006),, Neil Wallington, 2005. 9" x 12", 256 pages, hundreds of B&W and color photos, hardcover, ISBN: 0-7548-1256-1, BW8790 / $35.00

YOUNG FIRE EQUIPMENT 1932-1991 PHOTO ARCHIVE (10/2000), Leo E. Duliba & Tom W. Shand, 2000. 10 1/4" X 8 ½", 128 pages, 120 B&W photos, softbound BY0030 / $32.95