Washoe County Library System

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces firefighters to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

An alphabetic look at a firefighter's day.

Describes what firefighters wear, the equipment they use, and how they fight fires.

The reader becomes a student enrolled in a summer training program as a smoke jumper in the Pacific Northwest, an area hit hard by a number of small, suspicious forest fires. "Smoke Jumpers by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU, a hotshot firefighter-in-training, on a daring adventure in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. 9-12 year old readers will jump from a plane and show off their parachuting skills, fight dangerous fires, thwart a band of crooks...

LEGO minfigures introduce readers to a variety of rescue workers, including police, firefighters, paramedics, and mountain rescue teams.

In the style of Clement Moore's well-known poem, the firefighters from Firehouse One receive a visit from Ol' Sergeant Nick, who leaves them lots of surprises, including a shiny new pumper truck, while they are putting out a fire on Christmas Eve.