{"product_id":"fanning-the-flames-firefighting-in-a-dangerous-era-paperback","title":"Fanning the Flames: Firefighting in a dangerous era - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDave Fanning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan Kennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription - Long\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Fanning's boyhood dream was to become a firefighter. Here are tales of a lost era of fire fighting using a hook and ladder to climb from one floor to the one above, where health and safety concerns for firefighters were not at the forefront, and where new forms of fire training were developed by him and his team. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the stories of a legacy of firefighting in Liverpool, England, in an era that had challenges of the sort no longer faced by firefighters today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was a time when more than 700 ships a week offloaded their often highly volatile cargoes in the docks of the River Mersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time when firefighters had to master the use of the hook and ladder to enter buildings ablaze, and when little regard for Health and Safety saw them wearing what were no more than the equivalent of gardening gloves as they undertook their duties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is in this context that Dave Fanning brings us his memories of leading firefighting on Merseyside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant, funny, and full of down-to-earth detail and valuable lessons for any leader of people, these stories bring to life the Liverpool of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s, with humour and insight typical of the people on Merseyside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44710764413063,"sku":"9781999627379","price":13.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/Fq2btubmvJ9781999627379.webp?v=1779483016","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/fanning-the-flames-firefighting-in-a-dangerous-era-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}