Colleton County Fire-Rescue featured in new firefighting book.

Renowned fire photographer and author Larry Shapiro has completed his latest edition to his firefighting books, Fighting Fire, Trucks, Tools and Tactics, published by Motorbooks, a division of Quayside Publishing Group. The book will hit stores on September 15. Mr. Shapiro was in Colleton County in October 2007 photographing the last four tankers delivered by Seagrave Fire Apparatus, for the companys 2008 calendar. During his stay, he was also researching rural firefighting techniques for the upcoming book. Personnel involved in the full day of photo shoots provided input regarding the methods and challenges encountered in the rural setting along with a few fire stories.

The book features the four Tankers (Tankers 7, 9, 12 and 18) at Long Brow Plantation with a backdrop of majestic oak trees and hanging moss. Included is a profile of our department, along with a story about Hendersonville Fire Department and the Forest Gump production on pages 90 and 91. The book contains a wealth of information with about 200 color photographs. We have a preview copy at headquarters if anyone would like to see it.

The book will be available through Barnes and Noble after September 15 for a retail cost of $35.00. The publisher is offering our department a generous discount if we order 10 or more copies. The book can be purchased for $20.50 per copy if we order 10 or more at one time. If you are interested, please contact Bridget, Shelia or Melodie at Headquarters at 539-1960. We will collect the money later if there is enough interest in purchasing the multiple copies.

The books Press Release states the following:

Nothing stirs the blood like the flashing lights and blaring siren of a fire truck racing to fight a blaze. The action photography in Fighting Fire captures that excitement in all of its forms. In powerful, on-the-scene pictures and text, author/photographer Larry Shapiro explores the special techniques and equipment brought to bear on fires in cities and suburbs, rural outposts and wilderness, in homes and industrial structures. He also takes a close look at hair-raising rescues and other non-firefighting tasks that firefighters find themselves facing. From bold photography and detailed descriptions of fire fighting, close-up looks at the fire house and its full array of equipment trucks, ladders, pumpers, and tankers this book conveys both the technical nitty-gritty and the fiery action of meeting and containing one of natures most brutal forces.

Hardback with dust jacket, 160 pages, 200 photographs, measures 9.25 x 10.875

ISBN-13 978-0-7603-3205-4