James Braidwood invented the modern fire brigade in Edinburgh, commanded London’s, and died at his post at the great Tooley Street fire. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction distils his life’s doctrine: construction that resists fire, discipline and equipment that fight it, and the hard-won tactics of a man who read burning buildings like books.
Firefighting’s founding text, by its founding hero. Download the free EPUB for the origins of the service that runs toward the flames.