BACK COVER COPY Since the days when fire alarms were signaled by church bells, people have been chasing fire engines. Some people just had to know where the fire was, and others actually went to the scene. Some of these "buffs" from the past include George Washington, Ben Franklin, Lillian Hitchcock Coit, Oliver Wendell Holmes, a Prince of Wales, Arthur Fiedler, and Fiorello LaGuardia. Today, when a fire engine or police car speeds by with its lights flashing and sirens wailing, we might wonder where it is going and what adventure awaits it. The church bell alarm of yesteryear has been...