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Author : Wayne P. Isken
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Firefighter History, Stories and Memories written by Wayne P. Isken and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joe Corso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781491224380
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Engine 24: Fire Stories written by Joe Corso and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every firefighter has a treasure trove of interesting stories to tell and the stories more often than not are instructional as well as exciting. When I was a firefighter, I kept notes of the fires I responded to. Now that I am retired, I have reflected on my career as a firefighter and have written a book about the men alongside whom I worked, facing dangerous situations daily.This book is a compilation of five FIRE short stories written between 1964 and 1972, from notes I wrote after returning from fires. FIRE: Box 598 tells the tragic story where 12 New York City firefighters lost their lives in a fire. The short book won the Readers Favorite 2013 award in the short story category.FIRE: Trapped on the Fourth Floor takes place in the mid 1960s and was written from notes I took after the fire. While the story was still fresh in my mind, I added a sub-story about a friend of mine who I worked with in the FDNY. While searching through boxes I hadn't opened in decades, I came across notes about the day I drove my buddy Joe Black to the hospital and I decided to honor his memory by including a few words about what happened that day in this short story.FIRE: The Bouncing Lieutenant occurred at the Keneret Restaurant cellar fire on Jane Street in lower Manhattan and was taken from notes written by me almost a half century ago. As I wrote this story, the memories of that night came flooding back in vivid detail. I hope that I have successfully captured and conveyed the drama of the moment to the reader.FIRE: The Broadway Central HotelFIRE: Mutual Aid
Author : Lew LeBlanc
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780692455708
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (557 download)
Download or read book Firefighter War Stories II written by Lew LeBlanc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Captain from a suburban Fire Department shares over 150 stories from his 30-year career in this collection of anecdotes. It's not all guts and glory and running into burning buildings. There's also downtime, station life, and side jobs. He has seen people at their best and at their worst and everything in between. Just when you think you've seen it all, what looks like a routine call turns out to be anything but routine. Put it all together and you have an interesting study of human nature. Many of these stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and others will just make you stop and think. See life through his eyes, that of a career firefighter.This book is not just for firefighters. A glossary ensures that everyone can enjoy the stories, including those who may not be familiar with Fire Department jargon. This is the second book in the "Memories from the Firehouse Years." series.
Author : Lee Curry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781728307299
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Rescue and Firehouse Memories written by Lee Curry and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book talks about how the fire department was ran, different fires and rescues, training, history of fires (past and present), and the danger of the job, along with a lot of funny stories in and around the fire department.
Author : Lew LeBlanc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781312241473
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (414 download)
Download or read book War Stories written by Lew LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Captain from a suburban Fire Department shares stories from his 30-year career in this collection of anecdotes. It's not all guts and glory and running into burning buildings. There's also downtime, station life, and side jobs. He has seen people at their best and at their worst and everything in between. Just when you think you've seen it all, what looks like a routine call turns out to be anything but routine. Put it all together and you have an interesting study of human nature. Many of his stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and others will just make you stop and think. See life through his eyes, that of a career firefighter. These stories, over 100 in all, are not just for firefighters. A glossary is provided so everyone can enjoy the stories, including those who may not be familiar with Fire Department jargon.
Author : Paul R. Wonning
Publisher : Mossy Feet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Short History of Fire Fighting written by Paul R. Wonning and published by Mossy Feet Books. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating story of the fire fighter and fire departments with the Short History of Fire Fighting. The book includes historical information on fire engines, bunker gear and other equipment needed by a fire department. The book includes an extensive listing of fire fighting museums in the United States as well as section on fire towers. Firefighter, fire department history, fire engine, museums, equipment, fire tower, firefighting companies
Author : Lew LeBlanc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578263342
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Firefighter War Stories III written by Lew LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a glimpse into the life of a career firefighter. With over thirty years on the job, this retired fire department captain has tons of stories he could tell-and tell them, he does! The Memories from the Firehouse Years trilogy has hundreds of short, easy-to-read stories. Some are funny, some are sad, and some just make you stop and think. There are tales of fires and rescues, side jobs and station life. This third book has all of that, plus some bonus stories from his early life. Although these events happened in a suburban town, they could have happened anywhere and to anybody. People are the same, no matter where you go. So sit back, relax, and enjoy being a fly on the wall as you get a peek into his life, from his early years growing up in a small suburb through his long career in the fire service.
Author : Gary R. Ryman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982256596
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Fire Men written by Gary R. Ryman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, the second of three generations of firefighters and having served over 30 years in various fire departments, shares his personal and professional turning points that define a firefighting career.
Author : Norman Maclean
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226500621
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Young Men and Fire written by Norman Maclean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells what happened on August 5, 1949 in Man Gulch, Montana when fifteen smokejumpers came to fight a forest fire.
Author : Aylmer Firebrace CBE KPM
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1399015028
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Firefighting the Blitz written by Aylmer Firebrace CBE KPM and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War was coming. Everyone knew that confrontation with Nazi Germany was inevitable and that London was likely to be a prime target of Hitler’s bombers. So, in January 1939, Aylmer Firebrace, the Chief Officer of London Fire Brigade, was seconded to the Home Office to plan for the capital’s fire defence. Before joining the Fire Brigade, Aylmer Firebrace had been a Royal Navy officer who had fought in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. It was following the Armistice that, in 1919, he became principal officer in the London Fire Brigade. He was promoted to deputy chief and finally chief officer in June 1938.. That war struck London soon enough, but it was on 7 September 1940, that Firebrace’s preparations were truly tested with the start of the Blitz. For the next fifty-seven days and nights London was subjected to the longest continuous bombing campaign in history. Then, as the Luftwaffe ranged wider and further across Britain’s towns and cities, Firebrace was tasked with toured the nation to see the effects of the bombing, at which point he saw the need for a national response. The result was the creation of the National Fire Service. Formed in August 1941, by the amalgamation of some 1,600 separate brigades, this remarkable organisation had, at its peak, a strength of 370,000 men and women. It was led for its entire existence by Aylmer Firebrace. As the war continued, Firebrace became Chief of the Fire Staff and Inspector-in-Chief of the Fires Services, being the first and, to date, only person to head all the fire-fighting services in Britain. This body had to deal with the expansion of the Blitz as well as the so-called ‘Baedeker’ raids, the ‘tip-and-run’ attacks, Baby Blitz and V1 and V2 offensives of the later years of the war. In his fascinating account, written immediately the war, Firebrace reflects on the functioning of the fire service at its most testing time. This book is an essential addition to the understanding of the Blitz and how London and the rest of the country survived its darkest hour.
Author : Dennis Smith
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452283957
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Report from Ground Zero written by Dennis Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-02-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Dennis Smith, a former firefighter, reported to Manhattan’s Ladder Co. 16 to volunteer in the rescue efforts. In the weeks that followed, Smith was present on the front lines, attending to the wounded, sifting through the wreckage, and mourning with New York’s devastated fire and police departments. This is Smith’s vivid account of the rescue efforts by the fire and police departments and emergency medical teams as they rushed to face a disaster that would claim thousands of lives. Smith takes readers inside the minds and lives of the rescuers at Ground Zero as he shares stories about these heroic individuals and the effect their loss had on their families and their companies. “It is,” says Smith, “the real and living history of the worst day in America since Pearl Harbor.” Written with drama and urgency, Report from Ground Zero honors the men and women who—in America’s darkest hours—redefined our understanding of courage.
Author : Gerard Felice
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781425788544
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (885 download)
Download or read book It All Started One Day written by Gerard Felice and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As noted in this book, I began my firefighting career at age 18 in 1962. That career ended in 2005 when I retired from the fire service. In 1980, I had left New York and moved to Tennessee where I was advised that because I had already passed my 35th birthday, I was too old to be a fire fighter. Instead, I worked various jobs to pay the bills but my heart was still to be in the fire service. After 4 long years, I was able to move again only this time to Florida. Almost immediately when we relocated to Florida, I was asked to join a volunteer fire department. The rest is history. While growing up in New York, I had several relatives in the fire service in our community along with a few of the neighboring departments. Their stories always captured my attention and interest. Of course, I enjoyed being a kid but I especially loved the firemen's parades. Those men marched down the main streets of the villages with so much pride it totally captured my childhood. All their highly polished trucks, the marching bands, the smart, sharp uniforms and the great number of firefighters was very exciting to me. Even to this day, when I walk into a fire station, the first thing I acknowledge is the aroma of smoke. Automatically that aroma brings back many fond memories. I have fulfilled my life's dream. Gerard Felice
Author : Norman Maclean
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022645035X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Young Men and Fire written by Norman Maclean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years after its first publication, Young Men and Fire is read avidly by students of literary nonfiction for its blend of hard-earned research, memoir, and an old man's wisdom. It tells one of the most infamous stories in the history of wildland firefighting: On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. On the ground, they were joined by a local fireguard. Two hours after the jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. For forty years, Maclean was haunted by these deaths. And for the last years of his life, he struggled to write a book that would put back together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch disaster and to give it the dignity of tragedy. The result is both the definitive account of what happened to the Smokejumpers on that remote Montana mountainside in 1949, and the narrative of a writer's quest for meaning in the face of elusive facts and the waning energies of old age.
Author : Joseph Pfeifer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593330269
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Ordinary Heroes written by Joseph Pfeifer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate an odor of gas in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11, he had no idea that his life was about to change forever. A few moments later, he watched as the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center. Pfeifer, the closest FDNY chief to the scene, spearheaded rescue efforts on one of the darkest days in American history. Ordinary Heroes is the unforgettable and intimate account of what Chief Pfeifer witnessed at Ground Zero, on that day and the days that followed. Through his eyes, we see the horror of the attack and the courage of the firefighters who ran into the burning towers to save others. We see him send his own brother up the stairs of the North Tower, never to return. And we walk with him and his fellow firefighters through weeks of rescue efforts and months of numbing grief, as they wrestle with the real meaning of heroism and leadership. This gripping narrative gives way to resiliency and a determination that permanently reshapes Pfeifer, his fellow firefighters, NYC, and America. Ordinary Heroes takes us on a journey that turns traumatic memories into hope, so we can make good on our promise to never forget 9/11.
Author : Brendan McDonough
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316308153
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Granite Mountain written by Brendan McDonough and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots"--firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona. Their leader, Eric Marsh, was in a desperate crunch after four hotshots left the unit, and perhaps seeing a glimmer of promise in the skinny would-be recruit, he took a chance on the unlikely McDonough, and the chance paid off. Despite the crew's skepticism, and thanks in large part to Marsh's firm but loving encouragement, McDonough unlocked a latent drive and dedication, going on to successfully battle a number of blazes and eventually win the confidence of the men he came to call his brothers. Then, on June 30, 2013, while McDonough--"Donut" as he'd been dubbed by his team--served as lookout, they confronted a freak, 3,000-degree inferno in nearby Yarnell, Arizona. The relentless firestorm ultimately trapped his hotshot brothers, tragically killing all 19 of them within minutes. Nationwide, it was the greatest loss of firefighter lives since the 9/11 attacks. Granite Mountain is a gripping memoir that traces McDonough's story of finding his way out of the dead end of drugs, finding his purpose among the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and the minute-by-minute account of the fateful day he lost the very men who had saved him. A harrowing and redemptive tale of resilience in the face of tragedy, Granite Mountain is also a powerful reminder of the heroism of the people who put themselves in harm's way to protect us every day.
Author : Neal Stoffers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781970034257
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Remembrances of Newark written by Neal Stoffers and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men and women appointed to the Newark Fire Department between 1940 and 2016 describe the city. This is the Newark that was their childhood home. It is the city they knew as young adults and the place they worked, where they saw the best and the worst it had to offer. Some of the childhood memories harken back to the 1920s. The stories range from heartwarming to heart wrenching and recount life at street level in New Jersey's largest city.
Author : Richard Picciotto
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101220759
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Last Man Down written by Richard Picciotto and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-05-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first responder’s harrowing account of 9/11—the inspirational true story of an American hero who gave nearly everything for others during one of New York City’s darkest hours. On September 11, 2001, FDNY Battalion Chief Richard “Pitch” Picciotto answered the call heard around the world. In minutes, he was at Ground Zero of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center began to burn—and then to buckle. A veteran of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Picciotto was eerily familiar with the inside of the North Tower. And it was there that he concentrated his rescue efforts. It was in its smoky stairwells where he heard and felt the South Tower collapse. He made the call for firemen and rescue workers to evacuate, while he stayed behind with a skeleton team of men to help evacuate a group of disabled and infirm civilians. And it was in the rubble of the North Tower where Picciotto found himself buried—for more than four hours after the building’s collapse.
