Firefighters

An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession.Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most dramatic and intense experiences on the job Their stories, compiled here, are timeless testimonies to the human capacity for heroism and nobility.Focusing on the most courageous firefighters, from those who have been decorated for heroism to those who have been seriously injured, Firefighters presents the extraordinarily rich and rugged voices of men and women who fight urban building fires, who battle sweeping forest fires, who perform emergency rescues, and who face extreme danger and risk as part of their everyday lives Sometimes brave, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet or filled with anger, these voices combine to make Firefighters both a riveting adventure drama and a moving chronicle of American heroism at its finest. Free Read [ Firefighters ] by [ Dennis Smith ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Bailey CisekMs Brooks Mrs SimsAcademic English 107 January 2013 Firefighters Their Lives in Their Own Words is a nonfiction book in which the author, Dennis Smith, took stories from Firefighters all over the country In this book, Smith asks the firefighters he chose to tell stories about certain subjects, which he uses to name each chapter The six chapters include I Always Wanted to Be a Fireman , where firefighters tell the story of how they first got involved with the fire safety an Bailey CisekMs Brooks Mrs SimsAcademic English 107 January 2013 Firefighters Their Lives in Their Own Words is a nonfiction book in which the author, Dennis Smith, took stories from Firefighters all over the country In this book, Smith asks the firefighters he chose to tell stories about certain subjects, which he uses to name each chapter The six chapters include I Always Wanted to Be a Fireman , where firefighters tell the story of how they first got involved with the fire safety and the reasons as to why they wanted to be involved with the fire department, Training and First Fire , where firefighters tell the difficulties involved with the training process and tests they had to go through to become a firefighter and their first fire and all the thoughts and feelings that were rushing through their mind, Firehouse Li...When people first banded together in small societies, they realized that if fire were not dealt with, it would consume anything in its path Smith ix This simple phrase summarizes the need for brave firefighters across the world This is not a book in the sense that chapter two is a continuation of chapter one, or even that page two is a continuation of page one, but it s a book in the sense that it tells a story However, Smith does not tell a single story, he tells stories of hundreds of f When people first banded together in small societies, ...Dennis Smith s novel, Firefighters Their Life in Their Own Words, is a very interesting novel It can easily be interpreted from the title that the book is going to be about firefighters and how they feel about their career choices Smith goes all across the country to gather in depth stories from those who are on the front lines of a never ending battle with fire This is not the first firefighting book that I have read and I guarantee that it will not be the last Compared to other books I ha Dennis Smith s novel, Firefighters Their Life in Their Own Words, is a very interesting novel It can easily be interpreted from the title that the book is going to be about firefighters and how they feel about their career choices Smith goes all across the country to gather in depth stories from those who are on the front lines of a never ending battle with fire This is not the first firefighting book that I have read and I guarantee that it will not be the last Compared to other books I h...Dennis Smith delivers another hart throbbing book about firefighting.this book is unique because it is a collection of stories and quotes from firemen around the country even some as local as Hartford I can relate to many of the home life and fire house stories because my father is a professorial firefighter in east Hartford and i am a Glastonbury fire cadet hopefully to become a full time firefighter down the road many of the stories in this book made me laugh and shiver.some stories made m Dennis Smith delivers another hart throbbing book about firefighting.this book is unique because it is a collection of stories and quotes from firemen around the country even some as local as Hartford I can relate to many of the home life and fire house stories because my father is a professorial firefighter in east Hartford and...The anthropologist in me loved that this 1 was a collection of firefighter narratives rather than just capturing a single person s experience and perspective, and 2 that it told these stories in the informants own words These qualities are what, I think, gives this particular book an edge over attempts to capture the lives and culture of firefighters.I would have liked the different pas...This is surely an amazing book that provides the stories of past time fire fighters who share their journeys from personal experiences Being a involved in the fire department myself, allows me to better understand the personal conflicts, hardships, and excitments of being a firefighter.Great storiespretty wrenchingespecially when you can relate to what they go through.Enjoyable read A mixture of different Firefighters telling their story from prior academy, to actual on the job.This book was well written, with many firefighters submitting their own stories to certian topics I enjoyed this book very muchA real book about real firefighter from all over America I have read this several time The stories that are told in this book never get old.

• English
• 09 September 2017
Dennis Smith
• Paperback
• 352 pages
• 0767913078
• Dennis Smith
• Firefighters