Download or read book Strong of Heart written by Thomas Von Essen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I asked on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all around me. Not just in the cleanup, not just in the purpose demonstrated by all who came and labored in these months. The answer is in the enduring spirits of all assembled here. That, for me, is the miracle in all of this: having looked horror in the face, we bear the pain without losing heart. -- Thomas Von Essen

Download or read book Firefighters from the Heart written by Steve Chikerotis and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago Battalion Chief and 27-year service member Steve Chikerotis shares the experiences and stories that have shaped his career and the careers of some of the most influential names in firefighting in this compelling new book. A gripping compilation of 45 short stories and case studies, Firefighters from the Heart: Lessons Learned details actual fire service incidents from some of the most respected firefighters in the nation to convey valuable lessons on safety and risk management through education and awareness. These exciting stories make readers feel that they are on the scene of each heart-pounding incident, and inherently promote the development of crucial life saving instincts and leadership skills while inviting readers to develop a sense of appreciation for the challenges firefighters face.

Download or read book A Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas written by Kim Redford and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warm up this Christmas with a sexy cowboy firefighter who knows how to ignite flames as well as put them out... He's hotter than a wildfire Trey Duval is a rancher, proud as can be of his Wildcat Ranch. He's also the top volunteer firefighter of Wildcat Bluff, Texas, the town that pulls out all the stops for its Christmas festivities. City girl Misty Reynolds comes to Wildcat Bluff just in time to help Trey put out a suspicious fire, leading him to dub her his "Christmas angel." Unfortunately, Misty's past has left her with terrible memories of fire, and of Christmastime. As the two are thrown together again and again, Trey finds himself wanting Misty more and more, and Misty feels stronger and braver when Trey is around. Though their trust grows slowly, their passion for each other is burning hot... Praise for Kim Redford's sexy westerns: "Head-butting, heart-stopping, smoking hot romance!"—CAROLYN BROWN, New York Times bestselling author, for Belle Gone Bad

Download or read book Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage written by Anne Gagliano and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage, author Anne Gagliano, the widely read Fire Engineering and FireLife.com columnist, has teamed up with her husband, Captain Mike Gagliano, to share their 30-plus years of personal experience on how marriage can thrive in the chaotic world of firefighting. In addition, they have called upon well-known and respected couples who share their stories of comfort and guidance for firefighter families everywhere. What you will learn: Aspects of this occupation that differentiate it from any other and how these impact marriage Essential conversations every firefighter couple should have The reality of sleep disruption and how to minimize its impact The importance of healthy intimacy in your relationship Why finances can be such a problem and ways to make it a solution Advice on how to deal with time off, kids, firefighter health, and so much more

Download or read book Firefighter with a Big Heart written by BetterPeople Firefighter Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful Firefighter gift under 10.00! This extra special notebook (or journal) is the perfect way to express your gratitude to the best Firefighter ever! With 120 pages of lined paper, this motivational and inspirational notebook makes a memorable (and useful) gift idea for both, a male or a female Firefighter. With a beautiful quote printed on the full-color matte SOFT cover, it will help remind any Firefighter that their hard work is appreciated. On the first page of the journal is a beautiful "To the best Firefighter in the world" lettering with some space for a personal message. And with 6x9 inches (or 15 x 22cm) this notebook has the perfect size to tuck into a purse, keep on a desk or as a cherished bedside companion. Give a Firefighter a gift they'll remember! What makes this notebook so special? Beautiful "To the best Firefighter in the world" message on the first page Practical 6x9 inches format (approx. 15 x 22cm) Matt cover with vibrant colors really sets the scene for the design and seduces with its soft touch and feel Soft dotted lines are perfect for people who love to write BetterPeople Notebooks for firefighters are perfect for: Firefighter gifts for men and women Graduation, Birthday, Christmas, Secret Santa presents for a Firefighter Appreciation gift idea for your favorite Firefighter Retirement Gifts for friends & colleagues As a diary to write down ideas, sketches, strategies or memories And many, many, more....

Download or read book A Firefighter s Legacy written by Robert D. Kelly and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighter Gary Spencer is a 3rd generation firefighter in Marietta, Ohio. Nothing could have prepared him for the battles he would have to fight outside of the firehouse. This touching and dramatic story chronicles his battle with depression after losing his beloved family in a tragic fire one night. While mourning their deaths, and healing from psychological trauma and severe burns on his face, he is confronted by a group of hostile young boys hurling insults at him. Years later, ironically, it is one of these boys, named Kevin, who grows up to become a firefighter just like Gary. On the brink of graduation from the fire academy, Kevin visits Gary in a powerful and heart-warming moment to ask for his forgiveness. The two men find an emotional bond has been forged between them.

Download or read book The Firefighter s Refrain written by Loree Lough and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a man who wants it all…if only he could have it Dreams of stardom took musician and firefighter Sam Marshall far from his Colorado roots. Starting fresh in Nashville hasn't been easy, especially after an injury on the job, but he's working his way to the Grand Ole Opry one open mike at a time, teaching at the fire station to make ends meet. Yet Sam's intentions are shaken when he meets the lovely owner of a local café. Suddenly, Sam's dreams are filled with her. Too bad that as the daughter of country-music wannabes, Finn Leary's been there, done that. She'll never choose a musician. So how can Sam possibly get the girl and keep the guitar?

Download or read book The Heart Behind the Hero written by Curt Yoder and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curt Yoder, a twenty-five year veteran firefighter of the Costa Mesa Fire Department in California, and his wife, Karen, bring you this heartwarming and inspirational collection of true stories, essays and poems from firefighters and paramedics across America.

Download or read book Notes from the Fireground written by Thomas Dunne and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 33-year career with the New York City Fire Department, Tom Dunne fought hundreds of fires, survived near death incidents, crawled down burning hallways, met unforgettable characters, and witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attack. From working in glittering mid-Manhattan high-rises to squalid ghetto tenements, he saw how people in crisis lived and survived and how the firefighters who served them worked and bonded. Exploring both the positive and controversial aspects of being a firefighter, this no-holds barred memoir provides an honest account of an unusual occupation that outsiders seldom get to see.

Download or read book Fire in the Heart written by Mary Emerick and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIRE IN THE HEART is a powerful memoir by a woman, once a shy, insecure schoolgirl, who reinvented herself as a professional wildland fire fighter. Determined to forge herself into a stronger, braver person, Mary climbs to new heights for a woman in the field in the 90s, eventually becoming a team commander of a Florida wildfire division. Filled with literal struggles for survival, tough choices and Mary's burning passion for what she does, Fire in the Heart, is an unflinching account of one woman's relationship with fire. But when she loses someone she loves to the famous Storm King Mountain forest fire in Colorado, which killed fourteen firefighters, Mary faces the hardest choice of her life; to stay in the game or turn back and try to find the woman she used to be. It is both a thrilling memoir about life-threatening work and a meditation on identity, strength, bravery, bonds, and survivor's guilt.

Download or read book Pride Ownership written by Rick Lasky and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as a guide for the seasoned veteran, the new firefighter and everyone in between, bringing them together for what it all takes to have that love for the job. Each chapter addresses the next step in the leadership chain that is necessary for a fire service professional to succeed. The chapters are as follows: Our Mission; The Firefighter; The Company Officer; The Chief; Our Two Families; Sweating the Small Stuff; Changing Shirts-The Promotion; What September 11th Did For Us-The Good and the Bad; Ceremonies; Marketing Your Fire Department; Making It All Happen-Embracing Success; Have You Forgotten.

Download or read book Firefighters written by Dennis Smith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Crash and Burn A FREE Firefighter Serial Killer Romantic Suspense written by Savannah Kade and published by Griffyn Ink. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighter Sebastian Kane knew that Maggie was the one the first time he saw her. Unfortunately, so did a killer… While attempting a DIY renovation of her late aunt's boarding house, Maggie stumbles across a serial killer’s trophy stash. Telling people what she found doesn’t help, no one believes her. As word gets around the small town of Redemption, Maggie finds she’s got a target on her back. Sebastion believes Maggie's story, but he's not her boyfriend. Brave enough to run into a fire at a moment's notice, he still hasn't found quite the right time to tell her how he feels. But he's going to have to act fast, because the Blue River Killer is hot on Maggie's heels, and she's determined not to let him take anyone else. ​​​​​​​Sebastian will have to betray everything he holds dear to keep Maggie safe… and make her his. Crash and Burn is the first book in the WildFire Hearts series. These romantic suspense books will keep you reading with daring escapes, swoonworthy heroes, and red hot romance. Maggie and National Excellence in Story Telling award winner Savannah Kade delivers in this six book series sure to keep readers falling hard for these smart heroines and sexy firefighters.

Download or read book The Firefighter s Cinderella written by Sonya Weiss and published by Entangled: Bliss. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s a Cinderella to do when she’s accidentally kicked her Prince Charming in the face and broken his nose? Hold an audition, of course. Harper Bailey is desperate to keep her family’s amusement park business up and running, but her employees keep quitting, and the man playing prince to her Cinderella in the company’s mainstage show is just the latest casualty. When sexy firefighter Rafferty Bradford, the most eligible bachelor in their small town, offers to step in, Harper agrees--reluctantly. After all, she and Rafferty are ex-best friends with a ton of past history. Surely they’ll have zero chemistry onstage. Rafferty has his own reasons for agreeing to play Prince Charming, and none of them are good. If Harper finds out the truth, it’ll just reinforce every rumor she’s believed over the years about Rafferty’s bad rep. But when their chemistry explodes both onstage and off, he’ll have to choose between happily-ever-after for himself...or the Cinderella he’s fallen for.

Download or read book American Fire Love Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land written by Monica Hesse and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year One of Amazon’s 20 Best Books of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Buzzfeed, Bustle, NPR, NYLON, and Thrillist Finalist for the Goodreads Book Award (Nonfiction) Finalist for the Edgar Award (Best Fact Crime) A Book of the Month Club Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection “A brisk, captivating and expertly crafted reconstruction of a community living through a time of fear.... Masterful.” —Washington Post The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn’t stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate—there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. “One of the year’s best and most unusual true-crime books” (Christian Science Monitor), American Fire brings to vivid life the reeling county of Accomack. “Ace reporter” (Entertainment Weekly) Monica Hesse spent years investigating the story, emerging with breathtaking portraits of the arsonists—troubled addict Charlie Smith and his girlfriend, Tonya Bundick. Tracing the shift in their relationship from true love to crime spree, Hesse also conjures the once-thriving coastal community, decimated by a punishing economy and increasingly suspicious of their neighbors as the culprits remained at large. Weaving the story into the history of arson in the United States, the critically acclaimed American Fire re-creates the anguished nights this quiet county lit up in flames, evoking a microcosm of rural America—a land half-gutted before the fires began.

Download or read book The Firefighter s Pretend Fiancee written by Victoria James and published by Entangled: Bliss. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving Shadow Creek nine years ago was the hardest thing Molly Mayberry’s ever had to do...except maybe returning. She’s never regretted her choice, but a chance of a lifetime position at the local hospital means going home and facing her past, including her shrew of an estranged mother and the fiancé she ran out on. Ben Matthews is still the sexy, sweet man she left behind...and apparently still her fiancé. Ben has been doggedly pursuing the position of fire chief since he was a teenager. There’s just one problem—he has to show his boss he’s ready to settle down. No matter how silly the condition, Ben will make it happen. And apparently so will his brother when he opens his mouth and decides to tell everyone Ben and Molly are engaged. Now the one woman he never stopped loving is living with him in a fake relationship, driving him crazy. Pretending only reminds him how right they were once, but if Ben gives in to the heat building between them, heartache is sure to follow. Each book in the Shadow Creek, Montana series is STANDALONE: * Christmas with the Sheriff * The Baby Bombshell * The Doctor's Redemption * Baby on the Bad Boy’s Doorstep * The Firefighter's Pretend Fiance * A Christmas Miracle for the Doctor

Download or read book Young Men and Fire written by Norman MacLean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: “The terrifying story of the worst disaster in the history of the US Forest Service’s elite Smokejumpers.” —Kirkus Reviews A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in this extraordinary book. Alongside Maclean’s now-canonical A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Young Men and Fire is recognized today as a classic of the American West. This edition of Maclean’s later triumph—the last book he would write—includes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn and The Worst Hard Time. As moving and profound as when it was first published, Young Men and Fire honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul. “A moving account of humanity, nature, and the perseverance of the human spirit.” —Library Journal “Haunting.” —The Wall Street Journal “Engrossing.” —Publishers Weekly