Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume II Life Between Alarms written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read what life was like in Newark's firehouses while waiting for the bell to hit. "Life Between Alarms" takes you into the private world of the firehouse where firemen eat, sleep, drill, and do the housework (someone has to clean the place). The bonds formed last a lifetime as do the laughs (boys will be boys). Members of the NFD appointed from 1942 to 1978 talk about the daily routine of the firehouse, the responsibilities of the housed watch, the unique camaraderie shared by firefighters, studying for promotion and then adjusting to new responsibilities after being promoted, and finally the humor used by firemen to break up the monotony of waiting for the ""big one."" Find out what it was like to be a member of the ""best men's club in the world.""

Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume IV Responding written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read what it was like to go into a building everyone else was running or jumping from. Newark firefighters appointed between 1942 and 1978 describe their experiences on the scene of fires and assorted other emergencies to which they responded. Responding leaves the firehouse and rolls out into the streets of Newark where our work is done. You are brought into the fire building to share the satisfaction and sacrifices inherent in the fire service. Crawl down the hot dark hallways of fire buildings with Newark's bravest. The reader is introduced to responding and fire fighting procedures. Memorable fires from 1942 to 1966 are recounted along with unusual responses from the '40's to the '90's. Vivid memories of tragedies and lost brothers are re-lived with poignant honesty as the men continue to paint an unvarnished history of New Jersey's largest city.

Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume I Becoming a Firefighter written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would anyone want to be a firefighter? If this question intrigues you, read on. This book will bring back personal memories to firefighters who read it. For those of you who are trying to understand why anyone would want to be a fireman, ""Becoming a Firefighter"" will introduce you to the special breed who quietly protect us everyday. Members of the NFD appointed from 1942 to 1978 recount their impressions of the city where most of them grew up. The why and how of getting on the job are remembered; as are training experiences, the make up of the department they joined, the hours they worked, and the salary they earned. Read the words of men from every rank of Newark's bravest as they tell of their efforts to get on "the best damn job in the world."

Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume V Riots to Renaissance written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Riots to Renaissance the story of the Newark Fire Department from that fateful July in 1967 to the experiences of 2003 are recounted. This volume begins with the warning signs that an explosion was about to occur on Newark's streets. The men who fought the fires created by that explosion then describe in detail what they felt and how they dealt with the societal chaos that was Newark in July of 1967. If you have read A View from the Firehouse: The Newark Riots, you are familiar with the fire department history of those troubled nights. The stories told in this book will introduce you to how it felt and what members of the Newark Fire Department did to get through that time.The next chapters follow Newark and her fire department as they spiral downward until the city is nothing but a shell of its former self. It was said that wherever America's cities were going, Newark would get there first. During the 20 years that followed the Riots, it appeared America's cities would simply burn to the ground, but by the late 1980s hope had crept back into the picture. The members of the NFD were fighting fires and saving lives throughout this period when the city was transformed and reborn, some say becoming America's renaissance city. Follow Newark firefighters through the worst period in the history of the city and into an era of hope.

Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume III Equipment written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ahrens-Fox rigs with chain drives, open cabs, steering wheels on the right, and firefighters hanging on the back step to the air conditioned crew cabs of today, trucks used by the NFD are recalled by the men who drove them. The turn out gear worn to protect them while crawling through burning buildings is described, as is the evolution of the hose they pulled in with them. If you ever wondered what it was like to drive a rig with mechanical brakes and manual steering to a fire or drag 2 1/2" line up three flights of stairs, this book is for you. Follow the men of the NFD as they move from wooden ladders, rotary or piston positive displacement pumps, and filtered masks to today's modern rigs and positive pressure self contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs).Members of the NFD appointed between 1942 and 1978 remember from the days of iron men and wooden ladders when masks were rarely worn to the present day of PEOSHA regulations and enclosed air conditioned crew cabs. The evolution of rigs, turn-out gear, hose and nozzles, and ladders and tools is discussed, showing the steady progress of the fire service over the last half of the 20th century and into the new millennium. The only thing that hasn't changed through these decades is the dedication of firefighters.

Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume VI Changing the NFD written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this final book of the Firehouse Fraternity series, the changes experienced by Newark firefighters are discussed. Learn about the forces behind these changes and how men worked to bring them about--or to resist them. What conflicts were experienced within the firehouse as the NFD moved through the later half of the 20th Century? What was the union's role and how did that role evolve over the decades? What was the effect of the 1972 strike? How has each generation viewed the new kids coming on the job? It is said that the only thing that does not change is the fact that everything changes. Yet the more things change, the more they remain the same. Has technology and society really changed the NFD, or are the changes only on the surface, with the job remaining very similar to what it was like back in 1942? Read Changing the NFD and decide for yourself.

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Download or read book An Eerie Silence An Oral History of Newark Firefighters at the WTC written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newark, NJ firefighters describe how they deployed to the World Trade Center the week of September 11, 2001, what they experienced while trying to help the FDNY deal with the disaster, and how doing so affected their health and lives.

Download or read book First Days First Nights written by Neal Stoffers and published by . This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From veteran firefighter to Chief of Department, all members of the Newark Fire Department began their careers as Probationary Firefighters. Most fresh out of the Fire Academy, some fresh off the street reporting to their first assignment without training or turnout gear. None with any Newark experience in their newly chosen profession. What did it feel like walking into that first firehouse, responding to that first fire? In First Days/First Nights, Newark firefighters recount their earliest experiences on the job. The comic mixes with the tragic in these tales of how fire service careers began from the 1940s to the 2010s.

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