Notes from the Fireground - Memoir of a New York Firefighter

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.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteix

Author's Note deletex

Preface

The Smoke House

Seeing the Elephant

This Guy's Light

The 15/16ths Jewel

The Scuttle

The Wrapper

The Guys (and Gals)

What's Behind Door Number 2?

Celebrity Steam Leaks

Going Down

Hey Lieu!

Buffs

What If?

A Discourse on Dirt

A Brush with Mortality

Lost in Translation

Letters in the Attic

A Jane Doe

Commanding Stress

Thinking Like an Incident Commander

On the Circuit

The Lie

Zen and the Art of Firefighting

The Write Stuff

A Midnight Clear

And Now, Live on Scene...

The Day After

We're Only Human

The Papers

Mentors and Maniacs

My Two Worlds

Let It Burn

Leaving the Tribe

Why Me?

Final Thoughts

Index

About the author

Thomas Dunne is a retired deputy chief and 33 year veteran of the New York City Fire Department. He has published numerous articles for fire service publications and is currently lecturing about his experiences in the FDNY through his Third Alarm Fire Training presentations. Visit his website at www.chieftomdunne.com.

Summary

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. Exploring all aspects of being a firefighter, this no-holds barred memoir provides an honest account of an unusual occupation that outsiders seldom get to see.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Dunne, Dunne Thomas
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781476679884
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7988-4
• No. of pages: 213
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fire Science, Social services & welfare, criminology, Social services and welfare, criminology, Fire services, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs