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Written by 42-plus-year veteran Fire Chief Gary Ludwig and the foreword by Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, this book provides 401 ways to help you become a better firefighter.

He helped save people every day - but he had no idea how to save himself. Jason Sautel had it all. Confident in his abilities and trusted by his fellow firefighters, he was making a name for himself on the streets of Oakland, California. His adrenaline-fueled job even helped him forget the pain of his childhood - until the day he looked into the eyes of a jumper on the Bay Bridge and came face-to-face with a darkness he knew would take him down as well.

Pride & Ownership holds no punches. Chief Rick Lasky takes a hard look at the fire service and finds it short on the only element that makes it effective: passion. Chief Lasky gives an upfront and honest criticism about the need to reignite the love of the job on every level, from chiefs and on down. Do you have what it takes?

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.

As a high-ranking officer of the FDNY, John Salka is an expert at both practicing and teaching high-stakes leadership. In First In, Last Out, he explains the department's unique strategies and how they can be adopted by leaders in any field - as he has taught them to organizations around the country. In a tough-talking, no-nonsense style, Salka uses real-world stories to convey leadership imperatives.

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.

Report from Engine Co. 82 is the story of one company of New York firefighters battling unimaginable death and destruction every day. Dennis Smith worked as a firefighter in the South Bronx, New York City, and the graphic detail and gripping prose of this firefighting classic drives the most important, accomplished, terrifying audiobook ever published on firefighting.

"Emmy Award-winning writer Chris Treece delivers the true tale of a young EMT, in a rite of passage story like no other. He brings you along on an exuberant ride and leaves you asking for more." - Dr. Tiff Bombard, Emergency Room Physician Ever wonder what it’s like to be an EMT? Come on author Chris Treece’s ambulance ride. Experience his first frightening call, do CPR on a clammy chest, experience driving an ambulance (it’s fun!), train to be a crew chief, get used to gruesome death, meet the tragic people he could not help and the people who helped him – like the pretty cop who ...

My best friend’s brother rejected me because my curves are too big. I gave up on him, but life has thrown obstacles and bad men at me ever since. Now my friend wants to cheer me up and buys us tickets to visit her brother. He’s a firefighter now. And this time around, his wolf thinks he can claim me as his mate. I know what it’s like to be ridiculed for my body. I’ve heard it all before. My thighs are too big, and my stomach is too chunky. I try to forget how he and others treated me, but the rage is building inside of me. He’s acting like nothing happened, even though he rejected...

He bullied me for being voluptuous and unable to shift. He rejected me as his mate and made me the object of public ridicule. Now I’m back in the small town of my youth, and he’s the dragon Alpha. And this time, he seems obsessed with making me his mate and getting me pregnant… The trauma of being an outcast never left my bones. I vowed never to see his beautiful face again, but I have no choice. Wherever I turn, he’s obsessively determined to protect me. However I try to avoid him, his single-minded focus is on possessing me. My clumsy new witch powers cause accidents, and his job ...

I got bullied, rejected, and knocked up with the Alpha’s secret baby girl… It was a bad idea to fall in love with my brother’s bullying best friend, but I couldn’t help it. After taking my V-Card, he brutally rejected me for my plus-size curves and outcast status. I ran, but now I’m forced to return to the small town of my youth. To my secret baby’s daddy. I never knew why people tormented me, except that I was weird and had psychic visions. He couldn’t risk his Alpha reputation for someone like me, so he bullied and broke me. But the minute I return, he’s obsessed with ...

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the firefighter exam. That is why the author James Mcpherson, a firefighting professional, developed the Firefighter Exam Study Guide! This edition is a practice questions edition. It covers all categories on the exam. It contains hundreds of practice test questions. You can listen to or read it wherever life takes you!

Getting rescued by a grumpy firefighter while in the bath wasn’t how I planned my return to this small town. Worse, that firefighter is Frank, my brother’s best friend and the man I’ve been clashing with for years. Frank pulled me from the flames, but now I’m the one tending to his wounds and sharing my home with him. His gruff voice, smoldering looks, and hot body make him impossible to resist. Every accidental touch and heated glare tighten the tension between us, threatening to explode. But there’s more than just heat in the air, an arsonist is setting the town ablaze, and ...

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the firefighter exam. That is why the author James Mcpherson, a firefighting professional, developed the Firefighter Exam Study Guide ! This edition is a complete review edition. It covers all categories on the exam. You can listen to it wherever life takes you!

He’s the young firefighter who saves her from the flames, and she’s an older woman. But is the age gap between them too big? 
 Carley
 Peanut is a rabbit like no other. He’s my best friend and confidante. So when he’s stuck in a burning building I’m horrified, until a strong, brave firefighter comes to his rescue. Emmett may have saved Peanut from the flames, but he’s set my heart on fire. 
 The problem is he’s younger than me, by a lot. I’ve dated younger men before, and it never ends well. Is it destined to be just me and Peanut forever? Emmett
 From the moment I ...

She’s a firefighter who doesn’t like to lose. He’s a policeman on a winning streak. But can he win her heart? Riley 
I’m the best basketball player on the Kings County Fire Department team. I don’t like to lose and especially not to the Kings County Police Department. But when Rohan pushes me on the court and we lose the basketball league championship, I’m furious. 
He’s the most arrogant and cocky man I’ve ever met. So why does my heart flutter every time I see him?
 If he thinks he’s going to win me over, he can think again.

 Rohan 
 I’ve always had a ...

Fans of firefighting action with kisses-only romance and quirky characters will enjoy this heartwarming romance from USA Today Bestseller Melinda Curtis! A bachelor’s life… Because of a not-so-happy childhood, Logan McCall never wanted kids. His sister’s dying wish was that he raise her twin girls. Paralyzed by grief, Logan turns the girls over to their deadbeat dad. He’s regretted that decision ever since, but what can he do? They’re gone. A nanny with dreams… Nanny Thea Gayle is just trying to make ends meet while she works on her PhD. When her employer goes missing and the ...

She came for a new life and found the love she never saw coming! Lisa I sacrificed everything in my quest to be the first female partner at my law firm – friends, a personal life, and even carbs. But when I get passed over for my promotion because I’m not married, I lose it. Next thing you know I’m a hot mess, unemployed and stuck in my condo eating junk food. That’s when my ex-fiancé’s new fiancée and her over-the-top mother offer me a lifeline: a fresh start in the picturesque town of Cedar Creek. Complicated right? But what more do I have to lose? Sean Despite watching my ...

She’s been in an accident and can’t remember who she is. He’s a firefighter and the only person she feels safe with. But what happens when her past catches up with her? Logan When I pull the mysterious curvy woman out of the car wreckage, I know my life is about to change. She doesn’t remember anything about her past, and I’ll do anything to make her my future. Until her past turns up at the hospital, and it looks like there’s no future for us after all. Jade I wake up in a hospital bed, and I don’t remember how I got there or who I am. The only thing I know for sure is the ...

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the firefighter exam. That is why the author James Mcpherson, a firefighting professional, developed the Firefighter Exam Study Guide ! This edition is a complete review and practice questions edition. It covers all categories on the exam. It contains hundreds of practice test questions!