Bravest Flame

Author : Candice Gilmer
Publisher : Flirtation Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bravest Flame written by Candice Gilmer and published by Flirtation Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All it takes is a spark for this werewolf Mythical Knights Book 3 Meeting Chase Drigan seems sweet enough--a fire fighter helping out a citizen when her tire's flat at the YMCA. Yet the draw to this man pique's Denise Matthew's interest. Sort of. Denise doesn't have time for a lot of silly dating games--men tend to want her undivided attention, but she has stuff to do. Intrigued by Denise--Chase's wolfly beast roars to life under his skin, in a way he's never fathomed before. Was this what happened to his brothers David, Neil and Caleb? As a fire fighter, Chase had seen a lot, but this was different from anything else he knew. One night, while playing pool with Chase, a stranger approaches Denise, giving her a magical curse that could destroy the world. Chase's beast roars to life, ready to protect her, but it might be too late. Denise has to be willing to believe that there's more to the world than humans, to get through this trial by fire.

Author : A. E. Costello
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765306036
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birth of the Bravest written by A. E. Costello and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are called "the Bravest." They are the New York City Fire Department, ordinary men who put themselves on the line every day to save lives, and this is a chronicle of their early history. Birth of the Braves traces the history of New York firefighting from the earliest days of the city when it was part of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam to the end of the nineteenth century when new innovations in firefighting technology began to make their appearance. Along the way are many tales of heroism and bravery, including accounts of the disastrous fire of 1811, the great conflagration of 1835, the awful fire of 1845, and many other signature events in New York City’s history. Birth of the Bravest also documents the history of firefighting itself, the birth and evolution of fire companies (both "volunteer and paid"), legislated fire regulations, the development of new equipment to aid the bravest in their mission, and the birth of fire insurance. Birth of the Bravest also tracks individual exploits of great heroism, on the job and off, as many members went off to serve in the Civil War. A seminal part of New York City history, the chronicle of the evolution of the Fire Department is an informative tribute to the men who are New York City's Bravest. Birth of the Bravest is a substantially abridged edition of Our Firemen -A History of the New York Fire Departments Volunteer and Paid by A. E. Costello which was originally published in 1887.

Author : Thomas Barry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781593705718
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Smoke with New York's Bravest written by Thomas Barry and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into the Smokeis a work of photojournalism and traces Tom Barry's career as a firefighter--spanning parts of four decades in FDNY--along with the forty-year effort of noted freelance photographer Michael Dick. The era covered in this book is best known in the fire service on the east coast of the United States as the War Years, the urban decay and social unrest that started in the 1960s and persisted, continually fed by arson for profit, into the 1990s. Firefighting is a truckie blindly crawling down a smoke-filled hallway, searching for victims, hoping to find them before the fire does. It is an engine operator, calling on the last ounce of strength and pushing deeper into the apartment to extinguish the fire in the rear bedroom and beat the "Red Devil" one more time. Fellowship of the firefighter Fantasies from childhood intertwine with the terror of impending death, the pain of disfigurement, the joys of success, and the comradeship and respect of their peers. Many of the fires depicted in this book predate OSHA personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements. This period was a fertile stage for innovation and development of firefighting techniques and equipment.

Author : Ginger Adams Otis
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466879335
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firefight written by Ginger Adams Otis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1919, when Wesley Williams became a New York City firefighter, he stepped into a world that was 100% white and predominantly Irish. As far as this city knew, black men in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) tended horses. Nearly a century later, many things in the FDNY had changed—but not the scarcity of blacks. New York had about 300 black firefighters—roughly 3 percent of the 11,000 New York firefighters in a city of two million African Americans. That made the FDNY a true aberration compared to all the other uniformed departments, like the NYPD. Decades earlier, women and blacks had sued over its hiring practices and won. But the FDNY never took permanent steps to eradicate the inequities, which led to a courtroom show-down between New York City's billionaire Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, and a determined group of black activist firefighters. It was not until 2014 that the city settled the $98 million lawsuit. At the center of this book are stories of courage—about firefighters risking their lives in the line of duty but also risking their livelihood by battling an unjust system. Among them: FDNY Captain Paul Washington, a second generation black firefighter, who spent his multi-decade career fighting to get minorities on the job. He faced an insular culture made up of relatives who never saw their own inclusion as favoritism. Based on author Ginger Adams Otis' years of on the ground reporting, Firefight is an exciting blend of the high-octane energy of firefighting and critical Civil Rights history.

Author : Candice Gilmer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976216121
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bravest Flame written by Candice Gilmer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mythical Knights, Book 3 All it takes is a spark What girl wouldn't want a hot fire fighter's help with a flat tire? Denise Matthews. Sure, Chase piques her interest in hot and steamy ways, but Denise doesn't have time for a dating drama. Men always want her undivided attention, and Denise doesn't have time for that nonsense Chase Drigan doesn't want a casual fling with Denise. His wolfly beast roars to life around her in a way he's never fathomed before. One date is derailed when a stranger approaches Denise, giving her a magical curse that might just save the world. Or destroy it. Chase and Denise's lives are shoved forever off course, close to danger, closer together, as centuries old mysteries come to light as well as the dark entities who want it at any price. Chase's beast is ready to protect her, but Denise has to be willing to believe that there's more to the world than humans, and walk through fire to save the man-the beast-she's come to love.

Author : H. Alden Fletcher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468521314
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bravest of the Brave written by H. Alden Fletcher and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bravest of the Brave is a chronicle of the life and adventures of David Porter, whose career spanned the formative years of the U.S. Navy, 1796-1843. He rose through the ranks from Midshipman to Commodore. He fought in the Quasi-French War, in the Tripolitan War and against the pirate, Jean Lafitte. During the War of 1812 he took his ship, the frigate U.S.S. Essex, around Cape Horn. It was the first time an American warship entered the Pacific Ocean. There he fought the British and also the Typees in the Marquesas Islands. The voyage ended with a major battle with two British warships at Valparaiso, Chile. After the war he became on of the three Commissioners of the Navy. He was assigned to rid the Caribbean of pirates. During this endeavor he became involved in a controversial decision that resulted in his court-martial. The novel, based on his own writings as well as other historical documents about the period, transports the reader through the tumultuous times of the early Republic. America faced perils not unlike today, aggression abroad from pirates and even attacks at home on American soil. David Porter's courage and bravery at a time of great danger to his country were instrumental in the successful termination of the threats and the development of the U.S. Navy. Porter summarizes his life in an excerpt from a letter he wrote shortly before his death. "There was a time when there was nothing that I thought too daring to be attempted for her (my country); but those times are past, and appear only as a confused and painful dream. A retrospect of the history of my life seems a highly-colored romance, which I should be very loath to live over again; and it would not be believed, if it was written."

Author : John N. Maclean
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1466856696
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thirtymile Fire written by John N. Maclean and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of the deadly Thirtymile fire and the controversy and recriminations that raged in its aftermath, from our premier chronicler of wildfires and those who fight them The Thirtymile fire in the remote North Cascade range near the Canadian border in Washington began as a simple mop-up operation. In a few hours, a series of catastrophic errors led to the entrapment and deaths of four members of the fire crew—two teen-age girls and two young men. Each had brought order and meaning to their lives by joining the fire world. Then the very flames they pursued turned on them, extinguishing their lives. When the victims were blamed for their own deaths, the charge brought a storm of controversy that undermined the firefighting community. Continuing a tradition established in his previous books, and by his father Norman's Young Men and Fire, John N. Maclean serves as an unflinching guide to the rogue fire's unexpected violence—which is almost matched by the passions released by the official verdict of the blaze. Weaving together the astonishing stories told by the witnesses, the victims' family members, and the official reports, Maclean produces a dramatic narrative of a catastrophe that has changed the way fire is fought. More than anything, it is a story of humanity at risk when wildfire, ancient and unpredictable, breaks loose

Author : George Pickett, Hugh Downs
Publisher : ibooks
ISBN 13 : 188328337X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brave, a Story of New York City's Firefighters written by George Pickett, Hugh Downs and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2010-03-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: •“Much has been written about firefighters, some of it by people who actually fight fires. Few of the books I have any knowledge of show the mindset of the firefighters with as much insight and candor as this book...” —from the foreword by Hugh Downs •“Every so often a writer of substantive talent appears through the smokey background to perk up our interest in firefighters and firefighting. George Pickett is just such a man.... In The Brave you will come to know him and a valiant group of men as they speed from alarm to alarm in downtown New York, where the buildings are tall and for the most part old, where bums and drug addicts populate the streets, and where the fire companies hardly ever rest. You will begin to feel that you too are a member of Engine 33, Ladder 9, and, after George’s promotion to lieutenant, of some of Brooklyn’s busiest fire companies. It is an empowering feeling, until you suddenly realize that these are among the very first fire companies who will arrive one fateful day in their future at the World Trade Center, providing our city with more courage, determination, and selflessness that we ever knew we had. You will then thank George Pickett for letting you into their lives.” —Dennis Smith, New York Times’ bestselling author

Author : Gary R. Urbanowicz
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563117975
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Badges of the Bravest written by Gary R. Urbanowicz and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating pictorial history chronicles the vibrant development of the largest and most colorful fire service in the country -- the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). Beautifully illustrated, Badges of the Bravest tells the nostalgic story of the fire departments in New York City through a lavish collection of more than 900 badges -- the most time-honored of firefighters' symbols -- along with intriguing photographs and historical documents sure to captivate history buffs, firefighting enthusiasts, and collectors of fire memorabilia. Badges of the Bravest takes the reader through a vivid journey, from the early volunteer companies to the paid uniformed force, from bucket brigades to steam fire engines, from the hand-drawn to the horse-drawn to the motorized era! Badges punctuate the many important milestones in the FDNY's history and capture its most poignant events, including the tragic fires at the Brooklyn Theater, Triangle Shirtwaist factory and the Happyland Social Club. Often overlooked in other published histories of New York firefighting, Badges of the Bravest documents the important role of many specialized fire brigades protecting New York City's landmarks, including the World's Fair, United Nations, Grand Central Terminal, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Coney Island amusement parks, and the World Trade Center. Badges of the Bravest is the saga of a great city... of firefighting and firefighters... and the glorious badges that celebrate and pay fitting tribute to the bravest of American heroes. Book jacket.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627240956
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Fight! the Bravest written by and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether battling a fierce blaze aboard an ocean liner or parachuting out of a plane into a smoky forest to fight a raging wildfire, its all in a days work for brave firefighters. In this gripping new series, readers will meet the incredible men and women who risk their lives to fight dangerous fires and to protect and rescue people in harms way. Dramatic, true stories will keep readers turning the pages as they learn firsthand how these tough workers use their strength, quick thinking, and expert skills to battle deadly blazes. In addition, readers will go behind the scenes to learn how these everyday heroes train for their jobs so that they are ready to spring into action at a moments notice.