Fire & Emergency Services
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The Worst Day: A Plane Crash, a Train Wreck, and Remarkable Acts of Heroism in Washington, DC
$19.95 Add to cartA REAL-LIFE DISASTER MOVIE: A minute-by-minute account of 2 simultaneous catastrophes during a 1982 blizzard–and the extraordinary courage of civilians and first responders
For fans of Deep Survival- Author: Goldfarb, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1586424165
- Language: English
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The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17
$18.95 Add to cartIn this moving and insightful memoir, a veteran firefighter recounts his struggle to navigate the difficulties of his dangerous job while standing firm in his Catholic faith. Here is not only a thrill
- Author: O’Brien, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1621647420
- Language: English
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Facing the Fire: The True Story of a Firefighter, a Face Transplant, and the Fight to Keep Living
$27.99 Add to cart- Author: Hardison, Pat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: September 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1969515007
- Language: English
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Behind the Badge
$32.99 Add to cartFirst responders run toward things the rest of us run away from.
What makes a person want to become a first responder? Who would become a cop after her brother died in the line of duty? What guy reject
- Author: Jones, Johnny Joey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 63432102
- Language: English
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Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West
$29.99 Add to cartIn the exhilarating spirit of Wild and A Walk in the Park, an adventure-filled memoir of one woman’s struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some … [more below]
- Author: Ramsey, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1668031477
- Language: English
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The Blackwater Fire and the Men Who Fought It: How Firefighters Turned Tragedy into New Beginnings
$15.95 Add to cartAt 3:30 p.m. on August 21, 1937, the Blackwater Fire “blew up” west of Cody, Wyoming, on the Shoshone National Forest. Fifteen firefighters perish in the conflagration and more than forty are injured.
- Author: Brauneis, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: August 28 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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When the Smoke Clears: Stories and Reflections of a Wisconsin Forest Ranger
$17.95 Add to cartPeople are often surprised at the long history of forest fires in Wisconsin. Going all the way back to Peshtigo in 1871, lives have been lost, thousands of homes have burned, and millions of acres hav
- Author: Anderson, Blair W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: October 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1955656827
- Language: English
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The Little Ambulance War of Winchester County: A Trowbridge Vermont Story
$19.95 Read moreA fascinating and darkly funny novel giving readers front-row access to the world of EMS and other first responders — and the stink, sweat, and sex that accompanies long days caring for others at the… [more below]
- Author: Aiken, I. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1963511026
- Language: English
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Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the Fdny
$29.00 Read moreRescue Me meets Blue Bloods in this riveting social history of the New York City Fire Department told from the perspective of the Feehan family, who served in the FDNY for four generations and countin… [more below]
- Author: McDonald, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1538753200
- Language: English
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Fire on the Mountain: Living with Wildfire in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur
$23.99 Add to cartWhile many skillful locals have succeeded in finding ways to survive and flourish in this challenging mountain landscape, Theo has done it by being a true steward of the land. I am reminded of this ev
- Author: Maehr, Theo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218407766
- Language: English
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Alone in the Fire: The First Alarm
$16.99 Add to cartA decorated firefighter’s memoir about his defiance of a controversial order that ignited a worldwide parenting and leadership movement, The Raising Alphas Project.
“For my decision to defend my firef… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: June 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990075108
- Language: English
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An EMT’s Memories or You Can’t Make this S— Up
$11.95 Add to cartIf you have ever worked with or had partners who had odd or strange idiosyncrasies, you will enjoy this book or maybe you were the strange one.
Hmmm.
An EMT’s Memories or You Can’t Make this S— Up is
- Author: Coakley, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: November 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1640964924
- Language: English
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Firehouse Mentor: A Topical Guide to Help Develop the Next Generation of Firefighters
$16.00 Add to cartIf you’ve ever wanted to mentor others, but aren’t sure how or where to start, and who to start with, Firehouse Mentor makes it easy. This valuable guide written by two veteran firefighters offers imm
- Author: Arsenaux, Murphy, III
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: August 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1950015890
- Language: English
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Granite Mountain: The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
$19.99 Add to cartThe 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 Yarnel- Author: McDonough, Brendan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 031630817X
- Language: English
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Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California’s Wildfires
$18.00 Add to cartA dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires.
Shawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and- Author: Lowe, Jaime
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849217
- Language: English
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The Rescuer: One Firefighter’s Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him
$19.99 Add to cartThe true story–told with heart-pounding action and heart-melting romance–of a heroic firefighter forced to confront an emergency even he can’t handle: saving himself.
Jason Sautel had it all. Confide
- Author: Sautel, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1400216532
- Language: English
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My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire’s Lone Survivor
$37.00 Add to cartThe 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 Yarnel- Author: McDonough, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0316308188
- Language: English
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The Supe’s Handbook: Leadership Lessons from America’s Hotshot Crews
$17.99 Add to cartWhat can you learn from a hotshot supe?
You might be surprised.
Clearly, it takes toughness, strength, and will to lead a hotshot crew. Did you know it also takes empathy, humor, and intellect? All tha
- Author: Tom, Angie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1735699101
- Language: English
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Wild Rescues: A Paramedic’s Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton
$17.99 Add to cartWild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with the National Park Service: a unique brand of park rangers who respond to medical and traumatic emerg… [more below]
- Author: Grange, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1641602007
- Language: English
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Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response
$25.95 Read moreBeyond an adrenaline ride or a chronicle of bravura heroics, this unflinching view of a Minneapolis firefighter reveals the significant toll of emergency response
In this remarkable memoir, Jeremy No- Author: Norton, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1517914183
- Language: English
