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However, it was in good shape when I received it. I ordered 3 books from independent dealers--two were delivered within a few days, but this book took longer than expected.
This book is an easy read and completely grabs your attention. Dennis Smith grabs your attention from the very first word to the last. I strongly recommend this book to any fellow brother and sister firefighter or anyone for that matter who wants a taste of true "Old School" firefighting. So many times I felt like I was really there fighting those fires along side Dennis and the rest of his crew. Report from Engine Co. 82 is a great book that not only shows you what life was like in 70s Brooklyn, but what life was like on a daily basis for the men of the FDNY.
At first I would've thought that he'd have put more details in about the fires, but then there was so much packed into this book that I'm glad that he didn't because it wasn't needed. It jumped back and forth a lot, but in some ways it made it that much more interesting. The way it was written was different. It was also interesting to see how much firefighting has changed since the 1960s and 70s, but also how much it hasn't.
I randomly found this book as I was browsing Amazon and have never regretted buying it. It was also interesting to see how much firefighting has changed since the 1960s and 70s, but also how much it hasn't. It jumped back and forth a lot, but in some ways it made it that much more interesting. It was a very interesting book.
The book wasn't at all what I had expected, but.more Very interesting book. The book wasn't at all what I had expected, but I really enjoyed reading it. The way it was written was different. At first I would've thought that he'd have put more details in about the fires, but then there was so much packed into this book that I'm glad that he didn't because it wasn't needed.
Somebody threw a brick and hit a fireman. "Jim" has a flawed analysis about the protesters (Chapter 3). The book has no Index. It reads like a novel, except it is based on his years of experience.The conversations tell about the men and the work. Married with three sons, he has a bachelor's degree in English from New York University.
The poor suffer the most from fire, crime, and disease. False alarms are constant, drawing firemen from meals and from real alarms. Many small communities operate an all-volunteer firefighting service. Then the moral character test, a physical test, and a medical test. The field work was as realistic as possible.
A discussion about working conditions is interrupted by an alarm (Chapter 10). There are more homicides per square mile there, more drug traffic, more prostitution. The arrest of people at an anti-war rally dates this to the late 1960s. Smith believes there was no drug problem in the early 20th century (Chapter 7). There is the danger from smoke and fire, and from the abandoned buildings. Dennis Smith became a New York City fireman in 1964.
Smith describes the job of firefighting (Chapter 5). The rate of death by fire is twice that of Canada, four times that of the United Kingdom. The firehouses there are the busiest in the city, and probably the world (Chapter 2). The most danger comes from being above the fire (Chapter 6). Stray embers can burn flesh, smoke attacks the throat and lungs. This 1972 book tells about his life as a fireman in the South Bronx.
The fireman's test is the most difficult test for the city's uniformed services (Chapter 11). New York City is ruled by aristocrats. Who benefits from burning apartments. There was, just read a good history book.Chapter 8 tells something about Smith's life, and the people and buildings in the South Bronx. Smith tells how firemen save lives, even those trapped inside a burning building. The last pages tell why he is a firefighter.Dennis Smith has written a book that should be a classic.
The classroom training was as difficult as any college course. Would that ever be described in a book. A NYFD badge had advantages then. The 41st Precinct House is the busiest police station in the city. Firefighting is the most hazardous occupation in America, more than mining, quarrying, or construction (Chapter 9). Smith describes the freedom of living in Washingtonville (Chapter 4).
[There is no mention about the economic policies that caused this]. Smith tells what firefighters do in a burning building.
for anyone who wnats to know the other side of a firefighter and thier life
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