Lists
of the top ten this or that have been the rage for years, and fodder for great
fun and debate. I decided to add to the
noise with a selection of my Top Ten Fire Service reads. This is totally subjective and personal, and
is my list today. It could change tomorrow. Everyone out there can and probably would
come up with a different list.
My
list is hopelessly prejudiced because of two selections I would automatically
make. The books below are not in any
particular order.
·
Report
From Engine Company 82—Dennis Smith
·
Fireground
Tactics—Emanuel Fried
·
Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on
9/11—Patrick Creed and Rick Newman
·
D.C.
Fire—Dennis Rubin
·
Last
Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2
Firehouse—Tom Downey
·
Population
485-Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time—Michael Perry
·
Thirty
Years on the Line—Leo Stapleton
·
B-Shifter: A Firefighter’s Memoir—Nick Brunacini
·
Mayday!
Firefighter Down—Gary Ryman
·
Fire
Men: Stories From Three Generations of a
Firefighting Family—Gary Ryman
This
is an eclectic list and includes some works that many may have never heard
of, much less read. Some haven’t been in
print for a while (but may be available on the used market). Only one is a true “tactics and strategy”
book—introduced to me by my Dad over 30 years ago. It was good then and is still relevant
now. There’s not a book on this list I
haven’t read multiple times.
I
hope to see other lists and hopefully at least one of mine will
make it!
Here are some links to a few of the above.
