Fire Chief Magazine
Every fire station in America could use one of these books.

Dennis Smith, Author and Former Member of the Fire Department of New York
Firefighters should be given to every promoted or retiring firefighter in the country...

Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
...a testament to the courage displayed by our firefighters every day in pursuit of a cause greater than themselves.

James M. Shannon, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Fire Protection Association
Firefighters is a well thought-out work on the history of firefighting in the United States...

Steve Buscemi, Actor and former member of the Fire Department of New York
...written almost entirely by professionals in the field, a brilliant mosaic emerges.

Edward Koch, Former New York City Mayor
Firefighters is a fascinating description in text and photographs of the history of America’s firefighters. The photos are spectacular.

Book Description
America's first responders answer the call nearly two million times each year as the nation's first line of defense in any emergency. Firefighters captures the spirit of the firefighting community in a riveting collection of 500 contemporary and vintage photographs. Written by experts, historians, fire chiefs, and officers, the book features first-hand accounts of courage in the face of danger; essays on urban and wildland firefighting; a look at training, trucks, and apparatus; and an overview of the history of U.S. fire departments, beginning with Ben Franklin’s Union Fire Company in Philadelphia in 1736. Also included is information on volunteering, search and rescue, emergency medical services, and response to terrorism. Firefighters enables the history of America's bravest profession to be cherished permanently in a handsome package that all firefighters will be proud to own and display. This book will be read again and again by past and present firefighters, their families and friends, and by everyone interested in stories of bravery. It is being published in this magnificent collector's edition in conjunction with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

America's first responders answer the call nearly two million times each year as the nation's first line of defense in any emergency. Firefighters captures the spirit of the firefighting community in a riveting collection of 500 contemporary and vintage photographs. Written by experts, historians, fire chiefs, and officers, the book features first-hand accounts of courage in the face of danger; essays on urban and wildland firefighting; a look at training, trucks, and apparatus; and an overview of the history of U.S. fire departments, beginning with Ben Franklin￯﾿ﾽs Union Fire Company in Philadelphia in 1736. Also included is information on volunteering, search and rescue, emergency medical services, and response to terrorism. Firefighters enables the history of America's bravest profession to be cherished permanently in a handsome package that all firefighters will be proud to own and display. This book will be read again and again by past and present firefighters, their families and friends, and by everyone interested in stories of bravery. It is being published in this magnificent collector's edition in conjunction with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

FROM THE CRITICS

Fire Chief Magazine

Every fire station in America could use one of these books.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Harry R. Carter

Firefighters is the first all-encompassing look at the fire service since the National Fire Protection Association published Fire in America nearly three decades ago. Firefighters treats the reader to an array of both visual and mental stimulation, and serves as a great tribute to America￯﾿ﾽs fire service.  — Fire Protection Consultant

Dennis Smith

Firefighters should be given to every promoted or retiring firefighter in the country to remind him or her of the great courage and character of firefighting that inspires them forward. — Author and Former Member of the Fire Department of New York

Gene Shalit

For everyone who has ever heard the siren's song of being a fireman, Firefighters from Hugh Lauter Levin, is a cavalcade of every facet, faucet, fact and artifact of firefighting; from the horse-drawn to the horse-power; the total picture of a valiant profession. — The Today Show, December 22, 2003

This book stands as a testament to the courage displayed by our firefighters every day in pursuit of a cause greater than themselves.  — Senator John McCain

Edward Koch

Firefighters is a fascinating description in text and photographs of the history of America￯﾿ﾽs firefighters. The photos are spectacular. If you are interested in the history of firefighting in America or are a firefighter buff, this is the book for you. — Former New York City Mayor

Steve Buscemi

Between the meticulous groupings of the photographs, many of them as beautiful as they are harrowing, and the dyed-in-the-wool devotion of the essays, written almost entirely by professionals in the field, a brilliant mosaic emerges. Firefighters reveals one basic idea: that the culture, the work, and the symbolism of firefighting are essential to American life. — Actor and former member of the Fire Department of New York

James M. Shannon

Firefighters is a well thought-out work on the history of firefighting in the United States, covering a time span from the horse drawn bucket brigades of the 1800s through the latest advances in burn injury treatment today. Firefighters is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the history of firefighting.  — President and Chief Executive Officer, National Fire Protection Association

Leo Stapleton

Firefighters is a magnificent pictorial and written compilation of what the Fire Service is about and what it accomplishes on behalf of the public it proudly serves. — Fire Commissioner Chief of Department, Retired, Boston Fire Department

Philip C. Stittleburg