A career firefighter with a personal commitment that: everyone gets home safe!26-year firefighter, Michael C. Ede, a career firefighter with a personal commitment that "everyone gets home safe," shares true stories of emergency calls, working relationships, and life inside and outside of the firehouse in the financially and morally crumbling city of East Cleveland, Ohio.
This book offers readers a unique opportunity to enjoy a completely transparent, start-to-finish 26-year career highlights of a firefighter in a busy urban department. Readers will benefit from an honest appraisal of what a firefighter experiences both, inside the engine house, and at the emergency scene throughout the span of an entire career. The transformation from young, inexperienced rookie, to old, seasoned veteran, is chronicled in a way that keeps readers anticipating each new phase.
There are three unique topics within the book that allow the readers to benefit from a very unusual and special work environment. The fact that the story takes place in a nearly all African-American impoverished city. A black-to-white employee ratio of 50/50 in the fire department, coupled with raw honest story telling, makes this story extremely eye-opening to most readers who have never experienced this type of work and racial makeup within the work force. The contrast of the firefighters is portrayed throughout the book, and the successes, as well as the failures, are brought to the forefront. The work environment is absolutely unique. It answers the questions in a reader's mind pertaining to how well white and black firefighters work together. Suspenseful, gripping details reveal the answer, and show that when white and black firefighters work together, great things can, and often do, take place.
Reader be warned, there are no cover ups, embellishment, fluff, or exaggeration in this book. Action, hard-hitting humor, & raw honesty tell the story of inner-city career firefighter, Michael C. Ede.
Contents:
War Story 1: Trapped Old School The Brotherhood So, You Want to Be a Firefighter First Day in the Hood Fire School In House War Stories - Introducing Charlie Catania War Story 2: Lakefront Fire Black & White War Story 3: Elevator Fatality Ball Busting Real Heroes... or Not? Perimeter Man War Story 4: The Ultimate Paradise Squad Knobs Fire Boss War Story 5: Sudden Death Nine Dead in Charleston, South Carolina Bizarre Events & Outrageous Behavior The Edge War Story 6: Triple header Fire Chief Rumors Promotions Circling the Drain The Blowout
This story contains actual events and real people in high-stress and dangerous situations. Contains adult language and situations. Recommended for readers 18+
