First Days/First Nights: An Oral History of the Beginnings of Newark Fire Department Careers - Couverture souple

Stoffers, Neal

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1970034319 ISBN 13 : 9781970034318

Editeur : Springfield and Hunterdon Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

From veteran firefighter to Chief of Department, all members of the Newark Fire Department began their careers as Probationary Firefighters. Most fresh out of the Fire Academy, some fresh off the street reporting to their first assignment without training or turnout gear. None with any Newark experience in their newly chosen profession. What did it feel like walking into that first firehouse, responding to that first fire? In First Days/First Nights, Newark firefighters recount their earliest experiences on the job. The comic mixes with the tragic in these tales of how fire service careers began from the 1940s to the 2010s.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Neal Stoffers is a retired Newark Fire Captain. He began his career as a firefighter assigned to Engine Company 6 located on Springfield Avenue and Hunterdon Street and fought fires in Newark's Central Ward from the late 1970s until the mid 1980s. During this period he found time to earn a B.A. from Seton Hall University. In 1991 he earned an M.A. from the same school. MS forced him out of the firehouse, but not off the job. Over the next twenty years, his varied assignments included everything from the Office of Hazardous Materials to vice president of the Newark Firefighters Union. However, most Newark firefighters will remember him instructing them at the Training Academy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springfield and Hunterdon Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1970034319
• ISBN 13: 9781970034318
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible