But I think that he handled everything very good and that in the end he was diagnosed PTSD doesn't surprise me. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. The third, an ancient thing with a large water tank on the back, appeared to be pumping water into the other two. With my heart racing and firefighting spirit aroused, I then decided it would be my job to see that he was at least accounted for if anything happened, as I at least knew his whereabouts. Becoming a firefighter was a great turning point for Edric because he loved being able to save lives.

The building had been a death-trap for the initial attending crews but was relatively safe and the fire was out by 10:30.To some extent he was able to view the more severe incidents with detachment and just focus on getting casualties out. Steve is a regular contributor to a number of International Fire Service publications and was the editor of the British Fire Service Association magazine 'The Journal'. But one would expect accurate detail and consideration for the victims of fire in a book claiming to be a beacon of positivity and light. I have now read London's Firefighters from cover to cover and have not been disappointed by my purchase.

The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Item despatched quickly and as described, but damaged in transit due to plastic wrap packaging being inadequate protection. It takes in such subjects as the IRA’s 20-year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters. Joining the London Fire Brigade as a cadet at the tender age of sixteen, David Pike was destined to become very much an operational firefighter.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

The London Fire Brigade I currently volunteer in is one very different to the one Steve took an interest in at the same age; perhaps an even more different to the Brigade he left only 5 years ago. No hate, but I hate people who think he did "nothing" in there and as I've read some other reviews on the book, many people were complaining about it. Sure, he's talking a lot about his feelings and the problems that bother him after jobs, but that's the life of many firefighters. It’s an important book that I’m glad has been published, no matter whether some of the details have been contested. In 1991 as a Temporary Leading Firefighter Steve was awarded a Chief Fire Officers letter of Congratulations along with Liam Hackett and two others following the rescue of a man from a live electricity pylon in Leytonstone East London on 23 December 1989.When you look at what’s done now – all sorts of things such as water rescue and animal rescue – the firefighters have got equipment and procedures that are so different.