Rookie Year

by: NFPA Š2003 Published by: NFPA Share fire fighter stories of dreams realized, bravery tested, and lives saved in Rookie Year! Rookie Year brings you face to face with fire fighters in paid and volunteer departments across the countryas they provide an enlightening and inspiring look at a challenging and demanding profession. Compelling first-person accounts paint moving portraits of dedication and service. Rookie Year gives you a front row seat as 12 men and womd women who have devoted their lives to saving others tell their stories. Before they begin, you meet each rookie through a profile that includes a photograph...background information, including education, job history, and hobbies...reasons for joining thfire service...and most memorable rookie experience. You''ll learn about the physical rigors of training...what it feels like to enter a burning building for the first time...the excitement of the good days and how they cope on the bad days. Valuable appendices provide practical fire service information and resources. Members of the fire service or those thinking of joining will benefit from:

"Career Opportunities for Fire Fighters, EMTs, and Paramedics" from the 2002-2003 Bureauof Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook

The text of the 2002 NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications

A list of fire service organizations in the United States

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Rookie Year by: NFPA Š2003 Published by: Jones & Bartlett