London Firefighter

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But I think that he handled everything very good and that in the end he was diagnosed PTSD doesn't surprise me. 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. While that completed the circle career-wise for Stephen, he’s since gone one step further, publishing London Firefighter, a book that aims to give readers a sense of the evolution of the London Fire Brigade during his more than three decades of service.

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. He learnt his trade craft the hard way, including serving, and commanding, the Capitals busiest and most challenging fire station, Brixton.

How elated do you feel to rescue survivors, to reunite families, and how devastating is it to recover the bodies of those who you didn’t reach in time? I hope this book shines a light on the modern brigade and how firefighting is a bit of London history.

The London Fire Brigade's highest gallantry award was a Chief Officer's Commendation,next came a Chief Officer's Letter of Congratulations.

This book gives you a good insight a firefighter's emotions and the battles he is fighting in his head. I found it interesting learning about his background,about his thoughts and emotions in certain situations and his passion for the job shine through. Once up the stairs, I saw some firemen with a limp hose talking to some police, they were peering over a ledge that looked into the basement, and with that another thick plume of black smoke escaped, adding to those blocking out the sky. The latest book from author and retired fireman David Pike, I Was a London Firefighter is an anthology of factual narratives and fictional tales loosely based around the personal experiences of individual members of the London Fire Brigade.

I was totally outraged by his terrible treatment when off-duty by the police and this just goes to show how far we still have to go in dealing with institutional racism. The book documents his career where he attended some of the most significant incidents to befall London in recent decades. 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. A good mixture of anecdote and education - although I did find that during some of the more technical aspects (particularly discussing risk assessments etc) I began to glaze over a bit. It takes in such subjects as the IRA’s 20-year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters.A fireman first and foremost he provides a valuable human story, and history, of London’s fire brigade through the pages of his four award winning books. The facts are that the Grenfell Tower fire was all but extinguished when he arrived and the scene was relatively safe when he made his first entry. It takes in such subjects as the IRA's 20‑year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters.