The Complete Guide to Becoming a Firefighter
Kory Pearn
A book with great appeal to Community College and Senior High School classes for students and parents who are concerned with the proper career choice.
Follows nicely on the heels of the educational advocacy book From Student to Citizen (Spring 2006) that Prof Emeritus Peter Hennessy has been extensively promoting to the upper ranks of the Education establishment.
The Brotherhood of Fire Fighters brings a strong bond to those who are in it. Kory Pearn is a good author, hard worker and clever marketer, having established a web site and sold 500 books he self-published over the past two years.
That book has been totally rewritten under White Knight's direction with extensive changes to create a new cover, contents and lower price, with stories of bravery added that are sure to inspire reader's interest. Firefighter's positions are hotly contested, and considered a plum job by women and men on the job because of it's adventure, salary and benefits. Strangely, fire departments in smaller communities are primarily volunteers who risk their lives because of community concern, the brotherhood connection, prestige and a sense of adventure. Those who study and absorb this book, closely following its information and adhering to its directions, will have a better than average opportunity to be recruited into their job of a lifetime. Pearn lives in London, Ontario and is a young first class fire fighter on the St. Thomas Ontario Fire Department.
Careers ¢ How-To
Pearn, Kory
ISBN 0978057015
200 pages (approx), PB, 7 x 9
The information in the book is just as valuable anywhere in North America. It has great possibilities to be used for Community College course type of instruction. It is a great backgrounder on how to get ready to be recruited into the trade of firefighting, a profession that becomes more specialized each day.
Note: The few books written on the topic are by older superiors who do not know how to connect to the young (and not-so-young) prospective fire fighter who's future career will be 80% on medical emergencies, often arriving on the scene before paramedic teams and police. Stricter building codes have lessened the number of fires, which are more dangerous because of chemicals and plastic building materials in common use.
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