Through the Fire

A refreshing change from other blue light memoirs flooding the book market lately; this is one woman’s story of how she went from homeless teen to one of the most senior female firefighters in the UK. I think the fire service is wonderful but criminally overlooked when we think of the other emergenc......more

THIS BOOK WILL SAVE LIVES I read this book, cover to cover, within 24 hours of purchasing it. Every page held my attention as Sab transported me to the fire grounds, incident scenes and briefing rooms which are part of her daily life. I was constantly asking myself how I would have acted in the most......more

Absolutely brilliant book. Highly recommended to medics as well as emergency services personnel. Gives insight into how life and death decisions are made, some analytical some gut decisions, most a mixture. Gives help in sorting best decisions - which have to be made quickly with insufficient detail......more

I am a firefighter and this book has been passed around most of my watch. When it was my turn to read it, I expected a memoir with lots of different incidents discussed. So I was surprised when it actually turned out to be a book focussing more on leadership and psychology and how things affect our......more

I'll start by saying this was a 100% me issue and not the book. I came into this expecting it to be more of a memoir style book like This is going to hurt or Working Stiffs that follows someone through their working day/week/month/year etc. What it is a cross between a memoir and a journal article.......more