Fire and Water
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"The individual who has been selected and has demonstrated that he can do the job will be well received and a member of the fire fighting community. He will gain knowledge and an experience he will never forget. It will get into his blood so thick that he will do anything to keep on top of his avocation, including missing meals and loosing sleep. This is an attitude that is nurtured and becomes his second nature. This becomes his life and becomes his sacred duty to his community and to his family and to himself. There is no avocation or service that a citizen of any community can be or do that is as Nobel."
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About the Book
The book is about the life of a firefighter who served for more than 50 years of the last half of the last century of the last millennium. The book is not only intended for the interested firefighter but also for the curious citizen who would like to really know his firefighter in what is his job like, how he does his job and the things that a firefighter must know, but most importantly to know what it takes mentally and physically to be a firefighter, and what kind of person that is he or she?
Within the book there is a lot of history of the fire service that has changed much over time and a Log where there are several memorable firefighting experiences of that firefighter that will give the reader an inside look at the fire service as well as commentaries made by the firefighter himself of the events that took place during his career.
The book is portrayed in a narrative setting wherein the reader feels that he or she is talking with him one on one as to what he had experienced on the fire front as well as during the times spent at training, drills, parades, and funerals.
About the Author
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Fire Chief Frank D. Harrisson has been a firefighter since 1949 as a Civil Defense Fire Warden and then as a firefighter for the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Company. He went to Admiral Farragut Academy where he became Cadet Battalion Fire Marshal for four years and graduated with four years of Naval Science in 1953. His vocation was with the Lavino Shipping Company as Manager of Property Loss Control, and Corporate Chief Fire Marshal, and Fire Chief of Brigades. Because of the constant hazards involved in ship and cargo handling, he organized several Fire Brigades among the Longshoremen. He is a Shipyard Competent Person. He was a member of several NFPA Committees on Marine Firefighting. He was a Marine Fire Training Officer for several fire departments in The Ports of Philadelphia and Hampton Roads. He was a member of the Delaware River Ports Council for Emergency Operations. He was Key Technical Advisor on Marine Firefighting for the US Coast Guard Captain of the Port Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He retired in Cape Fear North Carolina wherein the US Coast Guard Captain of the Port Wilmington North Carolina commissioned him to continue to serve as Key Technical Advisor on Marine Firefighting. He is a member of the North Carolina Marine Firefighting Council and liaison representing USCG interest for the USCG COTP. Currently he is KTA Marine Firefighting for the USCG COTP Sector North Carolina. He is a Life Membership with the International Association Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters Local F-61 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and the Lansdowne Fire Company Pennsylvania. He is a 14 year member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary presently rostered at D5S Flotilla 1005 Southport/Oak Island North Carolina. |