A Fire Chief's Story, Chief Robert F. Drexelius, Jr., 2006

A Fire Chief’s Story relates the experiences of a young man who joins a volunteer fire department at age 16, as a torchboy, and is accepted as a fireman at age 18.

Over the years of dedicated service, he eventually works his way up to the position of Fire Chief.

It details his experiences fighting fires and performing rescues. Also, it explains why firemen break windows and chop open roofs performing their task of fire suppression.

There are descriptions of the difficulty of fighting fires in the sub-zero Western New York winters and the dangers faced by firemen when attacking a fire in a burning building that is severely weakened. The author was instrumental in forming the first volunteer paramedic unit in the country.

It relates some unpleasant experiences such as his father’s loss of a leg and a brother fireman dying in the line of duty.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
The author was born in 1934, the oldest of five children of middle class parents living in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. At age 16, he joined the local volunteer fire department as a torchboy. He was accepted into full membership as a fireman in the Snyder Fire Department when he attained his eighteenth birthday. After graduating from high school he attended the University of Buffalo, School of Engineering. He enlisted into the US Army and served in the Army Security Agency in Germany. Upon returning from the service, he was employed in the insurance business where met and married his wife. He was reinstated into the Snyder Fire Department and became deeply involved. He worked his way up the ranks of the fire department and eventually became the Fire Chief. After serving in the department for 33 years, he retired to South Carolina, where he resides today. The author has had several articles published on various fire related topics in fire service publications.

6" x 9", 303 pages, B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-4208-7228-1, BA1400 / $16.95

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