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Working Fire: The Making of a Fireman

by Zac Unger

Finding a place in the fire service

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Finding a place in the fire service

Zac Unger recounts his route from an Ivy League graduate answering a bus-stop advertisement to becoming part of a close-knit firehouse community. Drawing on the work itself, the memoir brings together emergency calls, the demands of training and duty, and experiences of both loss and achievement. Its central thread is the process of learning a profession and coming to understand the world through a firefighter’s perspective. The book pairs a career transition with a portrait of the daily realities and shared bonds of firefighting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in firefighter memoirs and accounts of emergency-service work.
  • Those curious about career changes and learning a demanding profession.
  • Readers seeking nonfiction about workplace community, bravery, and sacrifice.

Themes

Career change and professional identityFirefighting and emergency responseWorkplace communityBravery and sacrifice

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Book overview

Zac Unger didn't feel like much of a fireman at first. Most of his fellow recruits seemed to have planned for the job all their lives; he was an Ivy League grad responding to an ad at a bus stop. He couldn't keep his boots shined, and he looked terrible in his uniform. Working Fire is the story of how, from this unlikely beginning, Zac Unger came to feel at home among this close-knit tribe, came to master his work's demands, and came to know what it is to see the world through a firefighter's eyes. From the raw material of his days' work--alarm calls both harrowing and hilarious, moments of triumph and grief--Unger has forged a timeless story of finding one's path, and a rousing adventure about the bravery and sacrifice of everyday heroes.

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