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A Talent for Fire    by Michael Angel
Price: $1.49 USD. 15250 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on June 7, 2011. .

Wildland firefighter Clark Donnelly must rely upon his supernatural ability to ‘listen’ to the voice of forest fires to keep his team of sawyers and swampers alive amidst a raging inferno.
21st Century FEMA Study Course: Emergency Support Function #4 Firefighting (IS-804) - NRF, Forest Service, Hotshot Crews, Wildland Fires, Structural Fires, National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 14210 words. Published on July 16, 2011. .

This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) provides an introduction to Emergency Support Function (ESF) #4- Firefighting.
After the Fire Is Out    by Preparing Williamson County
Price: Free! 4120 words. Published on October 18, 2011. .

We realize that recovering from a fire can be a physically and mentally draining process. When fire strikes, lives are suddenly turned around. Often, the hardest part is knowing where to begin and who to contact. We wish to offer the following suggestions to help return your life to normal and quickly correct the fire damage.
FIRE CREW: Stories from the Fireline    by Ben Walters
Price: $9.99 USD. 86950 words. Published on November 9, 2011. .

Every year, thousands of young men and women think they would like a job as a wildland firefighter. And every year, tens of thousands of them do it — they fight the summer battles of wildfire on the forests and grasslands of the West. Some die. Some have the times of their lives. And many forge lifelong friendships and collect the memories of a lifetime.
Burned Balls and Other Good Times    by Bryan Ratushniak
Price: $2.99 USD. 48510 words. Published on May 27, 2012. .

Burned Balls and Other Good Times is an account of twenty-five years of the life of a Toronto firefighter. The stories are written much like a diary. It's unedited,opinionated and raw. But the stories are true. Some are funny. Some are disturbing as hell,but all are the things the author has lived through,by the grace of God some just barely, and how he's paid in both physical and mental pain.
FireGrrl    by Sharon Ryals Tamm
Price: $3.99 USD. 83220 words. Published on October 30, 2012. .

Susan is determined to survive as a forest firefighter in a 1974 experiment few expect to succeed. Wildfire demands teamwork but hostilities simmer. Finally, it is Susan that must hold the line. Harrowing, poetic, and funny, FireGrrl reveals a workingman’s world and a woman’s place in it.
Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood    by Rachel Hennick
Price: $9.99 USD. 81110 words. Published on April 10, 2013. .

The gripping true story of a Baltimore firefighter who joins the department at the height of the civil rights movement, witnesses the race riots of 1968 and battles the ensuing infernos. After the Great White Flight, Bill Hennick becomes a paramedic. He embarks on a spiritual journey as he risks his life caring for the poor in a city with one of the world's highest crime rates.