Turnout - Second Alarm

The word "Firefighter" evokes many images in the minds of people everywhere. Firefighters are perceived as lowlifes who sit around the fire house playing cards & pool and shooting the breeze while saving kittens from being stuck in a tree and collecting undeserved paychecks. But some also hail them as heroes who are willing to give it all, including their own lives, to save a soul. As a retired firefighter of thirty years in Baltimore City, I have written these stories to take readers on a ...