I Love a Fire Fighter: What the Family Needs to Know

by Ellen Kirschman

Book Overview

How can fire fighter families manage the stress that comes with life in the service? How do you keep a grip on fears and worries during long hours of separation from your spouse? Where can you turn when times get tough? With this practical, no-nonsense, yet compassionate guide, Dr. Ellen Kirschman provides the first self-help book written to address the questions and concerns of today's fire fighter families. From the effects of shift work on your...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593850638
• ISBN13: 9781593850630
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource

This is a wonderful book for anyone with a firefighter in their family. It is full of practical information as well as background on the culture and history of the fire fighting profession. The list of tips at the end of each chapter is really helpful. I was first recommended the "I love a Cop" book by this same author when I was seeing a therapist a few years ago for some guidance in my relationship with my husband firefighter. I liked that book, but was delighted to discover a book specifically for firefighters. It's also a good resource for the firefighter himself (or herself) - not just for the family outside the firefighting profession. Fire departments would do well to purchase a copy of this book for all new hires.

Good book for firefighter "support staff"

Firefighting is definitely a world all its own. I don't claim to know much about it as of yet, but I feel this book helped me get a head start.

Real life advice in an easy to read format

I've been a firefighter's wife for 15 years. It wasn't until after our department suffered a tragic loss that I found myself struggling with what never used to bother me. I purchased this book with the intention of "previewing" it so that I could recommend it to the rookies' spouses. I am so glad that I did! It is well written and in every day language that ensures you can relate to the situations that are covered. Anyone with a firefighter in their family should read this book.

You either get this or you don't

I have been with my firefighter husband well over 15 years and have always wished for so much - one being this book. No one on the outside can really get the job unless you live it and even when you live it you don't always understand it. The Dr. states issues that I have always wanted to communicate and put out there but never knew how. There has always been things I have wanted my man to do but never knew how to communicate it to him without having him withdraw. There are now practical things we just never thought about that have been put into place so we can work more together than against one another. She simplifies it - she makes it easy to get. I get it now. I wish that my husband was the one that made me get it but thats for another book.

A necessity for friends & family of FireFighters

Even though I completed this book I will keep it on my nightstand regardless. After reading "I Love a Fire Fighter", I feel so much better about how to relate to my Fire Fighter husband. I really feel prepared to handle his highs and lows as well as the dangers he faces every day. This book is such an invaluable tool, and I really loved the individual stories by real-life fire fighters and their families. My husband also read the book and found it highly enjoyable and realistic.