It tackles subjects like the IRA’s 20‑year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters, and ends with a description of 2017’s Grenfell Tower fire. To this day, I look back on this and as each year passes, I shudder in embarrassment and shock at my stupidity. Our main character is the author of the book himself and it's finally a book where you can really see how mentally damaged a firefighter can be.

Awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct he also rowed himself into the Guinness Book of Records whilst raising many thousands of pounds for charity.The first few chapters focusses on Grenfell before going to on to talk about Edric's life and career in general. It takes in such subjects as the IRA’s 20-year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.

In 2002 he became Station Commander at Poplar fire station (near his childhood home) the station where he served in every rank. I fully intended to go back down to carry on enjoying my break, but before you could say “Massey Shaw”, I was dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and with camera in hand I was off to find my fire. The following excerpt is from the chapter “Anatomy of a Fire,” following Station Officer Simon Reece – a third-generation firefighter with the London Fire Brigade.

The London Fire Brigade's highest gallantry award was a Chief Officer's Commendation,next came a Chief Officer's Letter of Congratulations. I hope this book shines a light on the modern brigade and how firefighting is a bit of London history. This is covered extensively in my book London Firefighter and having visited Gran Canaria this past week I decided to revisit the story and the scene of the battle.