Rescue Squad

The men of the original Rescue Company 1 saved countless FDNY firemen and NY City citizens from serious injury and death. How did they do what they did? In this book are the true stories of the original members and those that followed, as they set the standard for modern rescue work. A direct line can be drawn from these men, their smoke helmets and the small cache of tools available to them in 1915, to the present-day technical and heavy rescue companies. Theirs is quite a tale to tell. Paul Hashagen, the author of numerous books on Fire History, is honored to continue to tell their story.