This book is about triumphs and tragedies while serving for four decades as a firefighter. In the book, Brad overcomes personal and professional roadblocks and adversity. He describes memorable people on his journey. He has been a lifelong learner studying his craft. The book describes life-threatening fire calls that include industrial explosions, and opportunities he encountered to save lives. Brad addresses relevant issues facing the fire service, such as firefighter cancer. In an effort to reduce line-of-duty deaths, he describes some of them and how the members of his own fire department had a near miss with same.