Firehouse Treasures is an Oklahoma
based company owned by Kay Morgans; wife of a retired firefighter and
mother of two firefighters. We enjoy providing unique gifts and
collectibles for firefighters and their families at affordable prices.
Common Valor: True Stories from
New Jersey's Bravest is
a compelling collection of stories focusing on intense firegrounds and
dramatic rescues by firefighters from sixteen New Jersey fire
departments... (more info below)
$25.00
Laughter, Tears & Muffled Drums. .
.Today, Phil Burns is
commander of FDNY's 11th Division. He hasn't seen everything in his
thirty-plus year career, but he's seen quite a bit. From the
tragic 23rd Street fire of 1963 to the five-alarm
Brooklyn Navy Yard inferno of 1995. Yes, he's got some stories
to tell -- stories of deadly fires in abandoned buildings; stories about
trying not to sink through the melting tar on the roof of a blazing
supermarket; stories about tough fires and even tougher men from the Bronx,
Queens and Brooklyn. And above all, stories that honor his fallen FDNY
brothers as a member of the FDNY Pipes & Drums Band,
especially those who fell at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.
Phil Burns has some stories to tell, and he tells these stories in a
great new book,
