Faith, Family and The Firehouse
A Fireman's Journey HomeBy Brian Albano
Length5h 21m
About this audiobook
Some calls you run. Some calls run you.
Shift after shift, Brian Albano answered the tones: as a
rookie firefighter, a paramedic riding the tower, and
finally a lieutenant leading his own crew. He climbed
the ladder, knelt beside strangers on the worst days of
their lives, and laughed until it hurt with the men who
became his brothers.
But the calls didn't stay at the station. They followed
him home.
Drawn from the journal he kept along the way, Faith,
Family, and the Firehouse is an honest, funny, and
hard-won story of what the job gives and what it takes,
and of one fireman learning that the most powerful
posture isn't standing tall. It's on his knees.
For every first responder, every family that waits up
for one, and anyone still finding the way home.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Spirituality and Religion
Length5 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Faith, Family, and the Firehouse
2Prologue. The Bridge
3Part One. Rookie Years. Chapter One. Armpit of the Universe
4Chapter Two. The Code and the Lasagna
5Chapter Three. Six Seconds
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6Chapter Four. Nope
7Chapter Five. Anything But Spaghetti
8Chapter Six. A Lieutenant's Eyes
9Chapter Seven. Negative, We Are Coming
10Chapter Eight. Expect the Unexpected
11Chapter Nine. Different Vantage Point
12Chapter Ten. My First Save
13Part Two. Becoming a Paramedic. Chapter Eleven. Third Time's a Charm
14Chapter Twelve. Still Small Voice
15Part Three. The Precepting Years. Chapter Thirteen. Full Nelson
16Chapter Fourteen. Poo Poo Cramps
17Part Four. The Tower Years. Chapter Fifteen. The Great Brian Fire of Palm Boulevard
18Chapter Sixteen. Oh Yeah. That's Bad
19Chapter Seventeen. Good Hold
20Chapter Eighteen. Jedi Mind Trick
21Chapter Nineteen. Get Out of My House
22Chapter Twenty. You Don't Speak Spanish
23Chapter Twenty-One. Double Magenta
24Chapter Twenty-Two. Shore Command
25Chapter Twenty-Three. Don't Touch That
26Chapter Twenty-Four. Two Miles an Hour
27Chapter Twenty-Five. Words Carry
28Chapter Twenty-Six. On Our Knees
29Chapter Twenty-Seven. Death of a Sister
30Chapter Twenty-Eight. Push, Don't Push
31Chapter Twenty-Nine. Do You See Anything!
32Chapter Thirty. Yellow to Red
33Part Five. The New Lieutenant. Chapter Thirty-One. First Day as an Officer
34Chapter Thirty-Two. I Want Chief
35Chapter Thirty-Three. Thanks for Ruining Everything
36Part Six. The Iron 36 Days. Chapter Thirty-Four. Iron 36
37Chapter Thirty-Five. You Got This
38Chapter Thirty-Six. Double Pump
39Chapter Thirty-Seven. Commandeer Those Golf Carts
40Chapter Thirty-Eight. Sinking Slowly
41Chapter Thirty-Nine. He's Coming Back
42Part Seven. When It Hit Home. Chapter Forty. As Healed as One Could Be
43Chapter Forty-One. Déjà Vu
44Part Eight. The Storm and Letting Go. Chapter Forty-Two. Lake Atlantic
45Chapter Forty-Three. If I Don't Move It, They Both Die
46Chapter Forty-Four. A Different Kind of Heat
47Chapter Forty-Five. In the Palm of His Hand
48Chapter Forty-Six. Cedar Hollow
49Chapter Forty-Seven. Not Low Enough
50Chapter Forty-Eight. Watching the Flowers Grow
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