Fire Alarms Kill People (Unless Used As Directed‪)‬

A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to the Shriner's Hospital for Children's Pediatric Burn Unit in Boston, Massachusetts.

What's so funny about…

Fire Alarms that people ignore? Fire Alarms that don't work? Fire Alarm Systems that are falsely documented? Fire Alarms that kill people (when not used as directed)? Nothing!

Written with humor, somber reflection, and sometimes a dark combination of both, "Fire Alarms Kill People" is a Fire Alarm Technician's memoir written as a twisted version of Aesop's Fables set not in an ancient world of metaphorical rational animals, but set in the modern world of metaphorical and not always rational humans. All have their agendas, goals, and concerns. All have their flaws. Some have their misdeeds.

Though fire safety, detection, suppression, and alarms are all serious subjects, the author takes the liberty of interweaving serious subject matter with humorous accounts involving dancing construction workers, misbehaving children, unreasonable customers, jobsite pranks, and even being hit in the head with a women's high heeled shoe.

By accident or design, or intervention Divine, so hinges the success of humans in their endeavors to provide safety. Fix One, Cause Two.

(Written in layman's terms; Approximately 70,000 words).

COMMENTS AND REVIEWS

There should not be so many stories about problems with Fire Alarm Systems  –  Kelly Young, mother of two

Paul Celentano masterfully depicts the hidden world of fire alarm safety... worthy of a Darwin Award!" – J. Cassel, Polymath

I will never ride an elevator again without deep concerns – Norma Graefe, grandmother of seventeen