Triumph, Tragedy, & Tedium

Chapters range from humor to despair and everything in between. The book chronicles experiences of Barry Makarewicz, a twenty year veteran of Salt Lake City Fire Department, sixteen of those years as a paramedic.



You will laugh when Barry's partner talks him into a death defying roof repair during a raging blizzard or when the pair respond to a middle of the night toothache or help refugees solve their emergency by unplugging their toilet. But you will need to be strong when the crew can't save a drowning toddler, family members in a vehicle crash or a teenage gunshot victim.







The book chapters are honest, compassionate and sensitive with compelling detail whether reporting the Trolley Square Mall massacre, a duckling rescue from a sewer drain or a fire response at the governor's mansion.



The book is written with special insight as Barry lives in the district he serves. Medical or fire calls can be for neighbors, friends or family.