About the Author

Paul Hashagen has been fighting fires since 1976. In 2003 he retired from the FDNY after twenty-five years of service, with twenty of those years in Rescue Company 1 in Manhattan. He is a former chief of the Freeport Fire Department and is still an active member of Truck Company 1. Paul, a contributing editor at Firehouse Magazine, has written several books on the history of the fire service. Visit his website: www.paulhashagen.com His books: A Distant Fire,(non-fiction now in paperback) The Twelfth Hour and Fire of God are all available at www.dmcfirebooks.com His first book Fire Rescue won the Media Award from the Uniformed Firefighters Association of the FDNY. He is currently working on his third novel in a series that follows FDNY Fire Marshal Wes Causey through smoke filled streets of New York City from World War One and into the "Roaring Twenties".

Paul is also working on a major project called: One Hundred Years of Valor, Rescue 1 FDNY 1915-2015. This in-depth look at the inner working of the famed rescue company is expected to be ready for release in 2015, Rescue 1's Centennial Year. It will cover major fires, spectacular rescues, various apparatus and interesting highlights of the unique company's history.