Becoming a Firefighter: The Complete Guide to Your Badge! [Paperback]

Bob Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2003

This book contains information that has helped over 2,100 firefighter candidates nail their badges! Step by step, everything you need to know in the process, starting with the application, written, physical, oral, psych interview, background, polygraph, and medical to gain a badge.

In this book you will find the inside "Nuggets", tips and resources you can’t get anywhere else to shorten the learning curve and the distance between you and that badge. As a bonus, the book includes our Conquer the Psychological Interview Special Report (a $20.00 value).

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Fire "Captain Bob" Smith has coached countless entry level and promotional candidates to get their badge. He has gained experience from more than 175 oral boards. To date over 2,100 candidates have received their badges from his program. He uses simple tools to uncomplicate the process.

"Captain Bob" is a retired 28-year Fire Captain, speaker/author of the CD/video program "Conquer the Job Interview," the books "Fire Up Your Communication Skills" and "Eat Stress For Breakfast" (both available on Amazon.com), which have been translated in 21 countries including South Korea, Latin America and China.

He is a coach, publisher, author, frequent talk show guest, (completing over 300 media interviews, including the Barbara Walters Show "The View"), featured in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, and rater on job interviews, He incorporates his own experience gained from three successful start-up businesses, a 39-year marriage (29 years that were good according to his wife), education, and thirty years of research.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Code 3 Publishing (August 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0965762009
• ISBN-13: 978-0965762007
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #745,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the $30, April 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Becoming a Firefighter: The Complete Guide to Your Badge! (Paperback)

I expected a whole lot more from this book. The author gives some good advice but doesn't answer questions directly. He states not to do something, but doesn't explain what you should do instead. There is a lot of good basic information. This book has no meat to it though, it's just basic information. An example of this is, he gives you 30+ typical oral board questions, however, he doesn't give you any insight as to how to answer the questions/ what good answers would be. Another example is the typical question, why do you want to be a FF? The author states don't use the "clone/ soap opera answer": 'cause I like to help people...however, he doesn't give you suggestions as to a better way to answer or other answer possibilities.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captain Bob has a definite insight into the hiring process!, May 3, 2004

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Beau Watson (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Becoming a Firefighter: The Complete Guide to Your Badge! (Paperback)

Captain Bob has written a book that will help anybody that is serious about getting a firefighter job. I find it ironic that a person would want the easy "answers" to any oral board questions, as this is exactly the opposite of what his program is about. He arms a candidate with good information and lets them develop their own answers with "nuggets" from their life experiences. I have followed his book and his personal advice (yes, he will answer and return your phone calls!) and am happy to say that I recently just received a job offer. I have recommended and will still recommend this book to people looking to get into the fire department.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Help, May 30, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Becoming a Firefighter: The Complete Guide to Your Badge! (Paperback)

This book is a must have for those wanting to become a firefighter. If you are serious it is a great investment in yourself.