Firefighting Reflections is Boston Fire Department Commissioner Leo Stapleton's eleventh book and his first non-fiction book since the publication of Commish , in 1990. Leo's objective in Firefighting Reflections is to offer his own thoughts and his insights, his personal opinions about the many duties and responsibilities that are the facts of this most dangerous job and how firefighters should conduct themselves in each of the six ranks the average fire department has in its table of organization. Leo Stapleton's qualifications yo write about these positions- ranging from firefighter to commissioner-chief of department- are perhaps unsurpassed, since he served in each of the ranks during his thirty-nine year career as a member of the Boston Fire Department. Written from a practical point of view, Firefighting Reflections is a hands-on no nonsense, no technical jargon-laced description of the expectations and the problems encountered in each firefighting rank. Firefighting Reflections is pure Stapleton- informative, insightful and enjoyable. Firefighting Reflections