Common Valor: True Stories from New Jersey's Bravest

by Frank Viscuso

Most people are familiar with the term "Uncommon Valor". It refers to when an ordinary person is faced with extraordinary and sometimes horrific circumstances but rises above those circumstances to display unprecedented courage. The term has mostly been linked to soldiers in war. The reason this book is titled Common Valor is simple. The firefighters whose stories are told within these pages are also ordinary people who have performed boldly under the most difficult of circumstances; however, among the fire service these stories are common. Stories such as these can be found anywhere.

It has been said that, "at every working fire there is an invisible wall that separates reason from insanity. A firefighter's job is to find a way to break through that wall in order to do the job that lies ahead." Common Valor: True Stories from New Jersey's Bravest, features powerful first-hand stories about individuals who have done just that.

253 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2003