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Copyright © 2008 by Russell Wangersky

First paperback edition copyright © 2009 by Russell Wangersky

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems—without the prior written permission of the publisher, or in the case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Wangersky, Russell, 1962–

Burning down the house : fighting fires and losing myself / Russell Wangersky.

ISBN 0-88762-329-8.

ISBN 978-0-88762-329-5 (bound). ISBN 978-0-88762-410-0 (pbk.)

1.Wangersky, Russell, 1962–. 2. Volunteer fire fighters—Canada—Biography.

3. First responders—Canada—Biography. 4. First responders—Psychology.

5. First responders—Job stress. I. Title.

TH9118.W35A3 2008 363.37092 C2007-907557-6

Editor: Janice Zawerbny

Cover and text design: Gordon Robertson

Cover images: Veer

I have drawn extensively on two pieces of previously published material for this book: an essay of mine titled “Heroes” that was published in Ian Brown’s What I Meant to Say, and “Mechanics of Injury,” which was published in PRISM international. Neither is included in its entirety here, but readers of either will recognize some of the situations involved. Astute readers may recognize details from two other pieces, “House of Dreams” and “Ways of Seeing,” which were also printed in PRISM international.

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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the support of

The Ontario Arts Council for its publishing program.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which

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We acknowledge the Government of Ontario through the

Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book

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