Sign-In
Cart
The Fire Department: The Lies, Sex, Drugs, And The Glory
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $24.99
Publisher: Kethon J. Colbert Sr.
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Lies, Sex, Drugs, and the Glory
What happens when the dream you worked your entire life to achieve becomes the very thing you have to survive?
For more than twenty years, Kethon J. Colbert, Sr. wore the uniform of a firefighter and paramedic. Behind the badge, however, was a world filled with pressure, racism, trauma, temptation, relationships, mistakes, and experiences that followed him long after the emergency calls ended.
In this raw and revealing memoir, Kethon takes readers inside the fire service and into the parts of his life that are rarely discussed. From his childhood and early dreams to fire school, EMS, multiple fire departments, and the realities of life inside the station, he shares the highs and lows of a career dedicated to serving others.
He speaks openly about racism and discrimination as a Black firefighter, the culture of the firehouse, the emotional weight of responding to death and tragedy, anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout, and the unhealthy coping mechanisms he used to escape the pressure. He also confronts his own mistakes, including infidelity, lies, damaged relationships, and the consequences of his choices.
But this story is not only about the fire department.
It is about identity, family, faith, accountability, and discovering who you are when the uniform finally comes off.
After twenty years in the fire service, Kethon faced the difficult decision to walk away and begin again. His journey from the firehouse to a new career in California became a journey toward healing, purpose, and peace.
The Fire Department: The Lies, Sex, Drugs, and the Glory is a candid testimony about what it means to serve, to struggle, to fall, and to find the courage to become whole again.
Because sometimes leaving the job is only the beginning of learning how to live.
Also in
Biographies General
Bluesland: Portraits of Thirteen Major American Blues Masters
Pete Welding (ED.)
Toby Byron (ED.)
Hardcover
Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902 1945: Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna
Hacohen, Malachi Haim
Hardcover
The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD
Freeman, Charles
Hardcover
Make It a Double: From Wretched to Wondrous: Tales of One Woman's Lifelong Discovery of Whisky
Sackier, Shelley
Hardcover
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Isaacson, Walter
Hardcover
Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s
Howe, Sean
Hardcover
An Enemy Such as This: Larry Casuse and the Fight for Native Liberation in One Family on Two Continents Over Three Centuries
Correia, David
Hardcover
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Cooper, Christian
Hardcover
Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work: The Rise of Womens Political Culture, 1830-1900
Sklar, Kathryn Kish
Paperback
The Secret Life of the Savoy: Glamour and Intrigue at the World's Most Famous Hotel
Williams, Olivia
Paperback
The Devil's Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich
Wittman, Robert K.
Kinney, David
Paperback
The Badger: The Life of Bernard Hinault and the Legacy of French Cycling
Fotheringham, William
Paperback
Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Paperback
The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry
Cherington, Gretchen
Paperback
My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
Dessa Wander
Hardcover
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
Hardcover
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Lawson, Jenny
Hardcover
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
Dohrn, Zayd Ayers
Hardcover
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin
Paperback
Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
Colloff, Pamela
Hardcover
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
Kuehn, Christine
Hardcover