![]() He was a long term trustee of the New York Police & Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund which benefits the families of firefighters and police officers In 1976, Smith founded Firehouse magazine, the largest circulating magazine for firefighters in the world.ĭennis Smith is a prominent leader in a number of New York City and national charitable organizations, serves on the board of the Congressional Fire Services Institute. ![]() Smith was featured very heavily in the 1972 BBC documentary Man Alive: The Bronx is Burning where he gave a graphic account of the life of a firefighter in the Bronx. He is currenly working on his fifteenth book. ![]() Report from Ground Zero, was number two on the New York Times Best Seller list in March, 2002. A Song for Mary was chosen by Book-of-the-Month Club as the best memoir of 1999. He has subsequently written 13 other books (see below). It was a New York Times best seller, sold more than three million copies, and has been translated into thirteen languages. 82, a non-fictional account of life in the South Bronx firehouse in which he served. In 1972, Smith wrote Report from Engine Co. He began his career with FDNY in 1963, retiring in 1982. Dennis Smith is a former firefighter, a writer, president of a financial services company for emergency services personnel,Īnd an advocate for firefighters in the United States. ![]()
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