Last Alarm (1940)

Great movie with a lot of really impesive fire footage.

synopsis: When Jim Hadley retires from the Fire department, he hardly knows what to do with himself, he's 65 you see, and the fire department kicked him off because of his age. But when an arsonist lets loose on the city, Jim is at first reluctant to going back into firefighting, but caves in when his best friend on the force dies. The race is on to find the arsonist before it hits too close to home!

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The Greatest Job Ever: Your key to the top of any fire department hiring list

This three-disc interactive DVD course guides the fire service applicant through the difficult process of getting a fire service job in the United States, covering how to pass the written, psychological, video-based assessments, and medical screenings, how to prepare for the physical agility test, and how to pass the oral boards and shine in the chief’s interview. The set also contains two mock oral boards to practice and refine your new skills.

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I Want To Be A... Firefighter (2005)

Do you want to become a firefighter? If so this is the DVD for you.

Explore the day-to-day activities of a firefighter, take a look inside a fire station, and review the process for how to become a firefighter in the I Want To Be A… Firefighter DVD. Today's heroes talk about the responsibilities of their job, the challenges and rewards, and provide advice to aspiring firefighters.

Chapter Listing
1. History of Firefighting
2. What Does a Firefighter Do?
3. Overview of the Fire Station
4. Climbing the Ladder (Fire Department Organization)
5. How Do I Become a Firefighter?

Bonus Material
1. Challenges & Rewards of Firefighting
2. Fire Safety Tips
3. Firefighter's Prayer
4. History of the Maltese Cross

Firehouse

I believe this was originally an ABC movie of the week from 1973. It got some pretty good reviews on Amazon. To read all the reviews, just click the link below.

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In paying simple tribute to firefighters, Ladder 49 gets to the heart of those who risk their lives for a living. Director Jay Russell brought similar sincerity to his memorable family favorite My Dog Skip, and despite the banalities of an ultra-conventional screenplay by Lewis Colick, Ladder 49 generates so much goodwill toward its Baltimore firemen that you may find yourself unexpectedly overcome with emotional appreciation for guys like Jack (Joaquin Phoenix), a firefighter whose career, courtship, marriage, and fatherhood are viewed in flashback as he struggles to survive in the present-day framing scenes, cut off from his fellow firemen in the fiery guts of a collapsing 20-floor building. There are no surprises in the familiar scenes of male bonding, dangerous rescues, injury and death, and the supportive concern of Jack's wife (Jacinda Barrett), but by focusing on the simple integrity of Jack's personal and professional commitment, the movie gives Phoenix a showcase for unselfish virtue, while John Travolta provides dignified support as Jack's mentor and devoted firehouse captain. Ladder 49 is routine in most respects, but it's a much-deserved valentine to working-class heroes. --Jeff Shannon

EBERT & ROEPER "Two Thumbs up!"

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The Firemen's Ball
Starring: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek Director: Milos Forman

Plot Synopsis: The story is about a party a the firehouse that preoccupies the firemen so much that they barely notice the alarm for a nearby fire. The film is intended as a comedy and has some great slapstick humor in it.

DVD Release Date: February 12, 2002
Run Time: 73 minutes
Subtitles: English

This film was BANNED in Czechoslovakia and
prompted the directors move to America!

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