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Firestorm
- Narrated by: Hazem Shammas
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Greg Mullins followed his father into fighting bushfires - it was in the blood. He fought major fires around Sydney and the Blue Mountains for decades, and studied bushfires in Europe, Canada and the US. He risked his life in the 1994 Sydney fires and, later, during our catastrophic Black Summer of 2019-20. As a career firefighter, he worked his way up the ranks to become Commissioner of one of the world's largest fire services, Fire and Rescue NSW, for nearly fourteen years. When it came to natural disasters there was little, if anything, he hadn't witnessed first-hand.
Over five decades he watched as weather patterns and natural disaster risks changed, seeing bushfires becoming bigger, hotter and more destructive. He talked to scientists and weighed their evidence with his experience, coming to the realisation that man-made global warming was setting the stage for a deadly firestorm. In early 2019 he tried to warn the government that a Black Summer was imminent so that adequate preparations could be made. . .
But when he and former fire chiefs from across the country tried to meet with politicians to sound an urgent warning, they were ignored.
Combining thrilling stories of what it's like to be on the front line of Australia's first giga-fire with the hard truths of human-caused climate change, Firestorm is a compelling account of raging fire, political evasion, settled science, and one man's courageous, urgent call to action for all Australians.
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- Matthew
- 14-11-2023
Thoroughly enjoyed
Being a career firefighter I got slot out of this book! Just wanted to keep listening!
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-2023
Great book, not well narrated
A very interesting book from start to finish, well worth the read for anyone interested in the politics surrounding emergency management in Australia. I found the narrators phrasing and cadence was unnatural and distracting, had to listen on 1.3x so that I didn't hear it quite so much.
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- Jon
- 06-10-2021
Every Aussie should read this
I'm guessing most of us don't feel like reading a book like this as we're attempting to exit a pandemic, but the message is *so* important, and the writing is superb - it's informative and funny at times. It left me crying more than once and outraged even more so. Please read it/listen to it when you've got the mental headspace to do so - it's an important book
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- Sienna
- 31-10-2021
Critical reading for all Australians and beyond
To hear accounts from the frontline of increasingly devastating fire events in Australia is enlightening, heart wrenching and alarming. The narration is beautiful and the content is relevant and eloquent.
I can’t recommend this enough.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-2022
Captivating
One of the best books I’ve listened to, well told and got the mind thinking
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- James Whelan
- 20-01-2022
Excellent book; unfortunate reading
This is a terrific book - huge thanks to Greg Mullins for sharing his experience and knowledge.
I found Hazem’s rhythm very distracting. His pauses and pronunciation was not at all natural and caused me to lose focus on the text.
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- Amy
- 06-04-2022
Highly recommended
This book is very inspiring. It is something every Australian should read or listen to!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-2024
pounded by greenies
The book started ok, but then for the next 6 chapters it was all about climate change. I might as well listen to Greta Thunberg beating her chest.
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