Title: The Heat of the Moment
Publisher: Doubleday
Author: Sabrina Cohen-Hatton First published: 2019
Genre: Autobiography
Content
Cohen-Hatton writes about her life as a fire fighter and a Deputy Assistant Commissioner. She’s been in the fire service for over 20 years. In this book she describes with quite vivid detail what it’s like tackling major fire incidents. Cohen-Hatton also presents us with a high ranking managers perspective on the decision making processes involved in tacking such incidents. It’s a book partly showing us the mind of a manager and the multi-layered considerations required in managing such incidents. It’s also a book about psychology. She details the psychological processes people go through when faced with such traumatic experiences.
Comment
Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton is Jewish. Her father was Morrocan. He died of a brain tumor when she was 15.
The book describes a range of fire incidents. They are vivid and dramatic episodes. Incredibly readable.
She tells us about the extra ordinary life journey she has been on to arrive at such a senior position in the fire service. She writes about her homelessness as a teenager and her award winning post doctorate research into decision making under acute circumstances. And how this research has changed the way fire fighting is tackled today. Notjust in the UK but globally. It’s incredibly readable and fascinating.
Recommendation 5/5
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