Burning Flames (Chicago Fire...

By Roya_Herondale

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This is a story about the lives of Chicago Fire House 51's firefighters. What will happen when these brave me... More

Chapter 2: Ultimate Sacrifice (Edited)
Chapter 3: Survival of the Couragous (Edited)
Chapter 4: Working Calls and Restrictions (Edited)
Chapter 5: Racing Heart
Chapter 6: Date Night
Chapter 7: Don't Remember
Chapter 8: Mouch and Ambo
Chapter 9: Hally
Chapter 10: Scars Only Ever Fade...
Chapter 11: Beyond the Call of Duty
Chapter 12: Courage, Honor, and... Love
Chapter 13: Reality Check
Chapter 14: Back From the Dead
Chapter 15: Mariana Dawson
Chapter 16: Heart to Heart With Hally and Mariana
Chapter 17: Dead beat dad
Chapter 18: Dawson Family
Chapter 19: Truck 81's Bar
Chapter 20: Last Truck Ride, Mom, and Antonio
Chapter 21: Stay
Chapter 22: Last Truck Ride
Chapter 23: New Beginnings, Old Memories
Chapter 24: Fire House 89
Chapter 25: Wedding Venue and Townhouses
Chapter 26: Man Down!
Chapter 27: Aftermath (Finale)
Part 2
Chater 28: Missing Candidate
Chapter 29: Home
Chapter 30: Drill
Chapter 31: Back
Chapter 32: Back Against the Wall
Chapter 33: Traitor
Chapter 34: Darkness
Chapter 35: Lock Down
Chapter 36: Shattered
Chapter 37: Mystery Man
Chapter 38: Done!
Chapter 39: Redemption, Conviction, or Chance...
Chapter 40: Vows
Chapter 41: Apocalypse
Chapter 42: Life or Death
Chapter 43: I Made the Call That Killed Her...
Chapter 44: Insignia
Chapter 45: What's the Difference?!
Chapter 46: Church
Chapter 47: Squad 3
Chapter 48: Lakeview Hospital
Chapter 49: Bowling Lanes
Chapter 50: Squad Surgery
Chapter 51: Mills In A Wedding Dress and Kelly Severide
Chafter 52: Jordan and Three Bells
Chapter 53: False Alarm
Chapter 54: Flames On Bunker Gear
Chapter 55: Prayer For Dawson
Chapter 56: Battlefield (finale of part 2)
Part 3
Chapter 57: Moving On
Chapter 58: Again
Chapter 59: Gossip
Chapter 60: Pregnant?
Chapter 61: Reynolds
Chapter 62: Lieutenant Dawson
Chapter 63: Tiffany
Chapter 64: Fast But Slow
Chapter 65: Honeymoon
Chapter 66: The Ducker
Chapter 67: Tiffany, Ducker, and Dawson
Chapter 68: Shay (part 1)
Chapter 69: Shay (part 2)
Translations Chapter
Chapter 70: Cologne
Chapter 71: Names
Chapter 72: Courtney
Chapter 73: No. (Book Finalé)
Author's Note
Author's Note
Author's Note

Chapter 1: Fighting Flames (Edited)

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By Roya_Herondale

"Dawson, take this floor, I'm going down to help Mouch clear the basement," Casey calls from across the flame filled room.
"Alright, be careful, Casey," I call back. He takes off down the stairs as I turn down a hallway to my right. I carefully work my way down the hall until I reach the a room. Slamming my fist against the door three times I call out, "Chicago Fire department! Stand back!"
I turn and ram my foot in to the door, knocking the door handle out of the door frame with one solid kick. I turn back around and use my halligan to shove the door open all the way, and step inside, careful of any debris on the floor.
I look through the flames as I step over rubble lying on the floor and call out, "Chicago Fire Department, is anyone in here?"
With no reply and no sign of movement, I move on to the next room. I repeat the same process as before and call through the door, "This is the Chicago Fire Department, stand back from the door."
I turn and kick through the door, and call out again, "Chicago Fire Department is anyone in here?"
Just as I go to turn around I hear a faint moan. I turn back to face the room and look to see if I can find the source, but with so much smoke in the room I can hardly see my hand in front of my face. This room had barely been touched by the flames just yet, but the smoke had gotten too thick.
I pull out my thermal imaging camera and sweep it slowly across the room. When I'm about three quarters of the way across I see a body laying on the ground, motionless. I carefully work my way over any debris on the ground as I head towards the person on the ground, and when I finally reach them I find a woman lying still on the floor.
I kneel down next to her and slowly roll her on to her back to find that she is unconscious, but at least breathing. As I assess her injuries I see several severe looking burns across her chest, right arm, and hand, along with smoke inhalation, but nothing too extensive.
I look back over my shoulder at the doorway just as a beam collapses and flames block my way out. I curse under my breath as I look back down at the woman in front of me. As I think through different ways to get us out, my radio crackles to life with Chief Boden's deep voice, "Everyone, get out of there. The building is about to flashover."
I look back over my shoulder and see the flames rolling along the ceiling of the room and hallway. I hurry over to the door and slam it shut before replying into my radio, "Chief, I've got a woman mid-thirties, severe burns on her right side, and smoke inhalation; and I've got no way out."
"Hold on, Dawson, we'll get you out of there," Boden's voice reassures me as I go back over to the woman. I pick her up under her shoulders and drag her over against the wall to the right of the door. I kick a table over and bring it in front of us to shield us from the blast that I can tell is coming.
I pull my mask off and place it on the woman before laying flat on top of her as I feel the temperature rising even higher. I grab my mike and say hoarsely, "I'll be okay. Don't worry, I'll be okay."
I release the button on my radio as the building gives a low groan and then explodes. I cover the woman's head to protect her from the flames as much as possible as my radio goes off one more time as Casey yells, "Dawson!"
I pass out as I feel the flames burning through the table and my heavy turnout gear...

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