🏆 3rd Place — Four Seasons Book Awards, Medical Category
$5 from every paperback sale and $10 from every hardback sale goes directly to Thanks for Service — helping first responders access therapy.
About the Book
Twenty years in EMS leadership. Thousands of calls. And the quiet that follows when the sirens stop.
After the Sirens is not a textbook. It's not a manual. It's the honest account of what this career does to a person — the calls that stay with you, the relationships that fracture under the weight of the job, and the long road back to finding grace in the quiet.
Written by paramedic and EMS leader Travis Ivey, this book started as therapy — writing assignments from his counselor who kept telling him he was saying the things people were too afraid to say in session. After a year of writing, rewriting, and healing, what emerged was something more than a memoir. It's a mirror for every first responder who has ever answered "I'm fine" when they weren't.
Inside After the Sirens:
- The calls that broke him — including the one that changed everything
- What the job does to relationships, families, and the people who love you
- Why we chase chaos and destroy the peace we say we want
- The healing journey nobody talks about
- Writing prompts to help you start your own story
- A message to the next generation of responders
Who This Book Is For:
Paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, law enforcement, dispatchers, and the families who carry the same weight. Anyone who has ever held it together on scene and fallen apart at home.
A Note from Travis:
"Someone called me crying after reading this book. They said they thought they were the only one who had messed up their personal life because of this job. They realized they weren't alone. That's why I wrote it."
Available in signed paperback and signed hardback.
Paperback — $20 Hardback — $30
Each copy is personally signed by the author.
About Thanks for Service
Thanks for Service is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps first responders access therapy by covering the cost of sessions. Every book sold contributes directly to this mission.
