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Jesse Roder (author)
1.21.27 (release date)
What do first responders really see, think, and laugh about when nobody’s watching?
Once Jesse Roder runs toward his first emergency at age eighteen, he doesn’t look back. Over the next two decades in EMS, he collects stories that make him laugh until he cries and those that just make him cry.
Blending absurd moments with dark humor and the kind of raw honesty you don’t get in training manuals, one call has him dodging a meth-fueled she-beast at three a.m., while the next quietly sits on his chest for years. That’s the reality of the job—chaos, comedy, heartbreak, and the strange ways first responders learn to survive it.
Jesse’s experiences are unfiltered, human, and sometimes uncomfortable—in the same way the work itself is. Because behind every joke is a truth that’s not talked about enough—the stress, the shifts that haunt you, and the slow burn of PTSD that changes everything.
Raw, profane, and unflinchingly honest, Sirens & Shenanigans isn’t just a ride along. It’s a look behind the curtain at the people who run toward chaos, the humor that keeps them going, and the conversations we desperately need to start. Come for the shenanigans. Stay for the truth. And remember… just keep breathing.
Jesse Roder (author)
1.21.27 (release date)
What do first responders really see, think, and laugh about when nobody’s watching?
Once Jesse Roder runs toward his first emergency at age eighteen, he doesn’t look back. Over the next two decades in EMS, he collects stories that make him laugh until he cries and those that just make him cry.
Blending absurd moments with dark humor and the kind of raw honesty you don’t get in training manuals, one call has him dodging a meth-fueled she-beast at three a.m., while the next quietly sits on his chest for years. That’s the reality of the job—chaos, comedy, heartbreak, and the strange ways first responders learn to survive it.
Jesse’s experiences are unfiltered, human, and sometimes uncomfortable—in the same way the work itself is. Because behind every joke is a truth that’s not talked about enough—the stress, the shifts that haunt you, and the slow burn of PTSD that changes everything.
Raw, profane, and unflinchingly honest, Sirens & Shenanigans isn’t just a ride along. It’s a look behind the curtain at the people who run toward chaos, the humor that keeps them going, and the conversations we desperately need to start. Come for the shenanigans. Stay for the truth. And remember… just keep breathing.