The Heart Behind the Hero is the recipient of an Honorable Mention Award for Writer's Digest's "2001 National Self-Published Book Awards" in the Life Stories category.

A Heartwarming & Inspirational Collection of True Firefighter & Paramedic Stories from Across America. Includes a Foreword by Al Whitehead, President, International Association of Fire Fighters. Includes a Roll of Honor listing all fallen firefighters as recognized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

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Curt Yoder is a twenty-five year veteran firefighter with the Costa Mesa Fire Department in California. Since 1998, he has traveled with the Costa Mesa Fire Department Color Guard to the Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ceremony in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he assists in escorting families of our fallen brothers and sisters.

Curt comes from a family of firefighters, which includes his father, John A. Yoder, a Battalion Chief who served with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for twenty-nine years before he died in 1983, in the line of duty.

Karen Yoder graduated from California State University at Fullerton in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Psychology. She is a member of the California State Fire Association Ladies' Auxiliary.

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