Intro - "I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out." A genuine American hero, Red Adair fought the most terrifying force of nature all over the world for more than 50 years. The oil fires were so hot they melt nearby cars and could roast a man in an instant. Red Adair was an innovator in the development of new fire-fighting techniques that make the oil fields safer and time after time he would risk his own life challenging the most disastrous oil fires of modern times.

I. Birth and Childhood.
A. Paul N. "Red" Adair was born June 18, 1915 in Houston, Texas.
1. His parents, Mary and Charles Adair, also had four other sons and three daughters.
2. The family lived in the Heights of Houston where his father worked as a blacksmith.
B. After attending Harvard Elementary School and Hogg Junior High School, he quit Reagan High School to help support the family.......

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