FIREFIGHTER'S         WORLD

    BEING A EMT ON VOLUNTEER DEPT'S I'VE ALSO EXPERIANCED THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF MEN AND WOMAN FIRE FIGHTERS.....I HOLD HIGH RESPECT FOR THESE PEOPLE BATTLING THE COLD OF WINTER, THE HEAT OF SUMMER FOR HOURS ON END TO TRY TO SAVE SOMEONES PROPERTY.....SOMETIMES LEAVING WITHOUT A SO MUCH OF A THANK YOU, OR YOU DID YOUR BEST....
SOMETIMES REMAINING ON A SCENE FOR HOURS AT NIGHT MISSING SLEEP ONLY TO RETURN TO STATION IN TIME TO GO TO WORK....NOT BEING AN ACTIVE FIREFIGHTER BUT TAKING THE TRAINING I KNOW THAT AT TIMES THE WORK THEY DO IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED....THAT BEING A FIREFIGHTER IS THEIR JOB, PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE JUST THAT VOLUNTEERS THEIR NOT PAID THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY CARE AND FOR THIS RESPECT THEM KNOW THEIR NOT TRYING TO MAKE THINGS DIFFACULT FOR YOU WHEN UR ASKED TO NOT CROSS A FIRE  LINE OR TO TURN YOUR CAR AROUND TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT UP AHEAD THEIR THERE TO HELP.....I'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE OTHER END I AM THE WIFE OF A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER I'VE SAT AT HOME PRAYING HE'LL BE OK HOPEING NOTHING BAD COMES OF THIS ONE.....SOMETIMES SPENDING EVENING'S OR WEEKENDS ALONE WHILE HE SPENDS HOURS TRAINING ON SOME NEW EQUIPMENT OR TRAINING WITH AN ACTIVE BURN ALL TO MAINTAIN HIS SKILLS... I'VE TREATED FIREFIGHTERS FOR BURNS, HEAT EXAUSTION, CUTS AND SUCH NEVER ONCE HEARING THEM COMPLAIN ONLY THAT THEY WANT TO GET BACK TO HELP.....PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR LOCAL VOLUNTEER DEPTS IF YOUR ASKED TO VOTE FOR A FIRE LEVY OR MAYBE DONATE FOR A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THESE THINGS ARE NOT JUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT IN ESSANCE THEY BELONG TO YOU TO HELP PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

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