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I wish you could see the sadness of a business man as his livelihood goes up in flames, or that family returning home, only to find their house and belongings damaged or lost for good.I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children, flames rolling above your head, your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen below you burns.I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 3 a.m. as I check her husband of 40 years for a pulse and find none. I start CPR anyway, hoping to bring him back, knowing intuitively it is too late. But wanting his wife and family to know everything possible was done too try to save his life.I wish you knew the unique smell of burning insulation, the taste of soot-filled mucus, the feeling of intense heat through your turnout gear, the sound of flames crackling, the eeriness of being able to see absolutely nothing in dense smoke-sensations that I've become too familiar with.I wish you could understand how it feels to go to work in the morning after having spent most of the night, hot and soaking wet at a multiple alarm fire.I wish you could read my mind as I respond to a building fire "Is this a false alarm or a working fire? How is the building constructed? What hazards await me? Is anyone trapped?" Or to an EMS call, "What is wrong with the patient? Is it minor or life threatening? Is the caller really in distress or is he waiting for us with a 2X4 or a gun?"I wish you could be in the emergency room as a doctor pronounces dead the beautiful five-year old girl that I have been trying to save during the past 25 minutes. Who will never go on her first date or say the words, "I love you Mommy" again.I wish you could know the frustration I feel in the cab of the engine or my personal vehicle, the driver with his foot pressing down hard on the pedal, my arm tugging again and again at the air horn chain, as you fail to yield the right-of-way at an intersection or in traffic. When you need us however, your first comment upon our arrival will be, "It took you forever to get here!"I wish you could know my thoughts as I help extricate a girl of teenage years from the remains of her automobile. "What if this was my sister, my girlfriend or a friend? What was her parents reaction going to be when they opened the door to find a police officer with hat in hand?"I wish you could know how it feels to walk in the back door and greet my parents and family, not having the heart to tell them that I nearly did not come back from the last call.I wish you could feel the hurt as people verbally, and sometimes physically, abuse us or belittle what I do, or as they express their attitudes of "It will never happen to me"I wish you could realize the physical, emotional and mental drain or missed meals, lost sleep and foregone social activities, in addition to all the tragedy my eyes have seen.I wish you could know the brotherhood and self satisfaction of helping save life or preserving someone's property, or being able to be there in time of crisis, or creating order from chaos.I wish you could understand what it feels like to have a little boy tugging at your arm and asking, "Is Mommy okay?" Not even being able to look in his eyes without tears from your own and not knowing what to say. Or to have to hold back a long time friend who watches his buddy have rescue breathing done on him as they take him away in the ambulance. You know all along he did not have his seat belt on. A sensation that I have become too familiar with. Unless you have lived with this kind of life, you will never truly understand or appreciate who I am, we are, or what our job really means to us.... I wish you could though.
Who Is A Volunteer Fireman? He's your neighbor, the " guy next door " He is husband,father or son, He is the laborer, the store owner, the corporate executive, He's the jogger,sportsfan,hobbyist or handyman.... He is just like everyone else, save for one quality... He is one in one thousand who will risk his life to save yours; You'll see him waiting for the train and at the little league game, You'll see him in every house of worship, You'll see him in town, proudly wearing the emblem which shows he is a member of a fraternity dedicated to preserving life, His car is the one backed into the driveway with the blue lights on the dashboard, His keys hang by the door and a pair of boots stand at his bed, He takes his pagers everywhere for fear he will be missed when he's needed; He wont complain much about life, he's seen too much suffering for that, He'll tell you the funny side and avoid the stories of pain, He'll be silent during the national anthem and salute when the flag goes by, He'll refer to his comrades as " brothers" and defend their reputaion, He'll sacrifice the best of times at the sound of the alarm, He'll return home to many cold dinners and " cold shoulders" too, He will be burned,cut and bruised, his life will be shortened, For all of this he will receive " no pay" His only reward will be self esteem, You may never know him, but..... He'll be there when you need him.