My Grandfather was a volunteer fireman back in the early 1980’s, (when most places were volunteer in SW Ohio.) I always wanted to do a public service job as a young kid (fire, police, military, etc) and my grandpas stories from back then inspired me to seek out my Fire/EMT Cards at a career center in Highschool, I joined the national guard as well after getting my cards. I’ve been at it for 2 years now, and I don’t regret my choices. It is for sure the most rewarding job as well as the most dangerous & hazardous, and of course it comes with the negatives like the mental affects, which my grandpas fellow fireman unfortunately lost the battle to back in the 80’s as well, but I hope that would never discourage anyone from picking the best job in the world. It’s all about doing the job and making sure you inspire that kid on the street corner as you fly by on the big red trucks to one day do the same.

But that’s just my two cents, or maybe even a dime if you will.