Originally Posted by AcidMax

I am a firefighter, and while you think many are uneducated heathens you are completely wrong. Many go through years of schooling over their time as firefighter. There is 10x more to firefighting than what the general public even knows about.


Flashpoints, chemicals, fire movement, etc. Many firefighters risk their lives on the truck by being the first ones in and pulling people from the fire, and you think these men are not heros. You want to know why many firefighters walk around like their shit don't stink? It's because they have probably saved a ton of lives. Most firefighters carry 70-100lbs on their back while running into a burning building, something most people don't have the balls to do. While others are running out they are running in.


We had a house fire yesterday where an elderly womans house caught on fire. She was on oxygen and got out of the house. We had to be careful the oxygen bottles didn't kill us when they exploded. Guess what, the fire wasn't her fault. Shit happens, the gas company is investigating but she had a gas leak in her house, something you would never be able to put out.

Being a firefighter is a thankless job. We deal with people on the worst day of their lives and are constantly under ridicule and the first people to be downsized in a city. Think about how many times you have said thank you to a firefighter, emt or police officer, and I would bet it's probably never. Then rethink your statement about the attitudes.

Andy