Everyone knows about the brave firemen and women, the cat-stuck-in-trees rescuers, and the calendar models. A few select outsiders will bother to know about the Thin Red Line and others will know about the hunky men that helped carry aunt Susan out to the ambulance on a stretcher (I’m talking about the lift-assist). The history is so much richer than anything an average Joe could tell you. If you want the real story, go find yourself a seasoned firefighter, who has seen more fires than you have seen sunsets, who is probably sitting on his front porch waiting to tell you how wimpy your generation is. I’ve come to learn that the fire service is not for the faint of heart. …show more content…
It would make sense that in any civilization you would have a group of people to protect you from other people (Police officers) but they can only do so much so there is another elite group of people to protect the rest from the horrible fate of fire and to help lift things. After all, even cops need heroes. Don’t get me wrong there are other important groups in civilizations but with all do respect, Sir, I only have 500 hundred