Nobody knows why firefighters are firefighters. Not even they can tell you why. It's time somebody try. Paul Harvey News 1994 F irefighting is the most risky of all dead end jobs and yet also the one where most workers are most likely to punch in early. Fire and ice are uncomfortable separately or together.
Wives hate the hours.
Kids love the noise. Fire and ice. Any day at the firehouse the bell from hell puts the dispatcher on the horn with a tenement tinderbox address. Into the bunker pants, turnout coat, grab the mask and go. Minutes later you're onsite.