Real Firefighter

a real firefighter is a person (man or woman) who fights fires because he/she wants to make a difference in his/her community and help people. a real volunteer firefighter doesn’t go around flaunting their badge 24/7 and decking out their privately owned vehicle with flashing lights and air-raid sirens, and a real paid firefighter doesn’t talk sh-t about “vollies”, but works along with them side by side. a real firefighter is a professional, whether paid or not.
johnny = paid firefighter
susan = paid firefighter
eddy = volunteer firefighter
kathy = volunteer firefighter

johnny thinks volunteer firefighters are under trained and over confident and he thinks they’re good for nothing.

susan doesn’t care whether a firefighter is paid or not. she respects volunteers for their commitment because she’s there to put the fire out, not have a p-ssing contest.

eddy became a volunteer to help his community and that’s what he does. he has a mini-lightbar on his private vehicle and has a uniform shirt to wear when he’s on the engine. he drives safely to the scene and quickly mitigates the problem.

kathy became a volunteer firefighter because she thought it would be fun. she has more lights on her car than a christmas tree and drives to the scene like a bat outta h-ll. she always wears part of, if not her entire uniform so everyone will know she’s part of a squad of “heroes” in her own words.

susan and eddy are real firefighters.

kathy and johnny are probably rookies.