I think firefighting is a noble profession. My brother in law has been a fireman/paramedic going on 25 years now. I always thought it was some what of a glamorous job.

It is a hard hard job. He has talked about PTSD in his job. He see things that are hard to see. He told me of a rescue they were called to. There was an infant involved (I do not recall the circumstances. The infant was dead but they had to perform CPR and other measures on him till he was called. My brother in law was handed the body and was doing chest compressions in the back of the ambulance. After ward he was at the station and was out back just taking some quiet time and he told me he just broke down. Said he had not done that in years.

He has seen bodies in all manner of disfigurement. Young, old .. male and female. He has been in situations where he was pretty sure it was going to be the end. He has had multiple injuries on duty. Some quite severe.

I think he loves what he does and by all accounts he is very very good at what he does. He does not do it for the money (it sucks for what he has to go through) and there is no glamour (according to him). When they are not on calls they are working out, drills, training... etc. Twenty four hour shift and they work pretty much all 24 hrs. Very little down time.

I suspect different municipalities will have different experiences. I guess as long as your son knows what he he is getting into it's a good life. Hard but rewarding.

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