Every little boy dreams of becoming a police officer or firefighter so that they can ride around in a car or truck with sirens blaring. Now that I have grown older I still want to be a firefighter. That is why I decided to join a six-week high school fire academy at West L.A. College last summer. During those six weeks I learned how to use a firefighter’s hose and how the different nozzles function. I learned the fire-fighting lingo, like “run” means an incident, or “size up” is a verbal picture of the incident that says, “I’m at… I need… I have.” One of the most important things I learned at the Fire Academy was teamwork and how not doing your job could result in the serious injury or even death of one of the members of your Engine Company. Although it was an extreme amount of work and it was a huge sacrifice to give up my summer, this experience only strengthened my desire to become a firefighter.
In my eyes a firefighter is not just somebody doing his or her job, he’s a super hero. When someone is trapped in a burning building, a firefighter battles the monster (fire) with his super powers (water) to save that person. A firefighter does not just fight fires, he also responds to 911 calls like stabbings, heart attacks, car accidents, etc. I would enjoy the exciting, on-the-edge job that fire fighting offers, because a job should not be something you do just for the money, it should be something you enjoy doing and do to the best of your abilities. A job should also not be done just for the glamour and fame, it should be something that helps others and betters the community. To me a firefighter meets all that criteria.
It is said that fire righting is a very difficult job to get into because there are many applicants and it takes a very long time to know if you get the job. I know I have a long way to go before I can become a firefighter, but that is my dream and I know if I work hard enough my dream will come true.
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