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Do you feel like your getting the Proper Pat on the Back
Tell me if you think you've done a great job or are doing a great job and to not feeling satisfied from the Community around you please let me know. I'd like to try to help!
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Permalink Reply by Marshall Flick on
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I think the true people that deserve a pat on the back are our loved ones. They endure the fact that when you leave in the morning (career firefighter) or when that pager goes off (volunteer firefighter) you are putting your life on the line and you may not return. They face the very brutal reality that the one they love the most is putting his/her life on the line for another person and more than likely that person is your typical" take for granted ingrate". I think we all do it, not for recognition, but for the fact that we all respect life and want to protect it. So my hats off to our significant others/family/loved ones who wait with white knuckles and their hearts in their throats while we run off to play.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on
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I'm happy as long as I don't get a kick in the ass....LOL Paul
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Permalink Reply by rfdjumper on
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The only Thanks I need is that my checks don't bounce 2 a month from the city. Other than that it's all
"Cool in the Gang"
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Permalink Reply by fireman1049 on
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AMEN to that one brother....
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Permalink Reply by Don Vuletic on
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I have never looked for a pat on the back. I have to goals before I say I have had enough. One, I have done the best that I could have done for my community and two, when I leave the firefighters coming up have better equipment and training than I had then I can walk away and smile knowing that.
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Permalink Reply by Robert on
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I have to say yes. Because everytime I see the people I rescued or helped out I get the joy of knowing that I helped. As far as the community saying thanks and caring. Well you can forget that. I have come to learn that firefighting is forgotten until needed and then people mostly complain about response times and the like. But over all we all know that we are helping and that somewhere someone is thankful that we are here doing what many will not. I know that I have heard many people say that they wish they knew who the people were that saved there (insert loved one here) and that the are sorry that they did not get there names. And at the same time in the small town I am from we all know each other, and we recently had a very bad accident involving a oil field water truck and a suv that when we got on scene we all knew the driver of the truck and the driver of the suv. The suv driver did not make it but the truck driver after 4 hours of cutting and hapless medical care saved him and he was so thankful that after he returned to health he and his family threw a party for the whole dept and anyone else that helped in his time of need. I guess I am just saying that there is always someone willing to give thanks. and even if people do not say it or show it they are thankful.
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Permalink Reply by Jared Lelaidier on
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Praise seems to come more from your department than anywhere else but I have had a thank you card before, though I didn't expect one It was one of the better feelings and even if I didn't get a thank you card I still knew that I did the right thing. Those are the days that the majority of your community does not hear about and I would rather have it that way I don't want that spot light on me because it not about me....thats my best explanation
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Permalink Reply by Oldman on
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In my one or two months of doing this, I have developed the attitude that the only one I must please is me, and the only one I have to be better than is me.
When I can say, I've done the best job I know how to do. When it all works out and everybody has been taken care of and my crew is able to return home safe and uninjured, that's my pat on my back. When I see something I might be able to do better next time, I work at it to become better.
Yes, it is nice when someone brings cookies by the station, or sends a card, but as others have said it's a team effort and the praise goes to the team, not me. I do however make a concerted effort to thank my guys for a good job, and for being there for the call or even training. I believe it is good for my team.
Besides, it has also been my experience to be careful about that "pat on the back". The one giving you the pat usually has a knife in that hand.
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