I wish you understood the things that I have to deal with every time I respond.

I wish you never understand the things that I have to deal with when I respond to an emergency.

I wish you had to see the things I have to see.

I wish you never had to see the things I have seen.

I wish you knew the feeling I get when there is nothing I can do but to watch someone perish.

I wish you never know the feeling I get when there is nothing I can do but…

Call it a pet peeve but why is doing the right thing at the right time so hard for so many, especially the "Old Guys". That being said I have been in the fire service since I was 18. So yes folks at the ripe "old" age of 37 I have 19 years on the job. I have continued to adapt when needed. Refemember no Nomex hoods? I wear it all the time. SCBA was for interior attacks only. Bullshit, SCBA should be worn on every fire, i.e. structure, vehicle, dumpster anything except maybe a brush fire,…