Something to Think About! Thanks from Gardenlady.

Fireman and Man

Your alarm goes off, you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10
minutes.

The tone goes off at 2 in the morning, he is on his way to a wreck
with entrapment.
____________ _________ _____

You take a warm shower to help you wake up.

He's been awake for three days working at four different stations
running calls all day and night and doesn't get to shower.
____________ _________ _____

You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.

He gets burned or trapped inside, or while cutting someone out of a
car something flys off the car and injures him, or car explodes, he gets
called to a medical call where someone was shot..is that person still
around!!!
____________ _________ _____

You meet up with your friends at the camp and get drunk!

He responds to the unconscious people and the grass fire you
started.
____________ _________ _____

You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.

He kisses the Maltese cross around his neck and says a prayer
before he goes in the burning building.
____________ _________ _____

You talk trash on your "buddies" that aren't with you.

He prays that his buddy next to him comes out alive and they watch
out for each other...for they know the value of a true friend and are
brothers and sisters for life.
____________ _________ _____

You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.

He crawls around a pitch black, totally involved house searching
for the old lady and her grandchild that didn't make it out.
____________ _________ _____

You complain about how hot it is.

He wears his heavy gear, not taking it off in the 900 degree heat
and
flames for he appreciates the heat and learns to deal with it.
____________ _________ _____

You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your
order wrong.

All he got was a MRE from a rehab truck because he only has a 10
minute break before he has to go back out and try to stop the three hundred
acre grass fire from reaching any houses.
____________ _________ _____

Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.

He wears the same things for days, but makes sure his trucks, gear,
and equipment are clean.
____________ _________ _____

You go to the mall and get your hair redone.

He didn't have time to take a shower or brush his teeth this morning
because they got a four alarm fire.
____________ _________ _____

You call your girlfriend and set a date for that night.

He goes sometimes weeks not going home or seeing the ones he loves.
____________ _________ _____

You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.

HE LOOKS AT THE PICTURE HE KEEPS IN HIS WALLET OR GEAR AND KISSES IT
AND SAYS BABY I PROMISE I'M COMING HOME SOON AND IF I DON'T, I LOVE YOU AND I JUST HOPE I DID EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
____________ _________ _____

You roll your eyes as a baby cries.

He sits on the curb and his buddies kneel down and cry and say a
prayer for the child that didn't make it.
____________ _________ _____

You criticize your local fire station because they got behind you
and were holding down the air horn trying to get you to get out of the
way

He prays even if you don't move out of the way that they can make
it in time to save the people inside and maybe even the house.
____________ _________ _____

You hear firefighters joke around and say they are nothing but a
bunch of jackasses

He hears the tone and they are ready in a moments notice, its all
fun when its just him and his buddies at the station playing around,
once that tone goes off its all work and no play.
____________ _________ _____

You hear on the news some firefighters were laughing at a wreck and
think assholes

He sees the only way to try not to cry out in front of everyone
because
someone didn't make it was to tell a joke about one of his buddies.
____________ _________ _____


You stay at home and watch TV.

He takes whatever time he is given to clean, eat, fix something at
the station, cook, wash fire trucks, and then relaxes for 20 minutes
and has to go assist a medic unit with a collapse patient.
____________ _________ _____

You crawl into your bed, with down pillows, and try to get
comfortable.

He crawls into a single person bed with a stiff pillow and just a
sheet at 4 in the morning to try and sleep until 6 before he has to go to
his next shift at one of the other stations.
____________ _________ _____

You sit there and judge him, saying he is stupid for running into a
burning building.

If only there were more men and women like him.

PLEASE REPOST!! IF YOU ARE A FIREFIGHTER OR ARE A HUSBAND/WIFE, A SON/DAUGHTER, A COUSIN, OR A FRIEND OF A FIREFIGHTER CAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE FIGHTING AND RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR US!! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR
FIREFIGHTERS....WITH THAT BEING SAID...ALSO..

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND..