MY NAME IS FIREFIGHTER TIM URDIALES, I HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 15 YRS AS OF THIS OCT. I LIKE THE QUESTION YOU ASKED CAUSE I LIKE TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT I COME ACROSS. TO ME BEING A FIREMAN IS MORE THAN JUST A UNIFORM OR TITLE IT IS A WAY OF LIFE FOR ME. I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS A TRADITIONAL OLD SCHOOL FIREFIGHTER. I LIVE BY OUR CORE VALUES TRADITON , HONOR,LOYALTY, BROTHERHOOD, AND INTEGRITY. I LIVE FOR THE 2 AM STRUCTURE FIRE , THE ROLLOVER WITH ENTRAPMENTS, THE HEAVY RESCUE CALL NOT CAUSE I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE HURT BUT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO SEE HOW FAR I CAN PUSH MYSELF THROUGH MY FEARS , INJURIES, AND MY EMOTIONS. I LIVE FOR THAT ADRENALINE RUSH YOU GET WHEN YOU ENTER A STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NOT KNOWING IF YOU WILL COME OUT ALIVE OR IF YOU WILL HAVE THE TASK OF RESCUING SOMEONES MISSING FAMILY MEMBER. OR THE FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU DELIVER A YOUNG MOTHERS NEW BABY OR REVIVE SOME CHILDS FATHER OR MOTHER. I COULD KEEP GOING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS JOB BUT THE TRUTH IS EVERY DAY I FIND NEW THINGS ABOUT FIREFIGHTING THAT I LOVE BUT MOST OF ALL I LOVE KNOWING THAT ALOT OF THE THINGS WE DO MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW BUT I TAKE GREAT PRIDE KNOWING THAT MY BROTHER NEXT TO ME DOES AND TRUTH BE TOLD THATS ALL THAT I TRULY CARE ABOUT. ITS NOT ABOUT THE MEDALS OR THE NEWS FOOTAGE ITS JUST KNOWING THAT I HAVE MADE A DIFFRENCE IN STRANGERS LIVES. HHHHHOOOORRRRAAAAHHHHH FIREDAWGS !!!!