So I've been at this longer than I've been driving

Well I'm up to almost 11 years in Fire and EMS.
Demons?
Yeah I got 'em.
Bad Dreams?
Oh hell yeah.
Calls I regret running?
Just one

Eleven years and only one call I really regret.  It was a bad night but sorry for the gore hounds but that one isn't going up yet it's only been a year and a half and may still be going to court.  I want to kind of explain what the Fire Service has done to me.

First off I'm the guy that's always cool under the gun.  I always say in interviews and such that I'm at my best when the shit hits the fan.  Give me a ten car pileup with ejections and an overturned bus over paying my power bill.  Sick? No I just know my wheelhouse.

I work full-time as an EMT now and Part-time as a Firefighter/EMT with a specialized company that works exclusively on race tracks.  I love my job.

Yeah I left Law Enforcement because now I'm a father and honestly I was so burned out I did not care anymore about doing a good job.  That's another story for when I have time to write a very long entry.

I decided to write this post and now I can't come up with anything to say.  I mean the service is just my life now.  The calls don't really stand out anymore.  I've run thousands of calls.  I don't know how this effects my life I guess because I've gotten jaded or it's just life.

I do know some things that have been changed by the service.
I can drive anything in any weather.
I don't trust anybody entirely
I am a glutton for punishment.  (Car wreck in a driving hail storm=my cup of tea)
I have a iron stomach even when I'm already quezy
I watch people vomit to see whats in it
I clean up after myself at work
I can wash a fire truck front to back in ten minutes
I can handle anything or at least pretend to
People can yell at me all they want.  I still don't care
I'm still scared of snakes
I know that I can do anything I need to, just need to take a deep breath and do it.

Work is work it's good and I love it but it's a  job