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Firefighting
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Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential. Fire harkens back to our wilder selves, the parts we let out only when we think no one is looking.
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― Fighting Fire
― Fighting Fire
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The first few weeks of any firefighter's career are an impatient wait to start living the dream, and mine were no different. This was back before I understood that it was also a job, that there would be moments of frustration and grief, back when it was a fantasy that had come true but hadn't stopped being a fantasy yet.
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― Working Fire: The Making of a Fireman
― Working Fire: The Making of a Fireman

































