FIREFIGHTER’S WORDS -119- JUST DOING MY JOB

I never saw myself as a hero, never believed I would have one of those magazine cover moments. I just wanted to help. Not everyone can do what we do, and I always figured - if I could; I should. And I like the stuff that comes with it - fire prevention, talking with the cub scouts, doing community events, musters, public relations, parades, town committees. There’s no cape flying from my shoulders. When I come round the corner and the kid hit by the car looks at me, smiles and says, “Hi, Ms. Fish” it rends my heart. It makes me more determined to do my job and do it to the absolute best of my ability. And if even just doing first aid at a soccer game gives that child the slightest bit of comfort….well, then all of it was worthwhile.