The three of us came up through the academy together and now we're at different stations but we still get together and lately when we talk about the job it feels like we're all trying to prove we're the toughest or most experienced rather than being real about what this work is actually doing to us and our families and I miss having friends who actually understood.
More people experience this than they realize.
You and your old academy buddies now compete over who's toughest instead of being honest about what the job is doing to you.
“Where Are You with Public Safety — Fire & Rescue?”
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