Traits And Characteristics Of An EMT And/Or Firefighter

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Introduction to Emergency Services Personal Traits Essay

From the classroom activities describing traits and characteristics that an EMT and/or Firefighter must possess, choose
Two characteristics that you feel you possess and why
Two characteristics you need to work on, why and how you can improve

Every great team you are involved in or are apart of thrives and achieves off of a lot of attributes of someone and what they possess as a person. You will get nowhere as a group if no one sticks or doesn’t follow a task in hand provided by a leader. There are no skills stronger than others as a whole because where there might be a weak force in a group, there will be a shoulder to lean on and help out as a whole. A attribute that I think

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