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The job of being a Firefighter is especially difficult because it involves fire,and jumping out from high places but the most important ones are saving people’s lives and sometimes willing to give up your life. The task of a Firefighter is especially hard for a person who can’t stand to see people die, and someone that has seen this for many years may or may not be able to get over the trauma that they have seen. When you come from a call with little kids that have been in an accident, you can see how hard it is for the parents. My dad’s friend hates when he has to go on those kind of calls , because sometimes you don’t know how to handle it, but you have to suck it up and take it. He sometimes has to go and get people that are trapped,

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