Personal Narrative: My Life As A Firefighter In Ireland

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I was born 28th Febuary 1984, I was born in rather good family, my mother was a lawyer in Ireland, and my father was an firefighter in Ireland, I have one sister and two brothers, my sister is few years younger than me and my brothers are few yeards older than me. At the age of 19 one of my brothers died in a house fires, the worst part was that my father was one of the first responders at the house fire. After my dad found out that my brother has died, he fell apart, he started drinking, and my fathers and mothers marriage fell apart, he lost hes job and everything. One day I got a message while I was in school, from my mother. My dad passed away from liver failure, caused from drinking. At this point I knew I have to do something in my life to pay my respects towards my father and my brother, so that's what I did. I became part of Irelands one of the top firefighter shools, and finished it with highest grades in the schools. I fell in love with the job, and though I should get some extra trainings from the school, and get also trained to become EMS, if needed. So that's what I did, I now have recived two qualifications, one in Firefighting, and one in EMS. …show more content…
I started doing part time jobs here and there, to have some money so I can have a house and something to eat, few months later I decided to make an application for American citizenship, and it got accepted. I was suprised actually. About month later, I decided to move west coast, to seek for better future for myself, so I moved to Los Santos, now after living here for 5 years, I've decided to join the job that I think I can make big changes. This is my life biography, thank you for reading

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