Voice and Audience Introduction

This was my attempt to describe what it is like to be in the firefighter community. It could be described as being part of a family. In my opinion, shared experiences create a community. The more intense the shared experience, the closer the communal bond for the participants. Combat is probably the most intense experience there is. Soldiers make bonds in those times that last a lifetime. Crawling into a burning building with a partner is a pretty intense experience and therefore, the bond between firefighters is unusually strong. Firefighters are a family. Firefighters are a community.