Here goes... I am a volunteer firefighter. I am also a woman. I have more then proven myself as a firefighter, strong as most men, and mentaly capable of handeling situations most men can't. I'm not better than, I just have my strengths. I will be a volunteer as long as possible, but I am a student, so when I finish school, I will go to a paid department, and continue to volunteer at this station as long as I can. I have face extreem challanges, like most cannot imagine. In fact, I really proved myself within the last few weeks, as I live in Florida, and those major brush fires effected my own fire station, and I was one of very few women out there fighting those fires, along with several other departments called in, who are not used to working with women.
Now, one of my friends is facing another problem. He's deaf. He's in a diff state, but he is also a volunteer. Now he's fighting the system so to speak, because he's in school, and they're giving him a hard time. (cont.)
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