BostonFire15

Most fires have extreme endurance and can last into the 8th or even 9th round.

I punched a fire so hard once though, that I got suspended from the NFL for two games.

All personnel have a role. So when you're on the engine, you'll have the engineer who drives the truck and operate the pump. These are guys that have generally been firefighters for 30 years and are getting a little old to be running in on structure fires. Then you'll have your officer in the other front seat, either a Liuetenant or Captain. Then you'll have 2-3 firefighters in the back, depending on the crew size. Just like any job, you work your way up the ladder to get promotions to different positions.

Actually, dalmations were originally bred back when firefighters used horse drawn water pumps. They were used both to keep the horses calm during the fire, and to protect the horses/carriage from theft or vandalism while the firefighters were fighting the fire. They became kind of symbol of the job, and while some stations still have a mascot dalmation at the fire house, I would say the vast majority do not.

There's always those WTF stories that you hear about, but the best one I ever personally saw was a sex dungeon in a lady's basement.

We were called in on a fire that started in the lint trap in a dryer, went down and had the fire out pretty quickly. While doing overhaul we stumbled upon this ladies sex dungeon, and it was intense. Whips and chains, big wooden table in the middle with 4 point restraints. Lady didn't fuck around.

Honestly, one of my fondest memories was when I had to rescue a cat out of a tree.

I was a brand new, green firefighter. Probably was my second call ever, and generally the department I was on wouldn't take the cliche cat stuck in a tree calls, but they made an exception just to give the rookie (me) shit. We set up the extension ladder, and up I went. I got a hold of the cat, and as I started coming down the ladder this cat went ballistic. I had no gloves on, and only my bunker pants. This cat tore me to shreds coming down the ladder.

Honestly, it's not hard at all. Of course, that's probably dependent on where you live, but our department has many female firefighters/emts, and they aren't treated any different than the guys.

I hope you have brothers though, otherwise I don't know if you're ready for the level of farting, burping, lack of hygiene and perversion you're about to walk in on.

Good luck to you! It's a great career!