What is a Firefighter?Their the person next door, .... a person with the memory of a little child. They never got over the excitement of engines and sirens and smoke and danger.They are people like you and me with warts and worries and unfilled dreams.Yet they stands taller than most of us. They are Firefighters. They put it all on the line when the bell rings.A Firefighter is at once the most fortunate and the least fortunate of people.They are people who saves lives because they have seen too much death.They are gentle because they have seen too much of the awesome power of violent forces out of control.They are responsive to a child's laughter because their arms have held too many small bodies that will never laugh again.They are people who appreciates the simpler pleasure of life, .... hot coffee held in numbed, unbending fingers, .... the flush of fresh air pumping through smoke and fire convulsed lungs, .... a warm bed for bone and muscle compelled beyond feeling, .... the camaraderie of other brave Firefighters, .... the divine peace of selfless service and a job well done in the name of all men and women.They don't wear buttons or wave flags or shout obscenities.When they march, it is to honor a fallen comrade.They don't preach selflessness, duty, and honor.They live it.