Ego, Energy, and Ears: Learning to Listen in a Loud Job
This career is loud. Sirens. Radios. Yelling over roaring engines. The constant beat of urgency. What’s the real noise? It’s the stuff in your own…
Tag: First Responder
Welcome to “The House”
You survived the academy. You earned the badge. Now comes the real test: stepping into your new family. Every shift has its own rhythm. Its…
Training Day: “Earning the Right to Serve”
Let me be clear: you don’t get to call yourself a first responder just because you applied for the job. You earn that title—day by…
The Calling
Why We Show Up You don’t stumble into the first responder’s life. You get called to it. Sometimes that call is loud—a siren in your…