What is a Professional Fire Fighter?
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The
mere fact that you are a firefighter - paid, industrial, institutional, or volunteer
- in no way makes you a professional. You become a professional firefighter
only when you exhibit the knowledge, attitude, skills, and habits that have
been honed to the highest degree by education, training, experience, and LOVE
for your profession.
The
Example and conduct you display at the scene is, and will always be, the only
yardstick by which your peers and the people you serve can judge you and the
organization you represent.
That
judgment will form the opinion of each and every person involved with you and
your organization, and that judgment will precede you in the form of your
reputation as a "PROFESSIONAL"
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