The Fire Service: A Lost Art

If it wasn't for the people man, every fire would go out whether we're there or not. You have to earn your respect from the time I lined up on the third baseline at San Luis Obispo High School to my next set. Blue collar is just not cool anymore. It's not cool. And one of the reasons why we're getting 40 applicants for eight jobs. If you can't throw a dead cat out the window without getting a job in the fire service, because it's just not cool now. There's not many jobs where kids want to be just like you. So yeah, we talked about that with the Padrini. He thinks it's good to