Why I Want To Be A Firefighter/Paramedic

Payton Kain
Mr.Wright
P.4
September/20/2017
The Life Of Samantha Cummings
Samantha “sam” Cummings was born on March 8,1994, at Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines,IA. She is only 23 years old and has already went through college and has a 3 year old daughter named Isabella.Sam is a very skilled and interesting person
She has wanted to be a firefighter/paramedic since she was 17 but prior to that she knew that she wanted to be in the healthcare field. She didn't decide what profession to chose until she saw how much firefighters and paramedics give back to the community. She decided to be a firefighter/paramedic because her mom and dad both have a career in the medical field. She also chose that path because she wanted to give back to the community that she grew up in. She knew if she chose that career she could help people on the worst and best days of their lives. She attended Mercy College of Health Sciences for her EMT, which was only a month long, Monday-Friday at 8am-5am. Also her Paramedic was at

One of the scariest things that Sam went through on the job was when it was her first time at a practice fire that she had ever attended. They were all inside the house training on how to put out a fire and deal with how hot it gets. The fire began to roll over the ceiling and then it collapsed on them. The worst part about being a firefighter is having to look in someone's eyes and tell them that their loved one had passed away, and the worst part about it is that you know there was nothing you could have done to help them., and seeing the pain that they are in. The funniest thing that had ever happened to her on the job was when they were doing grain bin rescue training. They were all using plastic crates to stand on in the corn. Everyone else went through and she had no problem. Her turn was up and so she went to stand on the milk crate and she fell right through. Her leg was trapped and she needed help getting