A firefighter never knows what dangers or heartache will await them when they are on call as no fire is ever predictable, and no two fires are the same.
Will there be a charred child in the corner of a bedroom, cowering from a collapsed ceiling and a burning floor? Will they be able to save a life, or will they have to recover a body? Will they hug grateful survivors, or hug the relatives of dead victims? Will they be running up the stairs of a burning skyscraper or running for their lives from a collapsing building?
Firefighters are constantly aware of these dangers. To some, it might seem foolish to risk your own life to rescue someone you've never met, and may never see again, but while firefighters don't want to die, just like anyone else, they do what needs to be done.
We have friends and family that have experienced similar tragedies as a result of their careers as firefighters. Their stories have influenced lifeSAVAR in our journey, and as a result, we want to make a difference in how firefighting training is being conducted in order to minimise death and injury in both training and in the field.