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Webmaster or Scuba Diver

So I find professions within the realm of a firefighter and EMS professional interesting. Now, you read that first sentence and I am sure you are confused. Their profession would be firefighter and EMS professional...right? However, I am speaking more about their second profession. We all know that in the fire service and EMS community, we typically work 1, 2 or even 3 (hopefully not) side jobs to help us pass the time, and simply to make more money.

When looking at the side professions of our emergency services professions it seems like one trend continues to show. We are either scuba divers, webmasters, or have a lawn care service. Now, I know there are many more than that, but a look down the twitter pages of a group of emergency services professionals comes up these same topics in their by-lines. Now our schedule is great when it comes to second professions. While our 216 to 240 hour per month schedule is much higher than the 9-5 rotations, we still have additional days off to work these side jobs. My question is what draws us to these professions. Now, I have done two of the three and none of them are easy. The lawn care has you out in the blistering sun all day long, while the webmaster must look at lines of HTML and JAVASCIPT that will drive even the most patient of people away, and the SCUBA Diver must train long and hard to understand all the complexities of the dive.

 So, I ask you, why do we gravitate to those professions. Answer at twitter.com/dsblev

Have a Blessed Day!!!

The ComboMedic

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