Navigating the contracted fire service

摘要

The contracted fire service is not new to me. I originally began my short-lived contracting career in early 2001 when I worked for one year at an organization out west. The contract did not prove as lucrative as I had hoped, so I returned home. I continued to work within public safety until I eventually "retired" and briefly took on a gig in the general service of the federal government. However, I soon realized the sterile cubicle office environment was not for me. As fate would have it, I eventually followed the path of so many brothers and sisters who have made their trek to southwest Asia as a "contractor."