Cynthia Gray wrote...Subject: [CH] OT: Firefighters <<Just curious... how many firefighters do we have on this list? (Besides, of course, the famous Jim Campbell. <g>) Anybody know? I am a Firefighter/Paramedic and make my living as a medic and teaching prehospital emergency medicine (paramedics, EMTs etc)... Is liking hot foods *really* an occupational hazard/joy?>> I don't "do" fire, since I'd have to shave off my beard, but I've been a paramedic on the local volunteer fire dept. (Dayton, OH area) for the past 12 years or so. I make my living as an engineer and am trying to convert people there at work to properly appreciate they joys of heat. Jeff Johnson