The emergency is handled, everyone is safe, and now her knees would like to file a separate incident report. After Every Call understands that bravery may answer the alarm, but exhaustion is usually waiting back at the station.

Courage is not the absence of fear or fatigue. It is the willingness to step forward when others need help, then carry the emotional weight of that responsibility long after the danger has passed. Service asks a great deal from the people committed to giving it.