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could I live without

September 28, 2023
By Anonymous

Could I live without anything?


If I had to live without anything I don't think I'd be able to make a decision; these thoughts have kept me awake at night: what would I do if there was a fire? What would I grab? Who would I save first? Would anyone else know what to do and would they listen to me?


As a high school student and firefighter in training living in a house with bedrooms upstairs if there was ever a fire I would easily move quickly. Stop, drop, and roll is still a method to check how hot the door is and how far the smoke is from the other side of the door.


If it's right outside the door I know to find cloth and grab water or any type of liquid and cover the cloth with it then cover my mouth with it so I can wake my family and not breathe in the smoke. As soon as I get into their rooms I open their windows and cut open their screens with a pocket knife and direct them down and out as I go back in trying to grab anything valuable or hard to replace, doing this all within two minutes.


Otherwise, I'd have to get out immediately. Cannot stay in the building longer than two minutes without any equipment and just a damp cloth over my nose and mouth without getting seriously injured. then make sure after I get out safely no one is injured and if anyone were to be that they would get the proper care they need. 


Personal items to save that are hard to replace would be things like birth certificates, social security cards, my phone, my siblings and mom's phone, my sister's insulin and other diabetic medicine, my sister’s and grandfather's ashes, memorial items from passed on loved ones and clothing, it would be a lot to grab but it would also be very hard to live without and hard to replace and I don't know what i would do without them same things I have now it would be hard to adapt to a new wardrobe thinking of the things I don't have anymore and overall just adapting to a whole new living.



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