 My name is Katie Palumbo and I've been with the fire department for four years now. I joined when I was 15 years old and I started as a junior and now I'm about to turn 19 and I'm about to get my Mod 4 first or my firefighter one certifications. This is probably like two years ago like my junior year high school. I was coming down here to go to breakfast with one of my friends it was her birthday and I was like oh just park near the fire department it won't be a big deal there's I don't have to pay for parking so I came over here parked and then as soon as I put my car in park we had a fire call but it was a it was like alarm so I was like oh I won't be very long I texted her I was like I'll be right back like I'm just gonna go to this fire call real quick then we go to the fire and it turns out it's actually a working fire in the sky melted his microwave with I I can't remember what was in it but he completely melted his microwave it smelled so bad and I felt so bad because I missed the entire brunch and then I came back and she understood everything but I just felt bad because I missed the entire breakfast because some guy melted his microwave. I joined originally because I was applying to a bunch of the military academies so I wanted to get some volunteer experience get some more life experience and I feel like the fire department's really given me a lot to work with in life and I'll have opportunities and everything that a lot of other people don't get which now I am in the army now and I did get to go in and um yeah