{"id":8719,"date":"2023-12-01T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2023-12-05T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:16:38","slug":"giving-something-back-to-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/2023\/12\/giving-something-back-to-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Something Back to Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1469\" src=\"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-1160x1469.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8411 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-1160x1469.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-800x1013.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-1213x1536.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-1618x2048.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-120x152.jpg 120w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-90x114.jpg 90w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-320x405.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01-560x709.jpg 560w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3_Feuerwehr-V2-Sub_01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to volunteer, make a\u00a0meaningful contribution and just help out when a\u00a0fire breaks out,\u201d said Jessica Schmid, Talent Acquisition Expert at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies\u2019 Weinheim site. When she talks about fires, she\u2019s not just speaking \u00adfiguratively. The petite, young woman is a\u00a0volunteer firefighter. She rolls into action with her comrades whenever duty calls, running into danger when others are running away from it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She got involved because of her brother. He took her along one day to get a&nbsp;feel for the work, and she signed up the same evening. She was inspired by the sense of community. She was also excited to make her way in what many still perceive as a&nbsp;male-dominated field. Since Schmid had never been one for half measures, she not only climbed aboard the fire engine\u2013 she became the deputy chair of the firefighters\u2019 support association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The town has a&nbsp;population of about 10,000 people, and the volunteer fire department goes on about 130 to 150 calls per years. Her special highlight this year: a&nbsp;training weekend during which she sat in a&nbsp;fire container with other firefighters, exposed to the heat of a&nbsp;real fire, had to locate and extinguish a&nbsp;fire in a&nbsp;pitch-dark container modeled on an apartment, and witnessed a flue gas ignition. \u201cThat was really cool,\u201d she said beaming. 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