In all public safety agencies, the responder safety is first priority. There are only a few police officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel for every few thousand citizens. Simply put, yes we try to put as much value on citizens life as much as possible, but when we have to make a choice between our officers safety and yours, our officers will always come first. That is universal worldwide. Even when I was a volunteer firefighter, we were always taught, we come first. We can't help anyone if we