Who is braver: a person who leads a group of people, or someone who decides not to follow along with the behavior of a group

Afirefighter is a rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property and the environment as well as to rescue people and animals from dangerous situations.  just cut some parts to make them shorter and add some of your facts or what describes them most. or what they are supposed to do.

When the author asks himself a series of questions, it conveys the way he thinks and where he stands.at least that's what i believe.