A young Rich Burroughs looked at his father in a hospital bed and asked, “Are you sure you still want to be a firefighter?” The answer would help shape the life of the 13-year-old, and also put in perspective the kind of man Richard Burroughs was. “Yes, I signed up to save people and this is part of the job,” Burroughs’ son recalled the then-39-year-old saying after the Dec. 30, 1980, chemical barge fire that left Burroughs and two other firefighters injured. “When you see someone burned up, with cream all over their body, that’s when it hits home.” After the injury, “He doubled down on his de…