Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> ....so "learning safety" means that if the building is about to 
>>> explode, they just don't go in there? [As I originally asserted.]
>>>
>> Yes, but you are using emotive language and make it too dramatic. It 
>> takes time for buildings to be destroyed and in that time a rescue can 
>> be effected. One of the aspects of fire fighting training is to expose 

>> evaluate the situation. No fire officer would expose his men or women 
>> to unnecessary risk. So if a building was in imminent danger of 
>> exploding or collapsing s/he would remove them to safety and fight the 
>> fire from a distance. But with experience and the officers are 
>> experienced, they would evaluate the situation before sending anyone 
>> into a blaze.
> 
> My point being, having "training and experience" doesn't stop a building 
> from collapsing. It just stops you from being inside the building when 
> this happens. ;-)
> 

way but that is the idea.

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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