YOU SIR have most CERTAINLY never been a firefighter as your statement is just plain ignorant. As a 12 year veteran firefighter I can ASSURE you there are HUGE amounts of training going on daily. If you want a taste of what it is like...drive down to a volunteer station, ask them to pull out their pumper and HAND JACK a few hundred feet of 2.5"...then come back on here and let us know how that worked out for ya!