Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
You want to experience the heat and noise and feel and smell of the process before you have to do it for real.

You haven't seen a grease fire until you've taken a 36" wok, filled it to the top with cooking oil and heated it until it auto-ignites. I had a summer job with a fire-protection company and that was one of the tests we had to pass for UL.

We had turnout gear for when the system under test failed (often), but they warned me that it was the old non-breathable type that would steam you in your own sweat if you got too close to the fire.

I don't know how volunteers manage it. Between one full time job and a family I don't have an extra minute to spare.
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