I am in general agreement with Arney here. I too never thought of mouseholing, although it is standard practice in MOUT ops. One thing that I TOTALLY disagree with is the wetting yourself down-I understand it cooling you, but, as I have friends on several different FDs, I had asked before why they dont simply wet themselves down. The answer is to avoid steam burns due to the water flash-evaporating. Now, granted, with bunker gear on, it may be different, as you are heading INTO hot rooms, and have an outer layer that pretty much makes you a pressure cooker, but I am still on the fence about this. wetting something to breathe through is fine-wearing clothing that is soaked, and suddenly being exposed to high heat, I would think that could cause 2nd degree burns over most of your body. Any firefighters here please chime in, as the flash steam scenario to me is a little freaky!