I was in a volunteer fire Dept for a while, and the fire chief was an older, ex-marine. His number one rule - "if you loose your cool, you've lost everything".

I was in a volunteer fire Dept for a while, and the fire chief was an older, ex-marine. His number one rule - "if you loose your cool, you've lost everything". That, and always park the fire engine so you can get out if things go bad.