I watched something yesterday I had never witnessed before. I watched a group of firefighters in training. I was especially interested in this training because one of these students is my son. This was the first time most of these young men had put a fire out with a hose. A series of simulations were constructed with fires being kept burning by propane and bales of hay. There was a simulation of a car fire, a house fire where they had to find a victim in a smoke-filled structure and/or a firefighter went down and the others had to get him out, and the "burn box". The "burn box" is actually a metal railroad car in which they go into, all doors are closed, and a wall of fire is started and they have to put it out. The fire was about 400-500 degrees. It was brutal. This was to show them how hot a fire can get in a structure. I know the guys would tell you they now have an idea of how hot any fire can get, but realize they could get hotter. I never really thought about how much a person has to go through in Firefighter/EMT training. I have always respected Firefighters and all they do for us, but I now have an even greater respect for them after watching the training. These guys will be great public servants.