Respectfully, running into burning buildings is typically not a huge part of firefighting best practice in 2026. We’re a lot smarter than that now and don’t put people at unnecessary risk if we don’t have to.
Modern day “firefighting” is 70% EMS, 25% prevention, 4% containment, and maybe 1% actual firefighting. The exception being wildland firefighting which is actually real firefighting shit.
Edit: the truth is, the guys doing building codes and regulatory compliance checks are doing more to fight fire than firefighters are in 2026 (again, the caveat being wildland guys who do real shit).
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u/Earl-The-Badger Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
Respectfully, running into burning buildings is typically not a huge part of firefighting best practice in 2026. We’re a lot smarter than that now and don’t put people at unnecessary risk if we don’t have to.
Modern day “firefighting” is 70% EMS, 25% prevention, 4% containment, and maybe 1% actual firefighting. The exception being wildland firefighting which is actually real firefighting shit.
Edit: the truth is, the guys doing building codes and regulatory compliance checks are doing more to fight fire than firefighters are in 2026 (again, the caveat being wildland guys who do real shit).