Isn't the idea of a "practice fire" to put out the fire? I'm not sure how comforted I'd be to have a fire dept so well trained in watching stuff burn down... On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:28:21 +0000, Alex Silbajoris wrote > At the 2005 Spicefest I was teasing Jim, he was in his gear but > there was also a fire-safety mascot with a big dog head, and a > snappy clean new firefighter's coat with bright reflective material. > > I said, how come his coat is nice and new and yours is old and crappy? > > Jim instantly shot back "Because he doesn't work fires." He also > notes that the new reefletive material melts easily. > > I have a photobucket album of a local practice fire: > > http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v311/HabaneroHead/Practice_Fire/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the [WINDOWS-1252?]i’m Initiative from Microsoft. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount -- =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens