The everyday use of this lens would be for close up shots of firefighters operating hose lines, elevated platforms, ladder pipes, or a truck mounted deck pipe. The main disadvantage of this lens is that it needs to be held very steady. Especially if it is cold or windy outside. To keep the camera steady, you can brace yourself against the side of a building or fire truck. If you have a large fire, and you have a tripod, then you should have no problem with the camera moving, just mount your lens on the tripod and you are all set.
Film comes in a variety of brands, speeds, exposures and prices.
Low speed film is ideal for daytime use. Whether you want to display your photos in a album of project them on a screen will determine whether you want to take prints or slides. If you play to shoot pictures for publication in magazines, calendars etc. Most newspapers cannot use slides and only will use prints. So you will need to know what you plan to do with the images before the Fire.