People die if one guy decides to ride into a fire like a cowboy.
There's no room on the truck for freelancers. That's what made it easier for Jamie Crowe to crawl into a burning apartment building in downtown Decatur recently. Robert Gann, another firefighter, was behind Crowe. Two other firefighters brought a hand line, a water hose with 100 pounds of pressure, into the building to deal with the fire. In the pitch black of night and smoke, Crowe was by himself, but he wasn't alone.