You want to help people, it's a pro-active environment, and there are challenges with a certain degree of excitement. As for why we run into buildings when everyone else is running out, I'm not sure any of us have that answer. It's lunch time. Pancakes, bacon, eggs sunny side up, English muffins and lots of juice and coffee. Meals rotate on a per-man schedule, with no money exchanged.
Some guys are actual cooks, others are hot-dog kinds of guys.
Two meals a day, complete with kitchen and working appliances. There is plenty of food and conversation. With training and cleaning chores awaiting, there is also no rush to finish. Smiles come easy, and the talk turns to the job. Asprocolas is not only third generation, he also has two uncles and two cousins who have fought fires.