My Dh is a retired Captain from the fire dept. We have a scanner and listen to all the calls. He had been known here in our little subdivision and if something happened close they would call him instead of 911!!!! He had one of the houses here put out with a garden hose before the volunteer fire dpet got here. lol.. He also had the second floor of a house fall on him once... I think it is because you care and hope that everyone is ok.