And honestly you never know. I was a Senior Scout and they called for volunteers, handed us brushhooks and Pulaskis and sent us to do a firebreak ( You had to be 16, and they evaced all the younger scouts). Then the fire turned, and you had kids running from a wildfire. The real firefighters were so impressed that I didn’t drop my brushhook when running (and yes, I ran like a muthafucka) that they gave it to me. Still had it until my last move.
So, they 16-18yo kids out to help with the fires, and of course they thought we were gonna be safe.