I have a (still living) friend.
He would do all that crazy, stupid stuff.
He spent 30 years fighting fires/paramedic/fire captain, etc.
Everyone else ran out of burning buildings He thought it was fun to run into burning buildings.
He would volunteer to fight wildfires and defend houses. It bothered him not that the fire would burn around him after he made a defensive position.
Usually adobe/spanish style home in desert--he and a team would hole up in the courtyard, the fire would burn through, then he would continue extinguishing whatever was left.
If you can harness the stupid, you can get some good outta those folks.
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