还记得当您还是个孩子的时候，您的父母就必须遵循所有这些“愚蠢”规则吗？您会问：“当路灯亮起时，为什么我必须在房子里？”或“我知道如何游泳；为什么我在船上时必须穿救生衣？”他们只会看着我们，然后说：“这是为了你自己的好处！”或（每个人都讨厌的人）“因为我这么说！”
Then, it didn’t make a lot of sense, but you look at things differently when you are an adult and wiser. Well, with our childlike mindset as firefighters, we sometimes question rules and mandates established by the administration or federal, state, or local laws and regulations.
One such mandate is National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1403, Standard on Live-Fire Training Evolutions. You’d think firefighters would know how to safely burn houses and other acquired structures for training purposes. We see story after story and video clip after video clip of firefighters not following standards; some involve injuries that occurred during live-fire training. As hard as it is to swallow and as much of a pain as it is to follow, as mom would say, “It’s for your own good!” Again and again, we prove to be our own worst enemy. The quotation goes, “The essence of training is to err without consequence.” We can’t afford to make errors that have “consequences” on the actual fireground, let alone on the training ground. NFPA 1403 helps to eliminate a lot of those errors.
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