Since I have nothing better to do, might as well tell you about
my basic fire-fighting course.
The total equipment weighs a whopping 18kg, including the jacket
lagging blah blah. Add that to the fire hoses we had to transport,
coil and uncoil, we all almost die. Lucky the course only 3 days,
civil defence folks have to undergo physical training with the face
mask and tank, which alone weighs 12.6kg.
All these
while we faced the Choa Chu Kang cemetry.
Wearing the stuff is so complicated, preparation takes 10 min. And
to compound problems to that, all of us had headaches from the
pressure of the air tank. So it was hell for 3 days. We had to put
out huge fires that surround us and scorch the hell outta us, move
and even crawl in the dark. The extra weight gave me bruises on my
knee when I leopard crawled in small tunnels, and I was consuming
air from my tank like nobody's business......
Bleah.....imagine my relief when I got my certificate. 
