house. to see if there is anything that can cause our crew harm. when alexander reaches the front door, firefighter mike okason is already there, and the cloud of thick black smoke is rolling above his head. and you could see that there are flames not far from me. he put on the helmet, and the breathing apparatus, and mike and i made entry into the house. once inside, smoke surrounds them. as soon as you go from outside into the fire, it becomes black and there is zero visibilit visibility. it is not like hollywood where you can see all of the flames and everything looks pretty. it is dark and it is ugly. and basically, we are on the hands and knees crawling to fight the fire, and searching out the victim in the house. we can t see anything. everything is by feel. for us to keep from becoming disoriented and basically going in circles, you keep one arm on