Science allows us the tools to break dogma when new theories better fit the evidence, but there is still a human tendency to not rock the boat.

The story of Millikans flawed oil drop experiment and how long it took us to slowly creep towards the real mass of an electron because no-one wanted to upstage the man is a perfect example it.

The amount of water in a tank is a fraction of what is needed to tackle a major fire. You’ve got about 3 minutes worth with a branch open at full flow.

Because of that limitation, you also aren’t going to start an internal attack until you have a reticulated supply established, since running out of water while inside a building is a potential death sentence.

If I were in the same position I would have simply run my feeder run around or over the car rather than messing about like this guy.