I've worked with several volunteers. One had to respond to a fire where we worked, on Friday night. The Northern Electric 'Merlin' phone system caught fire, and did a lot of damage to the front offices & engineering department.
A neighbor's house burnt, and they couldn't get the tanker down the sand road because of the weight, so they ran a half mile of hose between the smaller pumper & the highway where the larger trucks were waiting. They were there for about three hours before it was out. I heard the chief tell them to Roll & carry the hose back to the highway, so I got my truck, and slowly backed out to the highway as they rolled & tossed the hose on the truck. They thanked me, but I was glad to help. I would be useless, these days, but you help where you can. :)