Whether it is the next meal, the call you wish would or would not ring in, or what you are doing on your day off, planning for the event is a lost art. In today’s fast-paced, immediate-gratification-driven society, properly planning for events gets pushed out of the way. Our stage that we are performing on has no room for error. Too many firefighters at every experience and age level often rely on their improv abilities to accomplish the task at hand. Our citizens, peers, and families deserve better than that. We have to practice, be polished, and be professional for the one performance that many of them will see.