" In order to carry on your business properly, it is necessary for those who practice it to understand not only what they have to do, but why they have to do it; and the whole course of my instructions is framed to lead to this end. 
No fireman can ever be considered to have attained a real proficiency in his business until he has thoroughly mastered this combination of theory and practice.

Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, KCB

'Fire Protection' 1876