I worked as a firefighter for 35 years and attended MANY demonstrations at schools and held MANY firehouse visits for kids and adults. The good will generated was priceless and I know for a fact that 4 kids ultimately became firefighters (recruiting?). Bean counters would accuse us of “wasting” fuel to drive over to a school for a public education event, but it paid dividends. Maybe we should have charged each kid $5 to climb on our rigs....hmmmm....
Aha, now it makes sense. You’re a Government worker, complete with a solid gold, taxpayer paid defined benefit pension plan. In other words you’ve been sucking off the taxpayer teat your entire career.