Instead, we had 70 firefighters on the scene, about 15 cops, paramedics, two-helicoptors - and even 2 scary-looking, totally-black Homeland Security SUV’s. Even the Red Cross had to show up with their donut truck to hand out free coffee as there were so many public-safety officials standing around doing nothing. That would not happen in my rural county (Red Cross coffee). The reason why we get all those firefighters and cops at the empty warehouses (not a fire, just an alarm) is so they can "socialize". If you think socializing involves coffee, then you are thinking about the wrong beverage.