The hero's assistant

Yesterday, I was at my sister's house and all of the sudden she says "I smell fire". Her and my brother go out in the back yard and see the house diagonally behind her house is on fire! My brother, being a volunteer hero "fireman", without hesitation jumps onto a table and leaps over the fence and runs towards the house. I, with slight hesitation....follow him. When we got there, we saw a large patch of grass next to the house and the left back side of the house was on fire. My brother was amazing! By the time I got there, he was in charge. He was banging on the door, yelling"Is anyone home?". All I could do is follow his lead. I ran to the front to do the same. By the time I returned to the back yard, he had taken the hose from the neighbors yard and was on it! He yelled to me...."there's a kink in the hose, get it out"...so, I did. He told me to get him a shovel, so he could take off the shingles... so, I did. By the time the fire department got there, the fire was out. They said that 5 more minutes and the fire would have engulfed the house. It was pretty amazing. I imagine my brother has run through the procedure of handling a house fire and carried it out so many times that it's automatic for him. Coupled with the fact that he is selfless and cares about people makes him a true hero that is on deck at any moment. It was a true example to me that we can all create that in ourselves with anything. With repetition, a real desire to help and by setting the ego aside, we can all bring the hero in ourselves, out....whatever that means to you.