Tweakers and the mentally infirm. There is also a type of character who just compulsively lies about things, especially in the worst situation.

I can see why some people wouod be unwilling to trust the advice of “run towards the fire,” regardless. Maybe the firefighter took the time to explain the ohysics briefly, in which case we have 12 survivors who understood the physics (thus could trust him) and a couple dozen or so who were less physics literate. Science saves lives!

To be fair, do they carry around any sort of badge? Could have seemed like a crazy person to- oh it was in Austria, not New York

I’d never taken the time to realise firefighters have to learn about physics-nonsense for their line of work. On top of having to stay really fit? That’s tough