VIDEO: It was a rare opportunity for firefighters, as departments from across Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois, came together for hands-on training. Nearly 20 departments got the rare opportunity to practice saving lives, inside a house fire, using a simulator put on by a group called "Brew City Fools," a training group out of Milwaukee. "It's just basic skills," said Jason Weis, president of Brew City Fools. "But when you add the heat and smoke into it, we always call it the great equalizer. That's really what will separate the easy from the hard."