A well known story from the seventies...
A group of airmen manning a green goddess during a fireman's strike, all as keen as mustard to go & strut their stuff in front of the general public.
A little old ladies cat is stuck up a tree, so the intrepid airmen go on a pussy rescue mission. The most junior airman is 'Volunteered' to go up the ladder & face the hissing pussy, which is showing its claws.
The most junior airman eventually descends the ladder, hissing pussy in his arms & gives it the grateful old lady.
The junior airman nurses his minor wounds & the rest have the glowing feeling of having carried out a good public relations exercise.
The very keen airmen then drive off to their next mission, rendering the little old ladies pussy as flat as a pancake under the wheels.