HONOLULU (KHON2) -- As investigators look for answers into Monday night's deadly fire, the Hawaii Firefighters Association President Bobby Lee explained the safety precautions firefighters take and how they prepare every time they answer a call. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You "There's enough dangers and hazards in our profession to begin with, so anytime we have a tragic situation like this, we want to obviously learn from it, find out what happened and what went wrong, and make sure this doesn't happen again," Lee explained. Their current training is already rigorous, as they have to consider and plan for the unknown. ‘Mayday call’: Firefighter killed while combatting McCully apartment fire "We teach our firefighters the basics of firefighting," Lee said. "But it's also an issue of having to adapt when we get to the scene, because you don't always know what's going on." Preplanning is paramount, taking a number of key factors into account. They look at whether it's daytime versus nighttime and if it's a residential area or a warehouse. "So like warehouse areas, daytime, we got more life hazard involved," Lee explained. "Neighborhoods, residential areas, nighttime, we have more life hazard involved. And daytime, everybody's at work. So all of that comes into play." It's the information that helps to develop a scene assessment en-route to the fire. "So we kind of get an idea of what the neighborhood or what the building is about. And as we're driving there, we're looking for signs, smoke, fire," he explained. He said the most important part of their job is saving lives. "A real game changer for us is if there is a report of people trapped in the house," he said. "Life safety comes first over just a building burning." That's why its essential that people have a plan and discuss what to do in the event of a fire. "If you have kids, talk to your kids," Lee said. "If there's a fire in their room, what are they going to do? If they're trapped in their room, what are they going to do? Don't hide under the bed. Don't hide in the closet." He said, no matter what, get out of the house. Find more Hawaii, Oahu, Maui and Kauai news here And Lee said get a smoke detector. It can save your life.