I grew up in southern California and southern Arizona, so there was no need for bricks or a grate in the houses we lived in. Still, fire has always called to me in a primal way, is hypnotic and demands respect.  Spiritually, fire has become something with which i am very familliar.  I embrace it's heat even as i want to flee.  Most favored of all the elements, I chose to call myself after it, to call myself Rogue Fire Angel.  I am not an angel, and i'm not as much of a rogue as i wish i were, but fire is still a part of who i am.