Photo: Mike Pelfrey and R.A. Dickey battle a blaze in New York

While another National League team plans to tour the Big Apple with its World Series trophy this weekend, a few members of the New York Mets are training for a much more valuable public service: Fighting fires in American's biggest city.

OK, so the 'Politans might not graduate the entire course, but they went on a bit of a field trip to the New York Fire Department's training academy Thursday. That's Mike Pelfrey and R.A. Dickey handling a hose in the snapshot above.

Below the jump, that's a picture of owner Jeff Wilpon looking relieved that somebody can finally yell "FIRE!" without a "MANUEL!" or "MINAYA!" followup.

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