Jerome Kagan Likens Consciousness to the Staff of a Fire

Jerome Kagan likens consciousness to the staff of a fire department because:

A) most of the time it is making critical decisions about the events of the day.
B) most of the time it is quietly playing cards in the back room and it performs only when the alarm sounds.
C) it is almost always alert and attentive, ready to respond to any type of emergency.
D) it is almost always "on the road" looking for the relevant information to be used to decipher unexpected situations.