Man, ya got that right! Plus, the grant receiving entities will use you in drills to check off the required boxes, in order to keep their grant funded jobs...and you won't get a stitch of information again until the next drill.
This soured me on the entire Homeland Security bill..."contractors" are getting rich selling stuff via grants. That 'stuff' was not needed and mostly sits there taking up resources. Don't get me started! (i've done the rescue diver thing too.)
Fact remains...."Professionals" (law enforcement, FD, etc.) would rather not have "amateurs" in the mix, unless they absolutely have to have us.