Learning to be calm and methodic as a system administrator is something that comes with experience. It's a great way to tell experienced and non-experienced sysadmins apart.
As you said, if a server catches fire, the newbie sysadmin will freak out and start running around in circles screaming. The experienced sysadmin has seen it 10x before and knows its not a big issue - removes, extinguishes and replaces it.
As you said, if a server catches fire, the newbie sysadmin will freak out and start running around in circles screaming. The experienced sysadmin has seen it 10x before and knows its not a big issue - removes, extinguishes and replaces it.