Fire kept where it belongs.

Forge-god of the useful blaze. Pozharnoe outfits the wall before the spark asks permission.

Ten letters. Heat that stays after the show.

Hint: rearrange “heat pushes.” The kit holds when the joke stops needing sparks.

Ember that means “stand ready.”

Keep the copper and the grit; only what hangs on the rack will change.

You felt the forge before the name.

When Pozharnoe steps out, this page becomes the shop floor. Until then: wry about fire, serious about the extinguisher.