It may gild the lily to say that managers are heroes for putting out fires. Even a crisis within an organization can be managed as part of management.  I associate heroism with risking life and limb. I have written on Homer's take on heroism (e.g. in Odysseus) and whether it applies to business. Interestingly, Odysseus says some things about business managers that imply that heroism does not apply. I think he's right. Of course there is value in managing a department or an organization, and difficulties are part of the job, but dealing with them effectively does not rise to heroism.

Source: http://thewordenreport.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-essence-of-leadership.html