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he can't say, "I screwed up."

My Chief screwed up."

The person who lives the

next block over, next house down,

"they're going to think

it was our fault."

Yeah, some days, I'm beat up.

Three out of five, I feel like a

loser, can't seem to get ahead of it.

Every problem seems to

generate another problem,

and another problem,

and another problem.

I feel like I'm walking

in a mine field,

at any time I could sever a leg.

Tragedy like that, guys do

come together, that invisible thing

that bonds us all together,

kind of draws you in.

There's no way to

do anything but grieve,

and to get through the grieving

process, and the only way to do

that is to stay close to one another,

and just pull each other through.

I don't want

you to feel attacked,

I don't want you to feel threatened.

We can figure this

out, now, I tell you,

I know that we can figure it out.

Yes, we can.

Why?

Because we're firefighters.

We know it the best.

We're still DFD!

We the baddest guys in Michigan!

I want to let you know that

I'm in alignment with you,

I'm not against you,

I'm not against you.

We're all on one team,

"Here's what we did wrong,

here's what we're going

to do to improve."

Together, we come up

with the answers.

Commissioner, straight-up,

we don't look at you as the enemy,

we're accepting you into the

family, I think with open arms.

And I perceive that.

You know, you have to stay positive,

it's all about leading, you know,

if the leader is all

shaken up and afraid

and you can expect the

crew to fall apart.

Give him the

benefit of the doubt.

He knows his business, he seems

to know what he's talking about.

If he can pull it all

together, you know,

more power to him,

go ahead and do it!

Let's see what you can do here.

Be seeing you again,

y'all better get back to work.

Commissioner's "Let

it burn" policy, you know what?

If there's no hazard

to nearby structures,

and there's nobody inside

the building, let it go,

I don't have a problem with that.

Hey, do not let them go in there.

They do have a

door open in the back?

Yes, that roof

looks real shaky there.

It's collapsing right now, isn't it?

Get everybody off the roof!

Get off the roof.

Hey, get the... hey,

get him out of there right now.

Chief said, "Everyone

off the roof," let's go.

It's my job now to make sure

everybody goes home in one piece.

I'll take it as a huge win that if

three years from now when I retire,

that at any of my fires, nobody

gets hurt, nobody gets killed.

That's all I'm really

concerned about right now.

What's up, BK, you all right, man?

Good, call me.

Did you ever give my girl

in the Ford an invitation?

Your girl in the Ford?

Who you talking about?

The woman that's in that Taurus?

Oh, wow, no, I didn't,

I don't know that lady.

I don't either.

I'm not hitting on her for you.

My father taught me,

never let anything beat me,

you can always figure out a way.

I'm a product of Detroit.

I'm one of those guys that I'm not

going to turn my back on Detroit.

I'm an optimist, so I

see it, it's got to come back.

This City is too great,

there's too much history.

For all the pain

that the City truly causes me,

I still love it, it's still home.

I'm a Detroiter.

Boy, I tell ya, it

feels good to be back in Detroit.

Driving down Woodward

drinking my Vernor's, man,

this is the life.

As firefighters,

all we deal with is change.

And we know that we

got to fix this thing.

Hey, man, a single

guy only needs like one

of these massive potatoes.

I thought I'd be much further along.

Some mornings, I feel like

throwing in the towel.

It wears you down, you know, after

a while, 'cause you don't want

to let the people down, I

don't want to let them down.

Like every week I work here is about

a year off of my life.

But that's all right, my

grandmother lived to be 103,

so I got a lot of time left.

So what do you

want to eat there, Smiley?

National Coney Island.

What?

Somebody telling

me that I can't walk,

it's not going to kill me.

I have other things to worry

about, you know, like maybe trying

to start a family,

and stuff like that.

So all that stuff is still possible.

This sh*t doesn't happen

overnight, progress takes time.

Detroit Fire

Department, the time is 07, 28 hours.

Congratulations, FEO

Franklin Parnell of Engine 50

from the Detroit Fire Department on

your retirement from Central office.

Congratulations.

Thanks, so much, Keith.

Congratulations.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

Today is the last day that I

will be standing in this uniform

for the Detroit Fire Department.

So we're having

a few guests tonight.

Like the whole battalion, some

family members, some friends.

Hey, Fred!

What's up, man?

Just glad to be on the job, huh?

I'm sure the fires will

be annoying and screw it up today.

It's hard to plan this

kind of stuff around work.

Oh, I want that piece.

I think they might miss me.

I'm going to stop by

occasionally and say, "Hello."

It's going to be different,

but it's going to be good.

Yeah, I'm going to stick

with that, it's still going

to be good, no matter what.

It's going great, absolutely great.

I'm looking at a true blessing here.

That was Craig.

Captain Daugherty, or

Chief Daugherty, now.

Yeah, yeah, wow.

Two-alarm,

Engine 60 and Ladder 23.

60's and Ladder 23.

Engine 60 en route.

Ladder 23 en route.

Two-alarm,

Engine 50, Squad 6.

Chief 9 en route, Engine

50 and Squad 6...

Is it okay

to get my favorite kiss?

See ya.

Yeah, he's got it.

I'll be seeing ya, man.

See ya bro, see ya, hug, okay.

See ya later tonight, bro.

Take care, see ya, thank you.

All right, Mr. Johnson, take care.

Engine!

Engine!

Where to?

Engine 50, Ladder

23, Chief 9 en route.

Engine 50,

Ladder 23, Chief 9 en route.

Box Alarm Company's responding.

Fire reported, 14467 Almont.

Engine 50 stretching on a dwelling.

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