Ladder 49 Page #2

- Yeah, it's right there.

It's not on the holder.

Why don't you use your hand?

You're used to it.

Hey, who asked your opinion?

Get outta the bathroom.

Oh, God...! Goddamn it.

All right, who's the wise guy?

All right.

Interrupting my sh...

Goddamn it!

All right, somebody's gonna pay for this!

We got one, rook!

Come on, come on!

About three more blocks.

Right after North Avenue.

All right, Cap.

Move out of the way, a**hole!

How you feelin', kid?

It's your first fire.

Are you ready to break your cherry?

- That one. Grab that plug!

- Got you, Cap.

Three-storey brick building.

Flames showing second and third floor.

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Go, go, go!

Your helmet!

Slow down. Slow down.

You're getting tangled up.

Let it go, let it go.

Single line, single line.

Come on. Let it go.

All right, there you go.

Go in low.

All right, stop here.

Stop, stop.

Charge the line!

Charge it!

All right.

Go! Go!

Over the side!

Slow down!

Slow... Slow down!

Whoa. Whoa.

- Huh?

- Go!

Keep goin'!

- Jesus Christ!

- They're just rats.

- Come on, let's go.

- Cap... Huh?

Go!

- Hey, Cap...

- Ignore it! Go!

- OK.

- Just keep goin'.

Drop it. Drop it.

Drop down.

- OK, OK...

- This is it.

You ready? Move it in!

Come on, move it!

- What?

- No, not yet. Not yet.

When? When?

- Move in. Now, now!

- I got it, Cap, I got it!

- Easy, easy. Hit it! Hit it!

- OK! OK!

I'm with ya, I'm with ya.

Hit it high.

Hit it high!

- I'm trying, I'm trying!

- Good.

Move in. Now, now!

That's it.

Aah!

It's all right. Get up!

- Get up!

- I'm OK, I'm OK!

- Here! Here!

- Come on, I got it.

I'm doin' it, Cap!

Up! Up! Hit it high!

Hit it high!

Hit it high!

Easy. Easy.

- Hit it! Hit it!

- OK!

OK!

You did it, man. Good job.

Whoo!

Hey, how 'bout that?

She go easy on you?

- Get me up to speed.

- We've got a 20-storey building.

Most of it concrete.

Most of the fire's on the top eight floors.

And after that explosion on 12,

one of our guys went missing.

Jack Morrison, Ladder 49.

- Any radio contact with him?

- None.

- Anybody with him?

- The others of Ladder 49 made it out.

They're in the stairwell with the victims.

- You reported this?

- Yes, sir.

OK. Deputy Chief One to communications.

I'm on location assuming command.

Strike out a fourth alarm.

OK, shut down all exterior operations.

Get your asses in there

and find him. Go, go, go.

Command to Ladder 49.

Jack, come in.

Command to Ladder 49.

Jack, come in.

Command to Ladder 49.

Jack, come in.

Jack, come in.

Ladder 49, Morrison to Command.

Jack. Jack, it's Kennedy.

How you holdin' up?

Chief, the floor collapsed.

I don't know.

I'm pretty busted up.

Do you know where you are?

No. I was on 12 when it gave way.

I was on 12.

How you doin' on air?

Tank is no good. Air's out.

OK, hold tight.

We got units comin' in after you.

Hey, Mike.

Mike, the vic get out?

Did he get in the bucket?

That's affirmative, Jack.

He made it.

He's gonna be OK.

You did a great job.

Jack, switch to a different channel.

Try eight.

Switch to a different channel.

Try eight.

Hey, Mike, imagine me getting myself...

...trapped in here like some dumb rookie.

You should've taught me better.

Well, what do you expect? I did the best

I could with what I had to work with.

No. No academy fire was ever that hot.

I told you.

Didn't I tell you?

- Nothing compares, right?

- Nothin'.

I can't believe it.

- Hey, we need ketchup.

- Right.

- Maybe more.

- OK.

That's it.

I'm goin' in.

Uh, excuse me. Hi.

- Hi.

- So, can I ask you a question?

Sure.

Now, who are these for?

For us.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Um, you can't eat these.

Why not?

These, these are,

these are for fat, lonely girls...

...who stay at home at night watching TV.

- Lasagna is for the fat girls?

- Yes!

- Lieutenant, right?

- Yeah, that's right.

Lieutenant Jack Morrison.

- Hey.

- Hey.

I'm Captain Dennis Gauquin.

Uh, Cliff's Crab Shack,

you ever heard of that?

- No.

- Best seafood in town.

- That's what you need.

- Oh, really?

Sorry, we can't do it.

We already planned dinner.

- Thanks, though.

- Yeah.

OK.

Hey, you know where the ketchup is?

Maybe.

- All right, can you show me?

- Sure.

OK.

- Ketchup, huh?

- Been fightin' fires all day.

I need some help finding the ketchup.

Sorry. The captain's been

under a lot of pressure.

We had a big fire today and I think

the, uh, smoke probably went to his head.

It doesn't seem to be his head

that's the problem, Lieutenant.

That's funny.

Hey, I'm Jack Morrison.

Yeah.

He told me, remember?

Oh, yeah, that's right.

So, you guys usually pick up girls

in the supermarket, for fun or?...

Well, usually I just throw 'em over

my shoulder and carry 'em down a ladder.

Sort of a Tarzan-Jane thing?

It was nice to meet you.

I should get going.

Yeah, it was nice meeting you.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Eight o'clock.

- What?

- Cliff's.

With those girls?

- You mean, like if you lock yourself out?

- Yeah.

Well, if you lock yourself out...

...and you say that you

left the stove on, yeah...

...the fire department

has to come let you in.

But we try to stop people from doing that...

...by knocking down their door

with an axe. Right, Jack?

- Wanna go outside for a smoke?

- Oh, more than anything.

- Let's go.

- You guys OK?

We're goin' outside for a smoke.

Bye. Behave.

So, what do you do?

I work in a jewellery store

where people make their own jewellery.

Did you make those?

Do you make your bracelets?

I made this one, and I made this.

It's nice.

So, what's that called?

Would you be, like, an artist?

No, I just help people make jewellery.

It's just a job for now.

Do you like what you do?

Yeah, I love it.

Yeah? Why?

Cos you'll just be sittin' around like this,

and all of a sudden that gong goes off.

You go tearing out of the firehouse,

go down the street...

...and fight your way into some building...

...dealing with that heat,

helping people, you know.

Saving people.

It's an amazing feeling.

I can't even imagine what it must feel like

to save someone's life.

I mean, how many people

do you think you've saved?

Well, look, actually, I'm...

I'm not a lieutenant.

I just...

We were just screwing around.

I actually just started, uh...

- You suck.

- Yeah, I got my first fire today, though.

But I did. I got my first fire.

It was amazing.

Captain Dennis sent them over.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

I hate you.

He's gonna be Chief Dennis

in another hour.

You suck!

Is he even a fireman?

No, he's a truckie. He's a step man.

Truckies are search and rescue.

He actually goes in and pulls people out,

you know. Dennis has saved people.

Are you a steppie, too?

- Not a steppie, a truckie.

- Oh, OK.

But, no, I'm on the engine.

I'm a pipe man.

I actually hold the nozzle

and put the fire out.

That's cool.

I think it's amazing what you guys do.

I mean, you go into burning buildings...

...when everyone else is running out.

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