the detroit fire department is underfunded, underequipped, often badly and incompetently led, and up. their safety equipment, their boots, their clothes are often moldering and shambolic. but they fight on. this is the second time they've been to this house. if it happens to be arson, chances are no one will ever know for sure. given the ever-shrinking resources available to the department, most fires can't even be investigated. this fire is out within an hour. and after the fire, dinner. ♪ the cliche is that firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad three are cooking up a family meal. >> anthony: is every firefighter expected to cook reasonably well? >> mike: if they don't, they catch hell. i mean -- >> anthony: really? >> mike: i mean in detroit, yeah, i mean -- >> anthony: it's almost a perfect society in that sense because in a perfect society, i believe, everybody should be able to feed themselves and their friends or their family at least reasonably well. and if they're not able to do that, they should be shunned and