Rachelle Hampton

But Grace is very organized and also very young, which means she both has a lot of energy and no kids, while Kennedy has a preschooler at this point. When Grace joined the fire department, she started doing a lot of extra projects for the crew, like... reorganizing the storage closet so that it's usable and not a fire hazard. So all of that is why Claire tapped her to become the chief.

But Grace is very organized and also very young, which means she both has a lot of energy and no kids, while Kennedy has a preschooler at this point. When Grace joined the fire department, she started doing a lot of extra projects for the crew, like... reorganizing the storage closet so that it's usable and not a fire hazard. So all of that is why Claire tapped her to become the chief.

But why Grace is confirmed as chief through a majority vote is because all of those reasons and because Grace is a Williams. And according to our friend of a friend who said, I quote, I included her last name because the Williams family is sort of a big deal, at least according to the Williams family. First of all, there are a lot of them.

But why Grace is confirmed as chief through a majority vote is because all of those reasons and because Grace is a Williams. And according to our friend of a friend who said, I quote, I included her last name because the Williams family is sort of a big deal, at least according to the Williams family. First of all, there are a lot of them.

Most of them stayed on the island and had several children, each of whom have stayed on the island and had several children, some of whom are still on the island. They have their own special seats in a corner of the stadium at football games. They're like a little mafia.

Most of them stayed on the island and had several children, each of whom have stayed on the island and had several children, some of whom are still on the island. They have their own special seats in a corner of the stadium at football games. They're like a little mafia.

Now. And the Williams have been some of the first settlers on this island. So they're both incredibly important to the island's founding and also incredibly infamous for some of their ancestors, um... Misadventures?

Now. And the Williams have been some of the first settlers on this island. So they're both incredibly important to the island's founding and also incredibly infamous for some of their ancestors, um... Misadventures?

One of the reasons the fire department is so respected on this island is because way back in 1923, Grace's great-grandmother Eunice Williams, her barn had burned down in what became the biggest fire in island history.

One of the reasons the fire department is so respected on this island is because way back in 1923, Grace's great-grandmother Eunice Williams, her barn had burned down in what became the biggest fire in island history.

It had taken more than two hours to wrangle a crew together, and by then the fire had spread, eventually engulfing downtown. It's now very easy to tell architecturally what was built on the island pre- and post-fire. This fire looms so large in the collective imagination that it basically becomes *** Island's version of 9-11. Oh my god.

It had taken more than two hours to wrangle a crew together, and by then the fire had spread, eventually engulfing downtown. It's now very easy to tell architecturally what was built on the island pre- and post-fire. This fire looms so large in the collective imagination that it basically becomes *** Island's version of 9-11. Oh my god.

Have you ever lived somewhere like a town or a campus where everyone was sort of haunted by this event that happened a long time ago, but it's up there in the brain?

Have you ever lived somewhere like a town or a campus where everyone was sort of haunted by this event that happened a long time ago, but it's up there in the brain?

Yeah. So similarly, Kennedy heard about this fire within two weeks of moving there. It is just this kind of stain on the collective imagination. And her first thought was, how are the Williams still so prominent after this if they caused this big fire? Isn't the mayor a Williams? What's going on here?

Yeah. So similarly, Kennedy heard about this fire within two weeks of moving there. It is just this kind of stain on the collective imagination. And her first thought was, how are the Williams still so prominent after this if they caused this big fire? Isn't the mayor a Williams? What's going on here?

In the aftermath of Eunice's bonfire, the Williams family quietly paid for half of the construction that had to be done in town because they wanted to preserve their reputation. It also helped that at any given moment, half of the population is somehow married or related to a Williams, if not a Williams themselves.

In the aftermath of Eunice's bonfire, the Williams family quietly paid for half of the construction that had to be done in town because they wanted to preserve their reputation. It also helped that at any given moment, half of the population is somehow married or related to a Williams, if not a Williams themselves.

The same is true of the fire department, as in half of it is somehow married, related to, or Williams himself, which meant no one was really surprised when Grace was confirmed as chief.

The same is true of the fire department, as in half of it is somehow married, related to, or Williams himself, which meant no one was really surprised when Grace was confirmed as chief.