Rachelle Hampton

A month passes in a sort of uneasy stasis, but Kennedy is on high alert, especially when the next town council meeting comes around. Grace has got a new idea. A new idea she has run by no one else in the department. Grace's new idea? The creation of a deputy chief position to be below Grace, but above Kennedy. Why? Well, because Grace's right hand needs to be able to do everything that Grace can.

A month passes in a sort of uneasy stasis, but Kennedy is on high alert, especially when the next town council meeting comes around. Grace has got a new idea. A new idea she has run by no one else in the department. Grace's new idea? The creation of a deputy chief position to be below Grace, but above Kennedy. Why? Well, because Grace's right hand needs to be able to do everything that Grace can.

And at first, Kennedy is like, what the fuck are you talking about? And then she realized that Grace is proposing Kennedy basically be demoted because Kennedy doesn't want to drive the fire truck. And the thing is, Kennedy would actually be willing to hear that out because she will literally never drive the fire truck.

And at first, Kennedy is like, what the fuck are you talking about? And then she realized that Grace is proposing Kennedy basically be demoted because Kennedy doesn't want to drive the fire truck. And the thing is, Kennedy would actually be willing to hear that out because she will literally never drive the fire truck.

And there are a whole host of qualified people on the crew who can drive the fire truck who will be great deputy chiefs. But guess who Grace suggests? Elijah Williams. Aye, aye, aye. The failed son of the Williams clan. Kennedy briefly wonders whether she is hallucinating. But reality reasserts itself when the town council starts seriously considering Grace's proposal.

And there are a whole host of qualified people on the crew who can drive the fire truck who will be great deputy chiefs. But guess who Grace suggests? Elijah Williams. Aye, aye, aye. The failed son of the Williams clan. Kennedy briefly wonders whether she is hallucinating. But reality reasserts itself when the town council starts seriously considering Grace's proposal.

Luckily, the proposal ends up being vetoed for a lack of proper detail. But it's vetoed without prejudice, which means that Grace can flesh out her proposal and present it again at a later meeting. Wow. Kennedy leaves this meeting and tells everyone on the squad who wasn't a Williams and even a few Williams who happen to be cool. Everyone's in shock.

Luckily, the proposal ends up being vetoed for a lack of proper detail. But it's vetoed without prejudice, which means that Grace can flesh out her proposal and present it again at a later meeting. Wow. Kennedy leaves this meeting and tells everyone on the squad who wasn't a Williams and even a few Williams who happen to be cool. Everyone's in shock.

Kennedy cannot believe how fast morale has deteriorated. Coming in for Sunday dinners with the crew used to be one of the highlights of her month. And now she just constantly prays that she never gets called in.

Kennedy cannot believe how fast morale has deteriorated. Coming in for Sunday dinners with the crew used to be one of the highlights of her month. And now she just constantly prays that she never gets called in.

And on some level, her prayer is answered because under the guise of fleshing out her deputy chief proposal, Grace makes a document outlining what firefighters and lead firefighters were allowed to do while on call. You might be asking, what separates a regular firefighter from a lead firefighter? I'm so glad you asked. Largely... It came down to whether or not you could drive the fire truck.

And on some level, her prayer is answered because under the guise of fleshing out her deputy chief proposal, Grace makes a document outlining what firefighters and lead firefighters were allowed to do while on call. You might be asking, what separates a regular firefighter from a lead firefighter? I'm so glad you asked. Largely... It came down to whether or not you could drive the fire truck.

Oh my gosh. What this new document meant in practice is that Grace and her father and a few other select firefighters who mostly happened to be Williams got to do the glamorous work of cutting ribbons and kissing babies, rescuing cats from trees and things of that nature.

Oh my gosh. What this new document meant in practice is that Grace and her father and a few other select firefighters who mostly happened to be Williams got to do the glamorous work of cutting ribbons and kissing babies, rescuing cats from trees and things of that nature.

While the rest of the crew had to do the grunt work of scene cleanup, hauling like the heavy, heavy hoses, clearing out blackberry bush, which was endemic to the island and just a huge fire hazard. So that was a huge part of their job. How did these jobs sound to you? Which one would you rather do?

While the rest of the crew had to do the grunt work of scene cleanup, hauling like the heavy, heavy hoses, clearing out blackberry bush, which was endemic to the island and just a huge fire hazard. So that was a huge part of their job. How did these jobs sound to you? Which one would you rather do?

Kissing the babies. Yeah. Around Thanksgiving, Grace imports a purebred Dalmatian for photo ops. And it somehow becomes part of the crew's responsibility to care for it because it's their mascot. Okay, this is too much.

Kissing the babies. Yeah. Around Thanksgiving, Grace imports a purebred Dalmatian for photo ops. And it somehow becomes part of the crew's responsibility to care for it because it's their mascot. Okay, this is too much.

While the crew is running around washing the fire truck and cleaning up after the dog, Grace is posting photos with her dad, Elijah, that are captioned with my favorite firefighter.

While the crew is running around washing the fire truck and cleaning up after the dog, Grace is posting photos with her dad, Elijah, that are captioned with my favorite firefighter.