 Hatch is open. Drop that ladder and get down it before we drift away. All right, boys. Down you go. Right. Hurry it up. Before the wind blows us clean off the ridge. Well done. Good work. I'll meet you in an hour. And an hour later, as the weary firefighters from the hilltop reach the highway at last, Chief Cody and Ellery Collins order them into the waiting trucks.