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Uniform. chief shows up, be in uniform. pride. thats all i am about. having my own house where i can mold the firemen to my standards is one of the biggest advantages. im looking forward to it. >> not only will joel captain a new engine company, hell have to cover one of the safe passage routes. >> certainly we have concerns. were going to walk kids to school, and thats great, until we get a call. as you see around here, that happens quite a bit. so whats going to happen to the kids? i dont know...

Mediocre, because kids lives are in our hands. you are the people that will take us to the next level. you are it. one, two, three -- >> liz dozier believes her team can do more with less this year. losing more money and 28 staff jobs means it wont be easy. with fewer than 72 hours to go, the city prepares for the first day of school. over on the west side, captain joel burns gets ready for a first day of his own. he got the assignment he wanted, leading a firehouse in the same battalion where h...

Practice will pay off. >> i want everybody to please stand up. i need everyone on their feet. come on. you have a choice. would you like a regular coke or a diet coke? if you chose regular, i would like you to sit back down. diet coke drinkers have on average four times more sex than everyone else sitting down. thats right. lets give them a big round of applause. >> night and day in 24 hours. >> we would love to talk to you today. i would love to meeting you and sharing a diet coke. thank you. >...

>> same here.ck to school. >> im just going to walk around. >> sounds good. >> on day one, fenger struggles with underenrollment. while other schools deal with overcrowded classrooms. school chief barbara bennett checks on how theyre doing. >> whats your attendance for today, how many students? >> i counted 43 -- 44. >> 44 enrolled and they are 44 in attendance. >> before the end of next week, we will work this out. my heart is like, 40 little kinder garden kids? this that were my grandsons, i w...

What am i going to do? im going to have to hit them with an ax. >> the fire captain is in charge of truck 41 in englewood. >> everybody knows it as the house of bells. the bells do not stop ringing in this joint. >> every day, joel and his firefighting crew deal with victims of violence. >> assaults, violent stabbings, beatings, a lot of gunshots. >> how many shots did we hear? >> 10 or 12. >> i try very hard not to bring it home, because believe me, it would harden you. you see a child shot. to...