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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...

But this is how many companies we used to have. >> anthony: what percentage of that number are active now? >> mike: less than half. and we're fighting a lot more fires. >> anthony: you know, i've got to say, the kitchen's looking pretty good. >> mike: it's one of the best kitchens in the city. >> anthony: tonight's meal is being cooked by paul. he's squad three's best, they say. >> mike: he's reading the can, that's a good start. >> anthony: tonight's menu -- crab cakes, with a mix of actual crab and this stuff, sea leg. maybe you know it from such beloved menu items as california roll. hey, f...

Do you know what this stuff is, by the way? >> firefighter 2: fish, isn't it? pollack, right? >> anthony: it's a miracle fish. you can actually make beef out of this too. >> firefighter 2: really? >> anthony: or beef like substance, yeah. it should be pointed out that every meal is paid for by the crew on duty. they pool their money and shop as a unit. what's the firehouse favorite, by consensus? >> mike: oh, steaks, man. >> anthony: steaks. if i were the regular cook here, the whole firehouse would be in totally open rebellion. [ laughter ] >> mike: why? >> anthony: first of all, i'd be makin...

At a fire you'll say, what are you guys having for chow? >> anthony: do you ever get tempting to just kind of like -- with the other guys and say, "oh yeah, we had like foie gras with truffles and -- the other day?" >> firefighter 2: all the time. i'm going to be puking lobster in a minute. >> anthony: yeah, lobster again! i keep telling the guys, no more -- lobster. i just can't take it. we're free to eat? >> mike: yes! nice job on the crab cakes. >> anthony: yeah. >> mike: full of meat. >> firefighter 3: very tasty, paul. >> anthony: so if it's not good, you're not diplomatic about it. >> mi...