Rookie fireman Tim Collins anxiously awaits the mail carrier, hoping for official confirmation of his permanent appointment to the city fire department. When the morning delivery brings only bills and a fellow trainee calls to celebrate receiving his own acceptance letter, Tim fears he failed to make the cut. Hoping to keep the family's spirits high, Mrs. Collins begins preparing a dinner of pork chops and a four-layer pink frosted cake. The afternoon mail arrives empty, but the household is surprised by a sudden visit from Fire Chief Bob Cody. While the adults speak in the living room, siblings Jimmy and Trudy scuffle over the frosting bowl in the kitchen, knocking hot cooking fat into the stove flame and igniting a dangerous grease fire that forces Tim and Chief Cody into immediate action. Transcript: Read transcript