A small-time thief who steals barrels of Guinness and accidentally joins the AFS to evade police. He continues his thefts but eventually rescues PC O'Brien from drowning after a bomb explosion blows the officer into the River Thames.
Their shared fire-service duty turns two very different men into wartime comrades.
Sam accidentally joins the service and is assigned with Tommy to the Q sub-station crew.
They cooperate as members of the same emergency-service unit.
Bob and Sam are both assigned to the Q sub-station crew and later serve together during the major fires.
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