Fire Fighters: Boys Trapped By Forest Fire

and by all station. Attention! That's it! Let's roll! There, fighters! The true-to-life story of our unsung heroes who stand ready to ride by day or night against our most murderous enemy, the demon of fire!

In just a minute, we'll move into the Midland forest area where fire started in the woods by a cigarette tossed from a passing car is moving up break-leg hill toward upper falls where chief Cody and Tim Collins are visiting.

But before we join Tim Collins, we have time for this message. Let's go firefighters! Let's go to the meadow near the barnyard of Ellery Collins, cousin of Tim Collins' rookie firefighter. As you remember, Tim and cousin Ellery have left the farm at top speed in response to the alarm of fire in Midland Woods.

And they left behind them asleep under a tree in the meadow, Chief Cody himself, come to be dressed in his oldest clothing, enjoying his first holiday in years. Until just a moment ago, Chief Cody was roused by a distant sound.

Great blazing blisters. Who's making all that noise? I should fire, Saren. Cullen, salary. What's the matter? You're gone deaf? There's a fire. All his plans for a peaceful holiday forgotten. The chief responds to the alarm like an old fire dog, but he finds the fire buildings deserted.

The building's deserted. This string blazes the car's gone. They've left me. Well, how do you like that? And as he stands in the open meadow, he hears a strange disturbance overhead. An odd-looking airplane with short stubby wings and four blades whirling idly above its body drops toward Chief Cody in low, slow flight.

The forest patrol plane. What do you know? It's a helicopter. Hey, it's coming down here. As the helicopter drops down the over, a dozen feet above Chief Cody's head, window in the fuselage slides open and a man calls out.