Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: You see that glow flashing in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear.
John 'Axe' Adcox: Your Dad died saving my life and these people were killing firemen for money.
Ronald Bartel: The funny thing about firemen is... Night and day they are always firemen.
Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale: Let's go.
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Where we going?
Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale: Pest control.
Grindle: These high-rise gigs give me the creeps.
Lt. Steven McCaffrey: The only problem is that in this job is there's just no place to hide. It's not like having a bad day selling log cabins. You have a bad day here and somebody dies... and that's just not fucking good enough.
Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Who's your brother Brian?
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: You are Steven.
Answer: Local photographer could have been monitoring emergency calls. A fire is a big visual, and the photo sold to a wire service or Life directly.