meanwhile in the city of south harbor in lincoln county, shane fahey (josh hutcherson) is struggling with the death of his uncle, capt. marc fahey, and blue (the former "firehouse dog") after being trapped in a fire in a disused textile mill. realizing he forgot to study for a test, shane ditches school, but is quickly caught by two other firefighters, lionel and terrence. arriving back at the fire station in disgrace, he is chastised by his father connor fahey (bruce greenwood), the recently promoted captain of the station, who is having problems of his own; the station 'dogpatch', home to engine 55 & rescue 26, is about to be closed due to a lack of funding, less infrastructure remaining around the station, and overall bad publicity. however, before connor can properly address his son's problems, "dogpatch" is called out to put out a fire in a warehouse-shane is reluctantly dragged along. although the fire is quickly put out, shane notices a terrified rexxx balancing on top of the burning building; connor manages to rescue him, and orders shane to put up 'lost dog' flyers. due to the name on his collar, which is a prop from the filming at the time of rexxx's accident, the station renames the dog 'dewey', and keeps him at the station until someone comes to claim him.