Robert retires from the Paterson Fire Department to take a job as public safety director of the Federal Government in Washington D.C. His second day on the job the President of the United States and his family has been murdered.

The Director and his staff have to solve why the President was murdered. He has to perform his job even when he becomes the target of the terrorist. He has to think like a police officer not a firefighter.

His job is to deal with the White House Police, the FBI, Secret Service, and the District Police and Fire Departments, and a Civilian review board. He falls in love with three women, but has to be careful not to get into a Washington scandal