The firefighters struggle to save priceless art from a museum fire, not realizing that their friend, Arson Inspector Frank ''Grumper" Barkham, is trapped in the blaze. Captain Spike Ryerson and his men struggle to save priceless art from a museum fire, not realizing that Inspector Frank "Grumper' Barkham of the arson squad is trapped in the building. In "A Gift for Grumper," the firefighters interrupt a meeting with "Grumper'' to respond to a fire in a girl's trailer. Afterwards they raced to the museum blaze, not knowing that the inspector, who is nearing his retirement, had arrived there first and gone upstairs.