About this season
Two fire departments in rural Alberta risk their lives to help protect the citizens of the province's isolated areas.
Episodes (8)
1. Hot Zone
Aired 22 October 2019 • 46 min
In Slave Lake, Alberta, a burning oil truck triggers a wildfire; in Yellowhead County, Chief Bhari recovers the remains of two victims from a wrecked semi; Chief Jamie Coutts is called up to High Level to battle a wildfire.
2. True Grit
Aired 29 October 2019 • 46 min
As a home burns in Port Alberni, Captain Scott Burrows can't locate two firefighters or the house's occupants; in Swift Current, a rescue operation at a wind turbine is fraught with danger.
3. Strange Days
Aired 5 November 2019 • 46 min
In Slave Lake, black ice turns Highway 2 into a death trap; in Yellowhead County, volunteer firefighters stop a fully engulfed trailer fire from spreading to the woods; in Port Alberni, a four-man crew juggles two life-threatening calls.
4. Ladder Matter
Aired 12 November 2019 • 46 min
Firefighters fear the driver is still inside a burning semi; in Edson, firefighters use the Jaws of Life to free a driver when his pickup truck flips on black ice; a gas leak in Port Alberni shuts down a city street.
5. Greasy Roads
Aired 19 November 2019 • 46 min
Three volunteer fire departments join forces to put out a trailer fire in Smith; thick fog contributes to a series of car collisions with fatalities in Port Alberni.
6. Close Calls
Aired 26 November 2019 • 46 min
Firefighters and Forestry Service helicopters battle a wildfire that speeds towards a campground; a high-speed rollover on a dangerous stretch of highway puts Chief Jamie Coutts on edge.
7. Off Road Rescue
Aired 3 December 2019 • 46 min
Chief Jamie Coutts and his crew battle an inferno in an oil storage facility near Slave Lake; 287 kilometres west, a freak snowstorm causes chaos on the road and in the woods.
8. Miracles and Mayhem
Aired 10 December 2019 • 46 min
Chief Jamie Coutts plays host to firefighters from Yellowhead County, Port Alberni and Swift Current to look back at their most challenging calls and what it takes to be part of the brotherhood and sisterhood of firefighting.