Best Firefighter TV Shows of All Time: ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘9-1-1: Lone Star,’ ‘Fire Country’ and More

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It’s getting hot in here! When it comes to firefighter TV shows, there are plenty for fans to choose from — including Chicago Fire and 9-1-1.Dick Wolf has his pulse on the crime world — with shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and FBI — but Chicago Fire might be one of his most well-known series.

The firefighter-based show premiered in 2012 and gave life to spinoffs Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med.“The challenge always is that we reflect and we edify the self-sacrifice and the hard work that everyone who put themselves in the frontline are doing,” Kara Killmer, who plays paramedic Sylvia Brett on Chicago Fire, exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2021 of the series. “It takes such a special person and such a heart of service to choose to keep going out there every day and putting your life on your line or taking those risks.”Despite amassing a large audience season after season, the Firehouse 51 characters are never safe from being killed off or sent packing.

Throughout the show’s more than 10-year run, fans have said goodbye to Leslie Shay (Lauren German) in the season 3 premiere and Brian “Otis” Zvonecek (Yuriy Sardarov) in season 8.Monica Raymund, who played Gabby Dawson, and Jesse Spencer, who played Lieutenant Matt Casey, exited the show as well, but were thankfully not killed off and have since made cameos on the series.“I think for Chicago Fire and PD, the cast worries [about their characters dying].

Med, it’s a little harder for the doctors to die, but it is definitely something that’s always at the back of your head. Any given episode can be your last,” Joe Minoso, who plays Joe Cruz on Chicago Fire, exclusively told Us in April 2022. “This time of year, especially, everybody’s like, ‘Oh man, what’s