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A previously unseen view of what it's really like to be a firefighter in Britain today, with exclusive access to West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS), the second busiest fire and rescue service in the UK. The series is filmed almost entirely by the fire crews themselves, using their revolutionary new helmet and body-worn cameras.
2018
Birmingham's gay pride parade is under heavy security days after the Manchester Arena bombing.
Firefighters take on a blaze on the sixth floor of a high rise only weeks after the London Grenfell tragedy.
Firefighters find themselves in a tense confrontation with a gang burning metal cables on waste ground.
Firefighters are mobilised and sent to a blazing house with a three year old reportedly trapped inside.
Birmingham's busy motorway network is brought to a halt when an unexploded bomb from the Second World War is discovered
Fire Control assist a terrified family with young children trapped on the second floor of their home.
Hay Mills Green Watch are called to rescue a young mum trapped in the wreckage of her car.
Fire crew from Sheldon station attack a fierce house blaze to stop it spreading to neighbouring properties.
Looking back at some of the most incredible moments from the series.
2018
More nail-biting rescue operations. Eighty firefighters battle an enormous blaze at a wood processing factory and panic strikes when of the crew go missing in the flames.
Firefighters called to a car accident in Birmingham are forced to make a split-second decision in order to save the life of a man impaled on a three meter long metal bar.
More hair-raising life and death situations for the West Midlands Fire Service. Fire crews fight a blaze in a terraced family home where someone may still be trapped inside.
The crew rush to help two mini cab passengers injured when it smashes into a tree, arson rips into a derelict pub and a pensioner tackles a blazing car that threatens his home.
The team face a 100ft sheer drop to rescue a 14 stone dog from the bottom of a ravine. Plus, a 19 year old is falling in and out of consciousness following a nasty road accident.
The crew gets an emergency call to attend a battery recycling plant that has gone pyro in a scene like a war zone. And a woman is trapped in her overturned car on a busy road.
Firefighters take on a lethal lorry fire which shuts the M6 motorway, a house fire which becomes a crime scene, and race to a primary school prom when a ceiling collapses.
The crew help a baby suffering from suspected smoke inhalation from a shed fire. Eleswhere, in another call for a child in need, a six year old is stuck in his bunk bed.
