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List of firefighting films

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The following criteria qualify a film for inclusion on this list:

Contents

  • Primary plot of film regards firefighting or related fire/rescue service work in general.
  • Primary plot of the film involves firefighters or their personal lives as affected by their firefighting.
  • Noteworthy attention is given to firefighting activities.

    • This list includes documentaries and TV series.

    The January Man (1989) Club Paradise (1986) Third Watch (1999 - 2005) H.E.L.P. (1990)

    Fiction

  • 15 Minutes (2001)
  • The 119 (TV 1987) (unaired)
  • A Dangerous Summer (A.K.A. Flash Fire; 1981)
  • Ablaze (2000)
  • The Accidental Husband (2008)
  • Always (1989)
  • As the Light Goes Out (2014)
  • Backdraft (1991)
  • Bad Day on the Block (1997)
  • The Bells Go Down (1943)
  • Burning Flame (2009)
  • Blue Smoke (2007)
  • Chicago Fire (TV 2012)
  • City on Fire (1979)
  • Code Red (TV 1981)
  • Collateral Damage (2002)
  • Emergency! (TV 1972)
  • Emergency: The Convention (TV 1979)
  • Emergency: Greatest Rescues of Emergency! (TV 1979)
  • Emergency: Most Deadly Passage (TV 1978)
  • Emergency: The Steel Inferno (TV 1978)
  • Emergency: Survival on Charter #220 (TV 1978)
  • Emergency: What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing... (TV 1979)
  • The Fallen (2009)
  • False Alarms (1936)
  • Fire! (1901)
  • Fire! (TV 1977)
  • The Fire Alarm (1935)
  • The Fire Brigade (1926)
  • Fire Cheese (1941)
  • Fire on Kelly Mountain (TV 1973)
  • Fire Serpent (TV 2007)
  • Fire, Trapped on the 37th Floor (TV 1991)
  • Firefight (2003)
  • Firefighter (TV 1986)
  • Firefighter (TV 2005)
  • The Firefighters (British, 1975)
  • Firehouse (TV 1974)
  • Firehouse (1987)
  • Firehouse (1997)
  • Firehouse Dog (2007)
  • The Fireman (1916)
  • Fireproof (2008)
  • Fires Were Started (A.K.A. I Was a Fireman; 1943)
  • Firestorm (1998)
  • Flames (1932)
  • Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
  • Frequency (2000)
  • The Garage (A.K.A. Fire Chief; 1920)
  • Going to the Fire (1896, Edison Films)
  • The Guys (2002)
  • Heart of Fire (TV 1997)
  • Heaven's Fire (TV 1999)
  • Hellfighters (1968)
  • Heroes of the Flames (1931)
  • Holy Joe (1999)
  • Hook and Ladder (1932)
  • I Do (But I Don't) (2004)
  • In Old Chicago (1937)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
  • Inferno (2001)
  • Into the Fire (TV 2005)
  • Juvenile Fire Department (1903)
  • Ladder 49 (2004)
  • Life of an American Fireman (1903)
  • Lifeline (1997, Hong Kong)
  • London's Burning (television film and series, 1986)
  • Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935)
  • The Morning Alarm (1896)
  • A Morning Alarm (1896, Edison Films)
  • On Fire (1987)
  • On Fire (1996, Hong Kong)
  • One True Love 2000 (2000, Lifetime Movie)
  • Pine Canyon is Burining (1977)
  • Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
  • Point of Origin (TV 2002)
  • Quarantine (2008)
  • Red Skies of Montana (1952)
  • Rescue Me (TV 2004)
  • Rookie Fireman (1950)
  • Roxanne (1987)
  • Scorched (2008)
  • She Loved a Fireman (1937)
  • Smoke Jumpers (A.K.A. In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers; 1996)
  • Superfire (TV 2002)
  • The Tower (2012 South Korean Film)
  • The Towering Inferno (1974)
  • Third Watch (TV 1999)
  • Trapped in a Forest Fire (1913)
  • Trespass (1992)
  • Trial by Fire (A.K.A. Smoke Jumper; 2008)
  • Turk 182 (1985)
  • Turn Out of the Cardiff Fire Brigade (1924)
  • Where's That Fire? (1940)

    • Non-fiction

  • 102 Minutes that Changed America (TV 2008)
  • 343 (2007)
  • 9/11 (TV 2002)
  • 9/11: The Falling Man (TV 2006)
  • A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (TV 2014 HBO)
  • America Burning: The Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy and the Nation's Wildfire Crisis (Weather Channel 2014)
  • Angels Too Soon (WTTV 2003)
  • Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (TV 2006)
  • "The Bronx is Burning" (episode of Man Alive, TV 1972, BBC)
  • Brotherhood: Life in the FDNY (2005)
  • Burn (2012)
  • Burned: The Science of Arson (TV: 20/20 Episode May 7, 2010)
  • Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (A.K.A. A Thousand Heroes, TV 1992)
  • Detroit on Fire: A Documentary (Constance York 2011)
  • Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (TV 2006)
  • Escape: Because Accidents Happen: Fire (NOVA 1999)
  • "Fire Wars" (episode of NOVA, TV 2002)
  • Firefighters: Brothers in Battle (1991)
  • Firehouse USA: Boston (TV 2005)
  • Fires of Kuwait (1992)
  • First In (TV)
  • How to Survive a Disaster (BBC Horizon 2 2008)
  • Hunt for the Serial Arsonist (NOVA 1995)
  • Into the Fire (2007)
  • Modern Marvels-Firefighting! Extreme Conditions (S12E72 TV:History Channel 2004)
  • Modern Marvels-Oil Firefighting (S11E08 TV:History Channel 2004)
  • Modern Marvels-The Arson Detectives (S11E46 TV:History Channel 2004)
  • New York's Bravest - A Firefighting Odyssey (2005)
  • Pyromania (TV Mania-S01E03)
  • Q.E.D. The Burning Question: A Case of Spontaneous Human Combustion (BBC TV 1998)
  • Ricky's Rib Shack, a Firefighter's Journey (2008)
  • The Academy: Orange County Fire Authority Recruit Class 36 (FOX Reality TV 2009)
  • The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)
  • Toxic Hot Seat (HBO 2013)
  • Toxic Soup: The Politics of Pollution (2011)
  • Triangle Fire (PBS American Experience 2011)
  • Tunnel Inferno: Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire (TV Seconds From Disaster S01E02)
  • Twin Towers (2002)
  • Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (TV 1993)
  • World Trade Center (2006)
  • The Women of Ground Zero (2002)
  • Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (TV 2006)

    • References

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