welp
well, the "chicago fire" pilot has me because of that bruce springsteen "blood brothers" song. same as "raising hope" when virginia sang "danny's song" in "raising hope"
Almost every week at least one company in the station is going to be featured at a major working fire. Not a smouldering basement, not a garage, nor a propane back yard barbecue, nor a restaurant's deep-fat fryer, or even someone who burned the pot roast, but a serious working fire that outside of TV Land would be at least a 3 or 4 banger. Reality: Fires like that, in 2012, are (thankfully) extremely rare. Our featured firehouse will inevitably be the first-due engine, truck and squad to every event south of the Loop. Reality: the chances of any one engine company being first-due to a serious working fire every few days is almost unheard of unless there's an efficient and accurate arsonist working the neighbourhood. A busy house will get all kinds of calls--more on that in a second--but very few major fires nowadays. Now that said, the truck will go to a lot more fires than the local engine (since there are fewer ladder companies in the city than engines), and the Rescue will go to pretty well every fire--while the enginemen are out doing inspections, drilling and so on. In real-world Chicago there are only 4 Squads: 1, 2, 4 & 7. The vast majority of the Calls Of TV Interest will be either spectacular crashes, water rescues and multiple-alarm structure fires. What'll never be shown are the hundreds of routine medical jobs, EDPs (emotionally-disturbed persons), drunks, ODs, smell-of-gas calls, arcing fuseboxes, "I've fallen and I can't get up" seniors, and so on, which make up the bulk of a real house's workflow. Not to say any of this is bad television. Hell, the last thing I'd want to see is a week of burned food, car fires, strung-out junkies and fallen drunks. But still, it bears understanding for casual viewers. Or worse -- the inevitable drought. Weeks without a single decent call. 12, 18 or 24 hour shifts where the most excitement is a dumpster fire. I think Rescue Me did that and Emergency I know did it, so bet on it happening mid-season or next season here too. Finally, anybody wanting a real feel of what the CFD goes through, in real time, here's a link to the Live Audio Feed. http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3215472-chicago-fire-tamed-down-rescue-me/#entry15282061 http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=115
Almost every week at least one company in the station is going to be featured at a major working fire. Not a smouldering basement, not a garage, nor a propane back yard barbecue, nor a restaurant's deep-fat fryer, or even someone who burned the pot roast, but a serious working fire that outside of TV Land would be at least a 3 or 4 banger. Reality: Fires like that, in 2012, are (thankfully) extremely rare. Our featured firehouse will inevitably be the first-due engine, truck and squad to every event south of the Loop. Reality: the chances of any one engine company being first-due to a serious working fire every few days is almost unheard of unless there's an efficient and accurate arsonist working the neighbourhood. A busy house will get all kinds of calls--more on that in a second--but very few major fires nowadays. Now that said, the truck will go to a lot more fires than the local engine (since there are fewer ladder companies in the city than engines), and the Rescue will go to pretty well every fire--while the enginemen are out doing inspections, drilling and so on. In real-world Chicago there are only 4 Squads: 1, 2, 4 & 7. The vast majority of the Calls Of TV Interest will be either spectacular crashes, water rescues and multiple-alarm structure fires. What'll never be shown are the hundreds of routine medical jobs, EDPs (emotionally-disturbed persons), drunks, ODs, smell-of-gas calls, arcing fuseboxes, "I've fallen and I can't get up" seniors, and so on, which make up the bulk of a real house's workflow. Not to say any of this is bad television. Hell, the last thing I'd want to see is a week of burned food, car fires, strung-out junkies and fallen drunks. But still, it bears understanding for casual viewers. Or worse -- the inevitable drought. Weeks without a single decent call. 12, 18 or 24 hour shifts where the most excitement is a dumpster fire. I think Rescue Me did that and Emergency I know did it, so bet on it happening mid-season or next season here too. Finally, anybody wanting a real feel of what the CFD goes through, in real time, here's a link to the Live Audio Feed. http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3215472-chicago-fire-tamed-down-rescue-me/#entry15282061 http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=115
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