Fire Country

Also known as

Cal Fire

Genre

Drama

Created by

Starring

Theme music composer

Fil Eisler

Country of origin

United States

Original language

English

No. of seasons

2

No. of episodes

12

Production

Executive producer

Production location

Fort Langley, Vancouver

Running time

45 minutes

Production company

Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Midwest Livestock Productions
Whiskerless Kitty
CBS Studios

Distributor

Paramount Global Distribution Group
Global (Co-distribution)

Release

Original network

CBS

Picture format

HDTV 1080i

Original release

October 7, 2022 – present

Fire Country (formerly known as Cal Fire) is an American television drama series created by Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for CBS, starring Thieriot. It premiered on October 7, 2022. This show is heavily inspired by Max Thieriot's experiences growing up in Northern California fire country and stems from an original idea by the actor. Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.

Plot[]

Bad choices don’t make a bad man. At least that’s what Bode Donavan’s been told. Midway through a five-year prison stretch, he’s been trying to convince himself of it, too. He gets the chance to prove it, signing on to an unconventional prison-release program: in exchange for reduced sentences, convicts are paired with firefighters battling Northern California wildfires. The heat is turned up when Bode’s assigned to the program in his rural hometown, the place where all his troubles began.

Cast[]

Main[]

Recurring[]

Episodes[]

No.	Title^[1]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date^[1]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	Pilot	James Strong	Teleplay by: Joan Rater & Tony Phelan Story by: Joan Rater & Tony Phelan & Max Thieriot	October 7, 2022	5.91^[2]
2	The Fresh Prince of Edgewater	Dermott Downs	Natalia Fernandez	October 14, 2022	5.80^[3]
3	Where There's Smoke...^[4]	Eagle Egilsson	David Gould	October 21, 2022	5.25
4	Work, Don't Worry^[5]	Jacquie Gould	Tonya Kong	October 28, 2022	5.30
5	Get Some, Be Safe^[6]	Gonzalo Amat	Barbara Kaye Friend	November 4, 2022	5.53
6	Like Old Times	Erica Watson	Sara Casey & Manuel Herrera	November 18, 2022	5.46
7	Happy to Help	Antonio Negret	Dwain Worrell	December 2, 2022	5.45
8	Bad Guy	Kevin Alejandro	Tia Napolitano	December 9, 2022	5.59
9	No Good Deed	Sarah Wayne Callies	Tia Napolitano & Julia Fontana	January 6, 2023	6.38
10	Get Your Hopes Up	Laura Nisbet Peters	Natalia Fernandez	January 13, 2023	5.77
11	Mama Bear	Anton Cropper	David Gould	January 20, 2023	6.10
12	Two Pink Lines	Dermott Downs	Joan Rater and Tony Phelan	January 29, 2023	TBD

Development[]

On May 26th 2022, CBS is planning to air a new television drama in 2022 called "Fire Country," about a group of prison inmates helping fight Northern California wildfires alongside Cal Fire. The program is one that Cal Fire actually uses, which allows for early release for its inmate firefighters.

Trivia[]

Fire Country is the second Jerry Bruckheimer-produced television series to air in the 2020s on CBS, the first being is the 2021 series CSI: Vegas.
- Oddly enough, it is the second project from Paramount Global to be a firefighter, the first being the 2019 film Playing with Fire, and it is one of the first shows that they used "A PARAMOUNT COMPANY" byline on the CBS Studios logo.