Why Real-Life Firefighters on 'LA Fire and Rescue' Appreciate 'Chicago Fire,' 'Station 19' (Exclusive)
etonline.com, NBC's docuseries from Dick Wolf that peels back the curtain on the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Premiering Wednesday, the docuseries — which features eight firehouses across LA County, air operations and the lifeguard division — documents actual calls and drama while giving a face to the firefighters who risk their lives in the name of service.ET's Matt Cohen visited one of the featured firehouses, Station 8 in West Hollywood, and spoke with Captains Mike Carolan and Jason Cardenas about depicting the daily lives of first responders on .«We're very fortunate that NBC and the show, has chosen this station.
We like to think that the public has been invited to our station, our family, our house. We're here 24 hours and so they could see what happens when the bell goes off and what we're doing when the bell is not going off.
There's a lot that takes place here,» Cardenas told ET. «Mike and I would train our crews daily and be prepared and limit that stress and help limit the danger.
Some of the types of calls we go on are high-speed accidents. We go on high-rise fires. Sometimes we go on apartment, house fires.
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