Previously on fire country...
His meds have slowed the dementia a bit.
I want to see him while he's still good.
You got something for me?
What's up?
I got a job offer from butte.
So Vince didn't try to convince you to stay?
Yeah, I mean, would it... would it kill him
to thank me for years of service?
Of course I want you at 42 forever.
But, Jake, there's no promotion at 42.
I'm not sure when there's gonna be.
Then, chief, I
I guess this is my two weeks' notice.
Otto.
Once your father starts in,
I turn off my hearing aids.
You're not even wearing 'em.
You better go back to your room and put 'em in.
And stay out of my bed.
Guy falls asleep wherever he wants. No boundaries.
I think kids are great, but right now, my...
My focus is on three rock.
I mean, we have time.
You could change your mind.
He set his own house on fire to get to me.
He knows where I live. He knows where I work.
And now he's out there somewhere?
Well, then we need to be smart.
Where is it? Your gun, Gabriela.
I caught Finn spying at the station.
He's in a blue four-door.
Pretty sure that I got him here.
Damn it.
I just can't believe we're on such different pages
about our future and-and wanting kids.
I meant what I said.
I love you.
And I love you.
So where does that leave us, do you think?
You need to go now.
What? Why?
Fire's here.
Out of the bunks. We got fire.
Eve. Eve!
You got to go.
Eve!
Greencrest, three rock!
Go ahead, three rock.
Heavy Ember spread with multiple starts threatening camp.
Guys!
I was out here five minutes ago.
It was nothing like this.
This damn wind is not playing.
Yeah, neither are we.
- Awaiting orders, cap. - Okay.
We will hold this fire until we get resources!
Grab any and everything
extinguishers, garden hoses, shovels.
And we will rally on the Charlie side. C.O.S,
move the buggies and get all the crews out of the barracks!
Move! Come on! Let's go!
Hell of a last day.
Easy, Gabriela.
Give me the gun.
Gabriela! Give me the gun.
How did this happen?
Finn was... Tracking my phone, and...
He got in the house.
Tased Audrey.
Then he wrestled me for the gun.
I got it.
Focus.
We have a patient.
We have a patient, mija.
Okay. Okay.
And we're gonna keep him alive.
'Cause the last thing you want
is to live with the guilt of killing a man.
He's already taken too much from you,
and I'm not gonna let him take any more.
Audrey, clear the table.
Go. Come on.
Come on, mija, help me.
Grab him.
Let's go.
Are you good to get at it?
I need to hear it! Are you good to get at it?
Yes.
All right, I'm gonna go call 911.
Okay.
It's a sucking chest wound.
Air's being sucked into his chest cavity,
preventing his lungs from expanding.
Okay. Get in here.
I need extra hands.
Audrey!
Forget him.
I need you here with me. Come on.
Yeah, I'm with you.
Listen to me, you don't understand!
I do understand, Mr. Leone.
That's "chief Leone"! Nonno.
Nonno, come on. Hey. Yeah, there. See?
Take-take a deep breath. This asshat won't listen to me,
a decorated firefighter!
With respect to retired chief Leone,
buena vista has emergency protocols.
If there's any need to evacuate, the current fire department
will notify us. They'll alert us.
I am a current firefighter.
'Kay? This wind outside right now
is ripping. This fire's jumping blocks.
There's embers touching down outside as we speak.
'Kay, you need to preemptively start moving people
and you got to do it quickly.
There's no moving 75 patients
with varying memory issues and disabilities quickly.
My point exactly.
And we're wasting precious time standing here,
listening to you yapping.
You got to move your ass now!
At your service
right here, you got-you got a Cal fire living legend.
Okay, you don't have to like his bedside manner,
but you need to listen to him.
I'll be frank.
Your grandfather has had cognitive episodes all evening.
He's highly agitated.
He's been ranting about the direction
our flag's been waving. I'll show you agitated.
Listen, I may not remember everything,
but I'll never forget my training,
because at-at Cal fire, they drill it into us,
like-like a screw into butter.
I know what I'm talking about.
You got to listen to me!
Look, he-he can read the wind
and he can read fire behavior like you read medical stats.
And this wind right now shifting southeast
means that we are in this fire's path.
You got to start moving folks.
Right now, before it's too late.
Okay.
All right, guys, I'm giving the official evacuation order.
Load 'em up.
Gurneys, chairs roll, gently. Yes, sir.
Cal fire reports the zabel Ridge fire is 0% contained.
All units, code 3 response to the zabel Ridge fire.
Station 57 reporting. The fire has jumped our line.
Engine 96.
Requesting additional units
and a water drop at our position asap.
That's a negative, 96.
We can't even get birds
up in the air with this wind.
"Apocalyptic."
That is the word they're using on the news.
Yeah, well, that's what they do.
They use fancy words to sell stories.
Well, this story feels like a horror movie.
I'm starting to get worried.
It's just another day on the job for me.
I don't know if I can get used this.
You can. You can. Look,
turn off the news but keep the watch duty alerts on.
Jake, just...
Just
make sure our movie ends happily, okay?
You and me moving to butte, like we planned.
Engine 1591, green crest.
Code 3 response to three rock camp,
to assist crew on scene with structural protection
and possible emergency egress.
Hey, babe, I got to go.
Yeah, that's a copy.
The three rock fire
makes two fires in the last hour.
We don't have enough engines.
Too many fires, not enough resources.
Battalion 1508.
Eastbound winds ignited a new fire at the corner of spruce
and buena vista.
Redirecting you to that location.
That's right down the street
from Walter's memory care facility.
And that's now three fires in one hour.
Greencrest, 1508. Diverting to buena vista.
1591 responding to three rock.
Captain Crawford, we're rerouting to buena vista.
Three rock is in your hands.
Copy.
It's gonna be a long night.
We lost the shed, cap.
Gentlemen!
Fire's hit the first trigger point!
Fall back.
Bring a ring around the barracks.
We don't have enough resources to save everything.
Cap, we can't let this fire take our home.
Generator's down.
We lost power!
The water pump from the well is gonna fail.
My kingdom for a real fire hose.
Hey, Mike.
No, no. Cole, Cole.
Yeah. Pull back.
You get out of here tomorrow.
Just watch our six.
That a order, cap?
'Cause if not, it'd be a hell of an honor
to leave this place as the firefighter three rock built,
instead of some guy just sitting on the sidelines.
Honor's mine, first saw. Get at it.
You got it, cap. Go. Move!
Over there. Wait by the Van, okay?
She's nearly here.
And she looks hungry.
All right, you guys start on the south wing.
We'll take the north.
Nonno.
Nonno, hey, the hallway's this way.
Shortcut.
This is Cal fire! We're evacuating the building!
Open the door! The fire's coming!
We got to go!
Thank you. Thank you.
You're welcome. Come on. Right down here.
Stop it! What are you doing, Jerry?!
Stop it! I'm not leaving all my things!
What's wrong with you?! You burn up in this fire,
that coin collection isn't gonna be worth anything!
Let go!
Do you know how long it took me to collect those things?
Okay. Quick as you can now.
Improvised occlusive dressing done.
Now air can escape without pulling more air
into his chest, but he needs a hospital.
Zabel Ridge fire's depleting the department.
Greencrest hasn't even assigned a unit to us yet.
He's still unconscious.
There's only so much I can do for a gunshot wound
with a med bag in the kitchen.
That's too bad.
Hey.
You need to see him as someone with a gunshot wound
and, clearly, mental health issues.
Okay? Look, Audrey,
this maniac stalked my daughter, so I get hating him, but,
but what?
He tased me.
BP's dropping. He needs an er.
All right, well, then we go.
Right now. The two of you,
help me put him in the back of my car.
What? No!
You want to move him in this condition? That's dangerous.
You know what else is dangerous?
Explaining a corpse to the cops.
Come on, let's go.
I have a plan.
We're kind of in the middle of your first plan, Manny.
I shot him. Dad, no, you didn't.
We wipe the gun of the prints.
We add my prints to it.
I'll say I went in the house and I saw him
endangering the two of you and I just saw red.
Stop. It was self-defense.
You're gonna have to prove that, mija.
He stalked me. Yeah?
Well, you're gonna have to prove that, too.
And a lot of the evidence
burned up in his house fire.
We have some of the photos.
You almost dated the guy.
They'll subpoena your text messages.
Are you blaming me?
Are you kidding me? No, of course not.
But you never know when a D.A.'s gonna try
to make an example of you.
I mean, look at me.
I did time for one punch, mija.
One.
Damn you, Gabriela.
Why would you shoot him in the chest?
Because he was trying to kill us.
You're the one that told me to grab my gun.
You're the one that gave me my gun, dad.
To protect yourself.
And it worked, okay?
It worked. Finn came at us and the gun protected us.
Hold on, okay?
My staff is still finishing a head count. I...
Thank god you pushed for an early evacuation.
I owe you a thank you
and an apology to you, Walter. Don't...
Don't worry about it. I maybe have a little snow on the roof,
but there's still heat in the furnace. Where's Otto?
Mr. Ripley,
he should... He should be with his unit.
I'll, I'll check.
Has anybody seen Mr. Ripley?
I'll bet he doesn't have his hearing aids in.
He wouldn't hear the alarm,
and half those strobes aren't working, which is
a major violation. Yeah. Code violation.
You think he's still in there?
He could be anywhere.
He... sleepwalks.
He likes to park it wherever he wants.
He's funny in the head that way.
No, non no, look, Cal fire's sending resources
where they need to be, all right?
Well, they're not here now.
You want to wait around? Not me.
Nonno. The-the building's
already starting to burn. We-we don't have hoses.
There's no gear, no backup
I'm going in to find my friend!
You can come and help me or you can stand out here and watch.
All right, Eve, talk to me. It's all bad.
Every spot fire
we put out, it's like three more pop up.
What's the structure status?
The lean-to and the work station are gone.
We're throwing all our resources at the barracks and my office,
but I need engines.
All right.
Hang on. We're on our way.
Engine 1591.
Rerouting you to spruce street and buena vista.
Greencrest, engine 1591.
I'm not sure I copy. We're on our way to the three rock fire.
With road closures, we're 25 minutes out from buena vista.
Do you copy?
Negative, 1591.
You're the closest to buena vista. Reroute immediately.
So we're on our own?
You know I don't call the shots. I have to go
where green crest sends me. But, Eve,
if you reach your trigger points,
do not hesitate to get out.
No building is worth your lives.
Copy that.
All right, y'all, keep fighting!
Keep fighting! Let's go!
1591, 1568 en route to spruce and buena vista.
Did you see Otto? No!
Thanks for nothing, Carl.
Just tell me how far out you are.
Like I told your grandfather,
it's kind of hard to tell when the fires
are taking over roads faster than dispatch
can call 'em in to us. Why?
Why you asking? You're off duty.
Yeah, I'm-I'm off duty. Otto!
But-but I'm on scene.
You're there?!
Your dad... your chief... benched you!
That's your son.
I would remind you his last name is Leone.
Speaking of, your grandfather... Let me guess.
Is he trying to play fire Rambo?
Has anyone seen Otto?!
Nonno and I are helping evacuate residents,
but he thinks that his buddy's still inside.
Apparently he can't hear well.
That means he's going inside.
Forget benching you. I wish I could ground you.
For life.
You never told me... how far out are you?
As it pertains to you, it doesn't matter.
You're benched, you're injured,
you have no equipment, you have no backup.
Your job is to corral your grandfather and wait.
Listen.
Neither you nor Walter are to go into that building.
You understand me?
Do you understand what an order is, probie?
Yeah, I understand.
Who was that?
Your dad telling us to wait for backup?
You just called me a "living legend" in there, bode.
I didn't become a legend by sitting on the sidelines.
And you already have
the best backup you're ever gonna need,
and that's that fire that you got burning inside you.
It's the same fire that I got burning inside of me.
Some say it burns a little too hot.
It doesn't matter what anybody says.
You're my legacy.
And right now, this tinderbox of a town needs
a Leone more than ever.
What do you say?
Are we going in?
Let's do it.
Let's go right!
This is Cal fire! Otto! Check the rec room.
Rec room.
Shortcut.
That's my grandson.
Otto?
I thought for sure he'd be in here.
Otto!
Nonno, I'm getting worried about this structure holding.
So am I, but I'm not leaving the major behind.
You mean Otto? That's my nickname for him.
The major.
Are you're sure that you know where he'd hide? Yes, I'm sure!
He's my best pal!
He's... he's... Otto!
The screening room.
That's where he is.
He always falls asleep during movies.
Hey, non no, li-listen, if at any point,
you realize that we're in here because you're confused,
I won't hold it against you, and I won't tell a soul.
But at that point, we got to get out of here.
I'm not confused, bode.
He's my friend!
You're on the containment line,
and I'll take the spot fires, okay?
Copy that.
Gentlemen, I need a hundred feet
of defensible space around these barracks, okay?
Hey, Cole.
Look, I don't know if you're religious,
spiritual or whatever,
but we need a prayer or some help or something.
I think help's arrived.
What? No.
No, no, no, no, no. Francine, what are you doing here?
I saw on watch duty the fire's getting worse.
Yeah, but those alerts are to keep you away from the fire,
not bring you towards it. Stop it. Listen.
People are dropping off water at the Cal fire base camps.
I thought that they wouldn't think to come here, okay?
And they should. So I'm here.
All right? I got extinguishers in the truck.
It's not a lot, but...
We'll take all the help we can get.
Hey, hey.
Thank you.
Come on, guys.
Help me to unload this truck.
Dad! I can't keep Finn still with all these bumps and turns!
Yeah, well, there's not much I can do about that, mija.
Driving around these fires
and these road closures is dicey.
Yeah, well, shaking the blood out of him
like a ketchup bottle, also dicey.
His dressing tore off!
I don't even know how you're touching him right now.
He would have killed us both. If air gets into his chest,
his lungs will collapse and kill him.
Tragic.
Audrey! Enough!
Otto!
This is the last bed in the wing.
Are you sure that you have a friend named Otto?
Here at buena vista? You sure? Yeah, I'm sure.
What, you want to know what I had for breakfast
or what my birth date is?
I'm sure! Nonno, this, this isn't a drill.
Okay? This isn't a drill.
A drill.
What did I say to you in the drill den?
What did I say?
People hide in closets. Yes!
Bode, I got him!
All right. I'll get him up.
Go easy now, he's got a bad back.
It's okay, buddy, we got you.
You see him?
Walter!
They're not here.
Glenn, have you seen my dad?
They went back in. I tried to stop them,
but they're a force of nature.
Don't we know it.
Yeah, they can't help themselves.
They have no tools, they have no hoses.
No on-scene resources, not even an I.C.
Okay. We have to establish that right now.
You're going in.
Yeah, I'm going in.
You're not going alone.
Straight through.
I haven't inhaled this much smoke since Woodstock.
My knee just gave out.
There goes our exit.
Is there another way out?
No.
Hey, my extinguisher's out.
Does anybody have an extra shovel? Hey, don't.
Francine, you've done enough. Please.
Hey, just listen. I'm not leaving until you tell me
I'm about to lose my way out of here,
okay? We got flames on the barracks!
Hey, do we have any water pressure in those hoses?
Not enough, cap.
Shovel some dirt on the flames, and do the best you can.
Hey, Eve. Eve.
Yeah? Doesn't the drainage from grouse creek back up on camp?
That's a good idea, but that's, like,
200 yards away, and I have no pump or engine hoses.
Well, that's 'cause we're not an engine crew.
We're a hand crew. Ain't that right, cap?
Our hands can bring the water.
In buckets.
Like a bucket brigade?
I have buckets behind my office. And wheelbarrows.
And-and tarps. Inspired thinking.
Got you. Let's go, first saw.
Three rock! New plan.
Greencrest, engine 1591 on scene at buena vista.
D.C. Leone, this is captain Crawford.
Where's your location? Reporting for a face-to-face.
We're inside, on search.
Why the hell are my division
and battalion chiefs both inside?
This incident needs an I.C.
It does. And that's you.
What?
What the hell is going on?
It's bode and my dad, and his buddy Otto, Jake.
We couldn't just leave them in here.
You wanted to be battalion chief?
Here's your shot.
Copy, chief. I'll take care of it.
Greencrest, this is captain Jake Crawford.
Establishing incident command at buena vista.
All right, boys, listen up.
We've got four of our own inside.
I'm gonna need you to get me a water supply. You, too.
Give me an attack line.
Arthur, Eddie, run a 360
and find any additional points of egress.
Gentlemen, let's move.
We're almost to the hospital.
We should get our stories straight.
You shot me.
Finn, stop moving or you'll hurt yourself even more.
Hey, what's going on back there?
Just keep driving!
Gabriela, how could you let that bitch shoot me?
You lied to me!
Finn! No!
You bitch.
Gabriela.
Hey.
It's okay. You're in shock.
But you're okay. It's okay.
Audrey's the one who shot Finn?
He would've killed us!
I didn't shoot for his limbs.
I shot for his heart because I will go back to prison
before I let a man hurt me or Gabriela.
So the potential murder charge is for me.
The one with the criminal record.
The one who shot to kill.
Me.
You wanted to kill me?
Shh, Finn, don't try to talk.
You were gonna lock my friend in a truck
and smuggle her across a border, so, yeah.
And I'd do it again.
Like you said... Prison's a bad place.
You really want to run your mouth
while your life is in our hands?
Audrey, shut up!
Finn. Listen to me if you want to live.
Breathe slow and stay still.
Are you lying to me again?
Are you trying to kill me, too?
No!
Why should I believe you?
Because I know what it feels like
to have a bad situation spin out of control.
And you're sick, Finn.
But we all get sick sometimes.
You still matter.
Okay, nurse Tony is running the ccp.
He can direct you to any patients in need
of medical transportation, okay?
I need to get my pills. Hey, hey, ma'am, ma'am.
Ma'am, ma'am, listen, we need to get you
somewhere safe, okay? No, I have to get back to my room.
I left my heart medication on the nightstand.
Okay, well, the hospital pharmacy will be open
once you get checked out.
They'll have the right pills?
Hey, they will have all the pills. I promise.
Hi, amity. Hi. I can help you.
The front lobby is still blocked by the fire.
We found a couple of forcible entry options, bravo side.
Yeah, but the front is the best option.
It is the best option. Okay, look.
Pull a line to the front entrance.
You two will be with division Alpha.
All right? Copy, chief. Copy that.
I.c., this is D.C. Leone.
All right, chief, talk to me.
What's going on in there?
We've swept half this place and still haven't found them.
Thank you.
The structure is degrading rapidly.
Visibility is low.
Walter? Bode? You hear me?
Okay, you two need to get out of there, now.
Not without my dad and my son.
I'm calling it. Break.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.
Sending in reinforcements.
No!
Chief, I am I.C.
Jake, if you send reinforcements in here now,
they're just gonna get stuck in here with us.
This is ours to fix.
Jake, this place is coming down.
Do not send more lives into this box on fire.
Negative, chief.
If you are not coming out, we are coming in.
I am establishing rit.
Requesting additional resources to assist
with immediate rescue efforts and fire suppression.
I can't hold this fire much longer.
We need them to clear that exit.
He's not breathing.
No pulse. Starting cpr.
Come on, Otto.
Vinny-boy and Sharon for the win!
It's about time.
We found them, cap. On our way out.
Good, good. Now, get them out of there.
Slow and steady, guys!
Incoming!
Man, I love that sound.
Your call has been forwarded to an automated...
Damn it.
Come on. Come on.
Hey, it's Vince. Do your thing.
Come on, Jake.
Keep eyes on bravo, Charlie... Hang on real quick.
Hey, Manny.
Yes!
Dad, look out, ahead!
Manny, what's going on?
Listen.
I can't get into the details right now,
but there's a man bleeding out in the back of my car,
and this fire's blocking our route to the hospital.
Wait, what?
It doesn't matter, Jake.
We just need shelter so we can stabilize this patient.
And right now this fire's making that impossible.
All right, all right.
Link up with our companies at buena vista.
Copy that.
We're on the move with the three lost individuals.
I can almost see the exit.
Almost home free, dad. Hey.
Dad!
Where the hell did he go? Walter?
Nonno?
Bode, just...
Just get Otto out. We'll go find him.
But-but, but non no... no. No
this was always our plan to get everyone out of here.
Don't question me, bode. Go.
Take him. Now. And ice that knee.
Hey, how are we looking?
We're making progress. I need a medic!
I need a medic now!
80-year-old male with severe smoke inhalation.
Performed cpr for five minutes.
No response.
All right, b, hey.
Where are your parents and papa Leone?
Nonno wandered off. My parents went to look for him.
All right. Eddie, hey, we still got people in there.
The entrance is clear, so you're on search. Go.
Search. Got it.
Yo. Grab me an scba.
No, bode... I'm going back in. No, you're not.
My whole family is in there.
Yeah, and your whole family wouldn't know a boundary
if it hit them in the face.
Hey, pull back!
Everybody, pull back!
All right. Keep it up, guys!
Eve.
The trees.
Heads up, three rock! Crown fire!
Okay. It is official.
I am, I'm in over my head. We all are.
But we're getting to the point where you might miss your exit.
I need you to get in your car and go.
Okay. Okay.
Gentlemen, the fire's reached our second trigger point.
Retreat. Now.
No, cap.
We don't give up. We fight. Let's go three rock!
No! No!
You all are my priority.
Saving a structure isn't worth it if I lose one of you.
We're pulling out.
It's over.
Walter!
No sign of him back at the lounge.
Copy.
Kitchen's clear.
I'm moving on.
I'm gonna check the south wing.
We're gonna find him.
Dad!
We got to ventilate this room now.
We got to leave this room now. Let's go.
Get your hands of me. I'm your battalion chief.
My order is law!
Ventilate this room!
Found him. Charlie side. Reading room.
Hey, hey, hey. Chief.
Hey. Chief.
Listen to me.
Look around.
Look at all the flames.
We got to get out of here. We got to go.
Dad!
Come on.
We got to go.
Please. We got to go.
Come on. Yeah.
This way, dad.
Come on. This way. Hey!
Dad, come on.
Vinny. Did I get us into a mess?
Dad, you were just doing your job.
You were on search. You did what you had to do.
All right. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for being such a lousy father.
I'm sorry for everything.
But any good I ever gave you, vinny, you made it better.
You're a good family man.
Better than I ever could've been.
I'm sorry I just waited till now. We're not gonna die.
We're not gonna die in here, all right?
We're not gonna die in here!
All right? Look.
We're gonna find our way out. You taught me that, right?
Vince.
I see an exit. Follow my voice.
I appreciate the deathbed speech,
but we're getting out of here.
So...
We're gonna get settled at a neighboring fire camp.
Shower, fuel up and,
and then we'll get back at it.
Cutting line on zabel Ridge.
I'm sorry, you all.
I really thought my idea would work.
Can't believe we lost three rock.
No, man, we didn't.
We fought.
That's what firefighters do.
And, Cole, your, your bucket brigade idea?
That was brilliant, man.
And it-it could have worked, too.
Yeah, but it didn't.
Now the camp's gone.
Gentlemen.
Three rock isn't a place.
It's you.
The fact that we went out there and we fought,
we got everybody out,
and we're ready to fight another fire.
That's the victory, you all.
So it's past midnight right now.
And that means, our brother Cole is a free man.
Gentlemen, three rock is a path back to your families.
It's a path to get to your future.
And I'm looking at your future right here.
Congratulations, first saw.
One...
Two... Three rock!
Don't even think about it, b.
Hey, no. Look.
We need a medic!
32-year-old male, name is Finn,
with a sucking chest wound.
- It's a gunshot wound. - What?
I shot him.
What happened? It was self-defense.
Gabriela.
I know you have to inform the sheriff.
Officers, over here.
Audrey!
What happened?
Ma'am, come with us.
What's going on? Wh...?
Why are the cops with Audrey right now?
What's going on?
Because of me.
What, what do you, what do you mean?
What the hell happened?
Finn. He came to the house.
I-I'm fine, and Audrey's fine,
but, bode, she shot him to protect me.
That's why she's talking to the cops.
That sounds like beams snapping.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
The building is collapsing.
My family's still in there.
What?
Walter, are you hanging in there?
Don't worry about me. I'm not gonna die
with your rear in my face.
Walter, where's the corner of the building?
Or load bearing wall?
Stairwell straight ahead. That'll do.
Vince, that ceiling's gonna go.
Move, move, move!
Bode? Bode.
No.
Bode, no. You are not going in there.
- No. - Hey, no.
Get off me. Jake, get off.
Get...
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