Rescue Heroes (TV series)

Overview

The series follows a team of rescue personnel who save lives from natural and man-made disasters worldwide. Their headquarters, the Mountain Action Command Center, houses team leader Billy Blazes and members Wendy Waters, Jake Justice, Jack Hammer, Ariel Flyer, and Rocky Canyon. Calls for help are received through Warren Waters, the director and chief dispatcher, who is also Wendy's father. Episodes often conclude with safety tips and the motto "Think like a Rescue Hero, think safe."

Characters

Billy Blazes, voiced by Norm Spencer, is a Canadian firefighter from Quebec and the team leader. He has a younger brother named Bobby and a father with whom he had an uneasy relationship. Billy was chosen as a Rescue Hero after saving children from a burning carnival ride. Wendy Waters, voiced by Lenore Zann, is a firefighter and second-in-command; her father Warren works on the command space station.

She was selected after a news report about a factory fire. Jake Justice, voiced by Martin Roach, is a police officer who caught a wanted criminal in a televised car chase; the revival reveals he has a daughter named Sky Justice. Richmond "Rocky" Canyon, voiced by Joseph Motiki, is the youngest member and a mountain climbing specialist from Oklahoma; his father died. Ariel Flyer, voiced by Lisa Messinger in season one and Deborah Odell in seasons two and three, is a bilingual flight and wildlife specialist who once rescued her rival Avery Ator twice.

Jack Hammer, voiced by Rod Wilson, is a Texas construction worker who saved a coworker in a crane accident; he has a sister named Jill in the Texas Fire Brigade.

Broadcast and home media

In the United States, the series aired on CBS as part of the CBS Kidshow from October 2, 1999 to September 9, 2000, and on Kids' WB from 2001 to 2003. It occasionally aired on Toonzai/Vortexx in the early 2010s, and repeats aired on Qubo from 2009 until 2021. Fisher-Price released volumes on VHS and DVD under the title "Adventure Collection". As of 2023, the series streams free on NBC's Peacock and Pluto TV, with reruns on Boomerang Canada and Disney XD Canada.

Revival series

On April 16, 2019, Fisher-Price revived Rescue Heroes exclusively for YouTube with five-minute episodes. The revival introduced new characters while retaining Billy Blazes (voiced by Jason Paquettee) and Rocky Canyon (voiced by Wellington Saygbay).