Fire Country, More First Responders Show Thanks To Those Fighting Fires In LA

Fire country, 9-1-1 and other shows publicly thanked the firefighters and first responders still battling the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles.

CBS released a PSA on Thursday, January 16 that featured cast members from shows such as Tierra del Fuego, Neighborhood, Ghosts, Poppa’s House, NCIS and Elsbeth collecting donations to support residents affected by tragedies.

Fire country‘with Max Thieriot, Stephanie Arcila, Jules Latimer, Kevin Alejandro, Billy Burke and Diane Farr thanked respondents and encouraged donations to the Red Cross.

“We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all the firefighters and first responders who are risking their lives and tirelessly fighting the wildfires in Southern California,” Thieriot, 36, said. in the video. “You are true heroes.

In the midst of a fast-moving natural disaster, CBS pulled a Fire country rerun that was scheduled to air on January 10. The hit series follows inmate Bode (Thieriot) who is given a chance to shorten his prison sentence by volunteering for the California Conservation Camp Program. Bode gets assigned to his hometownwhere he reconnects with his family and former friends and continues his attempts at redemption.

Fires broke out in Pacific Palisades January 7 and quickly spread to other parts of Los Angeles. Many celebrities who live in the area have offered updates on the loss of their homes and personal belongings.

Thieriot, 36, who is the lead and executive producer of the project, previously spoke My Weekly O his experiences growing up in real Tierra del Fuego.

“That’s probably the biggest thing I’m always trying to do better. I have a lot of friends who do this work, so it’s always important to me to portray it in the best possible way. Obviously, it’s still a fictional story, but that doesn’t hold me back,” he explained in May 2024. “Obviously, the bigger the world, the more my focus expands to a lot of things. But it’s all about trust in the whole team. And to trust that when everyone pitches their ideas and we all come together, we’ll find the best one for the series.”

Thieriot too pointed out some important causes such as the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, which provides immediate and long-term assistance to fallen and injured firefighters and their families.

“Obviously we have a big platform where we can reach a lot of people. I took a little poll from a bunch of wild firemen I know. I got the same feedback from a lot of these people who are boots on the ground fire fighters and they said this is an organization that represents the community really well and is really trying to make a difference for them,” he said. Our in October 2024. “Wildland firefighters — especially on the government side — have been really underpaid at a time when we really need the resources to fight these fires and we need to have firefighters willing to make those sacrifices.”

He concluded: “There have been a lot of people lately who have been thinking about the job and the fees it entails. They ask, ‘Is it worth doing this when I could basically make more money doing almost anything and my life is on the line?’ Those people just need to feel supported and their families need to feel supported. The money goes to help injured firefighters. It goes to the aid of their families when they lose family members in the line of duty. It just felt like a really important thing to me.”

In addition Fire countryattempts to raise awareness, ABC 9-1-1 released a statement on social media about how the show is “honored to tell stories of the courage of real first responders. We thank them for their bravery in fighting the wildfires in LA and are proud to support their efforts through Disney’s $15 million donation to immediate response and recovery efforts, which includes, among others, support from the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation .”

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