Burn

It is not the heat pressing against the door, telling us to turn back, do not come closer anymore. It's not the flames reaching for me as it takes and takes, leaving debris where a home used to be, and they wait outside, watching us go in, worried about what they will do next as our fire fight begins.

And the cameras are flashing, the mics are on, but the fire is thrashing, a wild beast refusing defeat as we battle and battle, blackened ash covering our feet. And then it all goes silent as we exit outside, shaking off another round of violence, knowing another fire will rise. It's not the fire I fear. It's fear our struggle won't break, but we will still remain here. But there's only so much that we could take.

So I'll say from the outset that I've got over 15 years with the emergency services, but not a fire department.

This documentary was incredibly well done!

The footage was amazing- if you wanna see a fire from a firefighters perspective, with no holds barred action, then this is for you!

Being non American, I know literally nothing about Detroit. I had heard via the news that they were in a financial mess, so this was a real eye opener. A sad state of affairs when essential services such as fire and police have no money to perform their job.

No money for PPE, equipment and truck repairs is a sad, sad state of affairs that everyone needs to see to believe and then make an issue out of.

It'd be great to see a follow up in a year or so to see the difference....

Detroit needs our help. This is a must-see real life documentary that takes you into a local Detroit Fire Station for an entire year. You will also be taken right into actual fires throughout the city. Although it focuses only on Detroit, similar fire departments across the country are going through the same thing. If you are a firefighter, know a firefighter, or you just want to see an emotional, informative, funny, inspiring documentary then you must see this. Well worth it, I have seen it twice already. Although it is not a lot of theaters across the country, check their website because they are usually in a different town certain days. If you haven't seen it already I highly recommend it.

This is the real deal, makes you feel like your on the truck and on the scene. You can't get Hollywood with this, this is the real thing, it's got heat and action all over it. IT's amazing what these guys do , with so little. It truly is a passion that we take for granted.

If you haven't been to a fire scene this will take you to one. Amazing characters that aren't fiction, you will find a kindred spirit with the crew.

It's well done, with great editing, powerful images, this is a must see. If you like Back draft this will be up a definite in your collection. But no Hollywood here, again THE REAL DEAL.

This movie is as real as it gets, no actors, no scripts, just just real firefighters doing there jobs and saving lives with so much against them. A year following the hero's of the Detroit fire department. It is filmed on the front lines so you are seeing what they see and the danger they put them selves in every day. So hard to watch these firefighters put there lives in danger every day with outdated equipment in a city with so many abandoned homes and buildings for so little pay. It is so sad to see what has happened to this once great American city. I would highly recommend watching this movie, and have a respect for firefighters and what they live with every day.