Heroes haven’t been hard to find on NBC thanks to scripted shows like Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med, and now a brand new crew of heroes is on the way with LA Fire & Rescue. Like One Chicago, LA Fire & Rescue hails from Dick Wolf’s Wolf Entertainment production company, but this will be a docuseries focusing on real first responders, with sky-high stakes courtesy of unprecedented access to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. But was any of the new show scripted? Executive producer Rasha Drachkovitch spoke with CinemaBlend to answer that very question and previewed the “next level heroism” coming to Wednesday nights!
LA Fire & Rescue will shine a spotlight on first responders from across Los Angeles County, including firefighters, professional lifeguards, paramedics, and the “Angels in the Sky” who respond to emergencies in hard-to-reach spots. With as many crises as were hyped in the trailer, there’s going to be a lot going on. When I asked the executive producer about the importance of the human element as well as the action of the emergencies, Rasha Drachkovitch shared:
