SAF3
The series follows Southern California's elite rescue task force, SAF3 (pronouced "safe") , consists of the cream-of-the-crop from the sea, air, and fire divisions of the Malibu Fire Department. They are the heroes who answer the most challenging calls; specialists who collaborate, coordinate, and initiate daring rescues in the most dangerous venues to save human life, always aware of the harsh reality that one of them may not return.
- 2013-2014
- 1 season
- Dynamic Television
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- TV-PG
The series follows Southern California's elite rescue task force, SAF3 (pronouced "safe") , consists of the cream-of-the-crop from the sea, air, and fire divisions of the Malibu Fire Department. They are the heroes who answer the most challenging calls; specialists who collaborate, coordinate, and initiate daring rescues in the most dangerous venues to save human life, always aware of the harsh reality that one of them may not return.
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2013 - 2014
Episode 1
Hero's Last Mission
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 43 mins
)After disaster traumas, Hal Dunnigan has founded a hand-picked, Malibu-based multi-disciplinary rescue unit. It's designed to cope with fire and other calamities on land, at sea and from the air. During a fire on Catalina island, several members of a girl scout troop and accompanying 'adults' managed to get lost and panic hysterically. Dunnigan's team goes in and finds most of the girls. Refusing to leave one behind, Dunnigan deliberately misses the helicopter extraction window and gets trapped by a crushing tree on fire. His deputy Erickson, also a SEALs veteran, can only save the girl and lead a memorial diving ceremony for his late friend.
Episode 2
In Remembrance
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 43 mins
Reeling from the loss of their leader, the SAF3 team suffers another major blow when the very existence of the program is questioned by a board of review. Until the outcome is divulged, it is business as usual and the SAF3 team pulls together to make a dramatic car rescue.
Episode 3
Texas in a Bottle
Sat, Oct 5, 2013 43 mins
The investigation into the SAF3 team's actions in the deadly Catalina fire carries on, while Alfonso struggles with his horrific physical injuries and haunting emotional scars. The remainder of the team is put into jeopardy while undertaking a daring underwater rescue.
Episode 4
Under Pressure
Sat, Oct 12, 2013 43 mins
Confident they will be reinstated after a suspension sentence they feel is unfair, the SAF3 team carries on with their training activities. A drill lead by Graciela Vega, a trauma nurse in the Los Angeles forest, turns into a real rescue when the SAF3 team comes across a welder fighting for his life.
Episode 5
Faces
Sat, Oct 19, 2013 43 mins
Crushed by the news that SAF3 has been terminated, the team rallies together to overturn the decision. Anxiously awaiting the outcome of their appeal, they focus their energy on supporting Alfonso as he faces a new life after being severely burned.
Episode 6
I Can't Pretend
Sat, Oct 26, 2013 43 mins
After a string of testing events, SAF3 is rewarded with an unexpected posthumous gift from their leader. Graciela must face her greatest fear in a dangerous cliff rescue, while Alfonso struggles to claim his position back on the team.
Episode 7
Unknown Soldier
Sat, Nov 2, 2013 43 mins
With boss John still in Colorado rehab, tireless Chase supervises the team's move to the new HQ, donated by Dunnigan's widow. After making sure Texas doesn't dodge the packing like the girls and absentminded Alfonso, who visits a fellow burns patient, Chase 'unwinds' by running a special ops-worthy obstacle course. Graciela and Lily's light escape by rowing the kayak to the new HQ turns into a nightmare when the board a seemingly abandoned yacht and find the owner Stuart bleeding from a head wound, only to be locked in at gunpoint by him, a mental mess after loosing both his fishery livelihood and his beloved.
Episode 8
Vigilance
Sat, Nov 9, 2013 43 mins
Eaach SAF3 members' area of expertise and resilience are put to the test when they are called to a hazardous underground rescue involving the deadly effects of a poisonous gas. Meanwhile, Charley gets herself noticed for her consistent rescue work along Malibu beach.
Episode 9
Training Day
Sat, Nov 16, 2013 43 mins
The new leader of SAF3 must face his personal issues in order to maintain his position in the organization. Meanwhile, the team intensifies their training schedule, focusing their energy on their respective weak points and helping one another overcoming their own fears.
Episode 10
Second Chances
Sat, Jan 18, 2014 43 mins
Alfonso is up for this year's fire department medal of valor and discovers Texas was a recipient in his initial section, hence would make a fine keynote speaker, but his boss then wanted him fired for a drunk stunt just after his ceremony. Eriksson now tells Texas he's got to leave for lack of team-spirit, but again the knave's lawyer father from Texas comes organize a goodwill campaign.
Episode 11
Sacrifices
Sat, Jan 25, 2014 43 mins
The SAF3 team are in a race against time to rescue refugees in a shipping container tossed overboard by human traffickers. The strong bond among the group is further strengthened beyond their work relationship by several acts of selflessness.
Episode 12
Adrift
Sat, Feb 1, 2014 43 mins
Although exhausted, Erickson takes personal command of the rescue mission combined with the Coast Guard after Jared had to crash-land at sea his SAF3 helicopter. He's wounded near fainting, so must be kept awake by still flirtatious Texas and also badly wounded Graciella. They fear sharks, but are really attacked by poisonous jellyfish.
Episode 13
Barriers
Sat, Feb 15, 2014 43 mins
Two of the SAF3 team become trapped in a collapsed bomb shelter whilst saving injured victims.
Episode 14
Let It Burn
Sat, Feb 22, 2014 43 mins
When the SAF3 team arrives at a dangerous chemical fire to find six fire fighters trapped inside, they make the difficult decision to let it burn.
Episode 15
Finding Home
Sat, Mar 1, 2014 43 mins
Eriksson goes to Cape Town to help Kacie find her father, and finds himself fighting a fire in the local township.
Episode 16
Father's Day
Mon, Feb 24, 2014 48 mins
One of the Saf3 team members is haunted by the memory of her father's death in a tragic fire.
Episode 17
Who I Am
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 43 mins
After the coast guard find the wreckage of the SAF3 Helo, Texas, Graciela and Jared decide to return to the scene of their near fatal crash.
Episode 18
Triumph Over Tragedy
Mon, Apr 28, 2014 43 mins
On the five-year anniversary of the catastrophic fire that formed SAF3, each member is forced to relieve the tragic event that changed their lives.
Episode 19
Smoke Pipe
Mon, May 5, 2014 43 mins
When a diver is trapped in an underwater intake pipe, members of SAF3 must risk their own lives to set him free.
Episode 20
Independence Day
Sat, May 17, 2014 43 mins
The 4th of July is the busiest day of the year for the SAF3 team, their skills and courage are pushed to the limit when they respond to an offshore explosion.