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The film opens with Jack saving the life of a man who is trapped in a blazing grain warehouse. However, immediately after doing so, the grain dust in the building explodes, resulting in the inside of the building collapsing underneath him. Jack falls several floors, breaks his leg, and is trapped among the rubble. The movie cuts back and forth between important scenes from his life (him meeting and eventually marrying Linda, the birth of their first child and their joys and struggles as a family); his working and bonding with his fellow firefighters; several major fires (each of which has a profound impact on Jack and/or his family); and his own attempt to escape to a safe area of the building in order to be rescued by his fellow firemen.

* [[Face Death With Dignity]]: {{spoiler|Jack has Mike call off the others after he sees his death as inevitable.}}

* [[Facial Horror]]: Tommy's face is severely burned after a steam pipe ruptures next to him and he has to get skin grafts. He is afraid to let his children see him and Jack's son is shaken up after he hears about it at school.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Several instances, but in particular Dennis saying "I'm getting too old for this shit" moments before he is killed after the roof of a wildly burning building collapses underneath him. {{spoiler|Jack utters the same line in the opening scene as he is looking for survivors.}}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: As the fire crew is shown sleeping before the alarm wakes them up for the early morning call at the industrial plant, the firehouse clock is prominently displayed showing the time as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_<!-- 28cannabis_culture29 4:20.]] -->

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