Played by: Billy Burke (2022-present) Character details: The Battalion Chief of Edgewater and Battalion 1508, as well as husband to Sharon, Vince blamed his son Bode for the death of his daughter Riley but the two are slowly regaining respect for each other. And Burke, well, fans may have seen him in a Twilight film — or five.
Played by: Diane Farr (2022-present) Character details: The Chief of Division 1501, and husband to Vince, Sharon is as strong a leader as they come — and her son Bode’s biggest fan, even though he’d been driving the car that killed her daughter.
Played by: Max Thieriot (2022-present) Character details: An inmate with the Cal Fire crew, Bode is the son of Vince and Sharon and brother to Riley, who died in a car accident while he’d been driving. Though he’s a troubled soul, and briefly used the last name Donovan, he reclaimed his birthright as a Leone after a bonding moment with his father — and, after fulfilling his sentence, has a promising future in the family firefighting business.
Riley Leone
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Played by: Jade Pettyjohn (2022) Character details: Riley is the deceased daughter of Vince and Sharon, as well as Bode’s sister, Jake’s ex-girlfriend and Eve’s best friend. She appeared in flashbacks, where after Jake broke up with her at her birthday bash, she tried to jump out of moving car (to go talk to Jake) driven by Bode, who ultimately lost control and blamed himself for her death.
Played by: Michael Trucco (2022-present) Character details: The Cal Fire North Operations Communications Director and brother to Vince once hit on his bro’s wife Sharon. Though he’s good at his job, he always acts as though he plays second fiddle to Vince and appears shady at times.
Played by: Jordan Calloway (2022-present) Character details: Edgewater firefighter and once best friend to Bode, Jake is like a member of the Leone family. Though he lost his girlfriend Gabriela to Bode, the two work to mend the distance — and bad blood — between them.
Played by: Jules Latimer (2022-present) Character details: Edgewater firefighter and former BFF to Riley, Eve has no trouble taking charge in the workplace but tends not to have the greatest luck in love, even though things looked promising between her and Smokey’s Tavern’s newest employee Aydan.
Played by: Kevin Alejandro (2022-present) Character details: The Cal Fire program’s fire captain, and father to Gabriela, Manny was once an inmate himself and works to show his crew that they too can have a future after prison — all while fighting a gambling addiction. As for Alejandro, he once played Dominic Hughes on Young & Restless.
Played by: Stephanie Arcila (2022-present) Character details: The Olympic driver turned firefighter probie (rookie) is Manny’s daughter, as well as Jake’s ex girlfriend and Bode’s new love. Gabriela fights for what she believes in and is willing to die for those she loves, having jumped off of a bridge to save Bode.
Collin O’Reilly
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Played by: Zach Tinker (2023-present) Character details: This firefighter probie, and Gabriela’s new self-designated sidekick, is the son of a firefighting hero and wants nothing more than to stand on his own two feet. And Tinker doesn’t need an introduction, as fans know him from his daytime roles on Days of Our Lives (Sonny) and Young & Restless (Fenmore).
Played by: W. Tré Davis (2022-present) Character details: Part of Cal Fire’s inmate crew, Freddie found a fast friend in Bode. The new father to a baby girl wants a better future for his family once he completes his sentence.
Played by: Fiona Rene (2022-2023) Character details: Rebecca, a lawyer doing time, was also part of Cal Fire’s inmate crew and once shared a passionate romp with Bode. Incidentally, Rebecca lost her life while trying to help save Eve, who’d been trapped by a fallen tree.
Cara
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Played by: Sabina Gadecki (2023-present) Character details: Bode’s high school sweetheart returned to town with plans to work in the medical field. Though Sharon thought her son broke up with Cara, Bode’s ex informed that he actually dumped her. Now single, she and Jake are having fun reconnecting.
Aydan Sato
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Played by: Kaylah Zander (2022) Character details: Aydan works at Smokey’s Tavern and is also a caterer. She and Eve shared an attraction but nothing more seemed to have come of it.
Cory Walters
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Played by: Ty Olsson (2022) Character details: The prison guard led the convicts to their program at Cal Fire and often questioned Manny in regards to what he viewed to be favoritism toward Bode.