Fireman Sam

When Sarah and James discover that the Wholefish Café is about to have its one millionth customer, they convince Bronwyn that there should be a big celebration to mark the event. But when they decide to have Norman Price jump out of a big wooden cake he gets trapped inside. Things get even worse when the kitchen catches fire and the giant cake doesn’t fit through the door! Luckily Sam and Penny have been receiving training from Boyce and Steele on how to execute unusual rescues.

When the Pontypandy Pioneers go to the fire station to complete their fire safety badge, Norman wants to prove to Derek that he can drive a fire engine. Meanwhile Elvis has made a pie for everyone’s tea, but he is sure Norman will try to eat it, so sets out to hide it. When Norman starts up Jupiter and accidentally drives it through Pontypandy, Sam races to the rescue – but the pie gets splattered! The Pioneers all get their fire safety badges, apart from Norman who has to stay behind and earn his cooking badge by helping Elvis to make a new pie – but at last Elvis gets to teach one of the Pioneers!

When a big chill comes to Pontypandy, Norman and Mandy decide to make a snowman. But Norman gets his mum best scarf dirty when he dresses up his snowman, so he decides to wash it. When he hangs it on the line to dry, it freezes as stiff as a board so Norman then decides to put it in the oven to defrost and dry it. It’s not long before we see smoke… At the fire station, the snow has knocked out the power and the team is doing their best to keep warm. We discover that Sam might be good at putting out fires, but he’s no good at lighting them. Eventually they get the power back on. Just in time to get an emergency call from Norman Price. Sam puts out the fire, but the scarf is ruined. Looks like Norman is on snow shoveling duty for his mum to make up for it!

When Station Officer Steele hurts his back, he is devastated to have to take a day off sick, especially when it’s Chief Fire Officer Boyce who has to come and fill in for him. When Boyce decides to show Elvis a thing or two about being a fireman, he gets Jupiter’s platform stuck under a bridge. In the meantime, Norman and Sarah have taken up Extreme Kiting and when Sarah gets stuck in a tree, Jupiter can’t come to the rescue! Fortunately Sam is on hand to rescue Sarah… but what about Jupiter? Steele sees what’s happened, and when Boyce can’t get Jupiter out, Steele lets down her tyres and Jupiter just rolls out – Steele’s definitely not past it yet!

Pontypandy is holding a Charity Concert and Elvis is to be the star act. Steele is pleased that it’s not him – performing in front of a crowd is his worst nightmare – give him a blazing inferno any day of the week. But as Elvis practises, his constant singing is driving Steele up the wall, he’s even singing Elvis’ song in his sleep. But when Elvis and Mike have a cliff hanging accident on the way back from collecting a giant guitar to use on the stage – it looks like the concert might have to be cancelled. But luckily there is one person who knows the song well enough to stand in for Elvis… Station Officer Steele!

Mandy wants to be a round the world yachtswoman. Charlie has been teaching Mandy to sail and it’s time for her first solo voyage. Everyone gathers as she sets off around the bay on her own. In the meantime, Penny has started to train Elvis on how to fix things. Unfortunately, Elvis keeps getting flustered and messes things up so Penny gives him the simple task of tightening bolts on Neptune. When Mandy’s mast breaks, Neptune is scrambled to the rescue. Unfortunately, Elvis hasn’t tightened the motor’s bolts and the motor falls off into the sea, leaving Penny and Elvis helplessly adrift. Sam helicopters in with the bolts and Elvis manages to stay calm and fix the motor on properly this time. Luckily Mandy doesn’t need rescuing now – Elvis wasn’t the only one to keep cool under pressure – as Mandy’s improvised a new mast out of some driftwood!

When Sarah and James get a new pet guinea pig from their uncle, Fireman Sam, it doesn’t take long for it to escape. Fortunately Elvis is on hand – along with the Thermal Imaging Camera and a box of fire station equipment – to try to help them find it. But in the meantime the guinea pig has managed to chew through some electrical cables, starting a fire in the Wholefish Café. Sam and Penny soon put out the fire, and Elvis confesses to Steele that he was using all the equipment to find a guinea pig. Steele is dismayed, there’s only one way to find a guinea pig – tempt it out with some sunflower seeds. It turns out that Steele has a soft spot for guinea pigs, especially this one, as Sarah and James have named him Norris – Steele’s first name.

It’s been snowing in Pontypandy and the local newspaper is running a competition to find the best photo of Pontypandy in the snow. Sarah is determined to win and sets off with James and his camera. When they find huge footprints in the snow, Sarah thinks there must be a polar bear in the area and vows to take its photo. Meanwhile, at the fire station, Saturn – an aerial, remote controlled Thermal Imaging Camera – has arrived. The crew is testing it out by playing hide and seek. Back on the photo expedition, Sarah and James take shelter in a cave. Suddenly, they hear what they think are the sounds of a polar bear approaching but are relieved to discover that it’s Moose, and on his feet is a big pair of snow shoes – that’s what’s been making the ‘polar bear’ footprints! Unfortunately, their loud laughter causes an avalanche which blocks the cave entrance. Back at the café, a worried Bronwyn and Charlie call Fireman Sam as Sarah and James haven’t returned. Sam and the team use Saturn to find the trapped children and Sarah and James win the photography competition too – the winning entry is a photo of Fireman Sam with a face full of snow – and he looks quite a lot like a polar bear!

It’s a big day in Pontypandy, Gareth is opening the Pontypandy mountain railway line and station; he has refurbished the old engine, The Pontypandy Flyer, to take people up and down the mountain. Gareth has planned a grand opening but has been so busy making the train look good, he hasn’t got the station ready – so Sarah and James come along to help their granddad. Unfortunately after a small mishap with the bunting a hot coal falls under the water tower and starts a fire. Back at the fire station, Steele is quite excited about the new steam engine but with all this talk of shiny new engines, Elvis worries that Jupiter will feel a bit left out – especially as he’s just scratched her paint work! Meanwhile, at the train station opening, everyone has arrived. When little Lily spots the fire, they call Fireman Sam – but it looks like the big water tower could fall and crush the train. Sam and the team arrive and pull the train to safety just as the water tower collapses. The train is safe, but without water it can’t take anyone up the mountain today. Then Elvis has an idea, they can use Jupiter’s hose to fill up the train – Jupiter may not be as shiny as the new train but she still managed to save the day!

When Mandy reads Moose Roberts’ book about his mountain climbing adventures, she decides that she wants to be a mountain climber when she grows up – and climb the highest mountain in the world! But when she goes on a school trip to the Mountain Activity Centre, she finds that the traverse wall isn’t exciting enough for a mountaineer like her! So she decides to follow Moose on one of his practice climbs. Meanwhile, back at the fire station, Elvis thinks that Sam should have a book out of his own and sets out to write down all of Sam’s adventures. Unfortunately, he’s not very good at remembering them. But when Fireman Sam rescues Mandy and Moose from a mountain ledge, Elvis has the first story for his new book!

When Bronwyn gives Gareth a sausage sandwich for his lunch, she has no idea the lengths Nipper the dog will go to for a bite. So when Gareth leaves his lunch dangling in a bag on the train’s brake, Nipper manages to escape and snatch it… letting off the brake in the process and causing The Pontypandy Flyer to head off across the mountains with a carriage full of people and just Nipper in the cab. Luckily Sam is on hand to execute his best Mission: Impossible style rescue and the train is stopped… just in time! Meanwhile, back at the station, Elvis has managed to break Station Officer Steele’s favourite seaside souvenir mug and got himself and Steele glued to a chair whilst trying to fix it…

"When Sarah hears the legend of the Pontypandyness Monster, she pretends to have seen the creature in order to boost visitors to the mountains on her granddad Gareth’s train, The Pontypandy Flyer. Soon the Mountain Activity Centre is full of people travelling up to the mountains. Gareth has never seen so many passengers. But when Sarah pretends to spot the monster once more and too many people crowd on to the unfinished jetty to see it, the jetty breaks away and floats into the middle of the lake. Fireman Sam comes to the rescue and all is going well till the jetty gets stuck! Everyone assumes it’s the monster pulling on the jetty. But with a quick scuba dive into the lake, Penny soon discovers that the jetty is just caught between some rocks at the bottom. Despite the fact that Sarah owns up to having told a story about seeing the monster, everyone has been reminded about how beautiful the lake and mountains are and all vow to come back…by train!
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Norman and Mandy head out to see to get their Pontypandy Pioneer Fishing Badges. Dilys decides to go along too, she can’t wait to see her precious little soldier catch his first fish. Back at the fire station, the team are preparing for the worst. Norman Price is at sea and there are hundreds of things that could go wrong – so Operation Nautical Norman is underway. Meanwhile, on the boat, Dilys (despite her good intentions) causes a number of disasters that stop Norman catching a fish. When the rescue crew gets called out, TWICE, Steele is sure he knows who the culprit is. But they are all surprised when they discover that it was Dilys and not Norman who caused so much havoc at sea. Norman is disappointed that he didn’t get his fishing badge, so Charlie promises to take him out again – this time, without Dilys!

It's a cold, snowy day and Trevor loses control of the bus. It eventually comes to rest on a frozen lake but then the ice begins to crack!

Norman Price causes his usual havoc, this time at Halloween. Meanwhile Fireman Sam & Firefighter Penny Morris comes to the rescue.

Bronwyn is pleased that Charlie is finally fixing their leaking tap with the help of his brother, Sam. The two brothers remember how their mum always said how they made such a great team. However before the job is finished, Sam is called to the Fire Station but promises to return as soon as he can. Charlie manages to avoid doing more chores by taking the kids out to sea to help them with a sea life project for Mrs Chen. At the station, Elvis has become entangled with the new hose so Sam untangles Elvis and helps him out with some handy advice. Back on the boat, James spots a huge shoal of fish leaving Charlie determined to land the biggest catch that Pontypandy has ever seen! Unfortunately he damages his boat in the process and Charlie and the children are soon in danger of sinking! Sam comes to the rescue on Neptune and soon everyone is safely back on dry land. When Sam sees how much Charlie would like to land his catch, he and Charlie set out to sea again and bring in the catch together. They do make a great team…but they still need to fix the leaky tap!

Whilst completing a safety inspection with Sam at the train station, Station Officer Steele discovers Bessie – his old fire engine that runs on rails. So when Gareth and Sam board The Pontypandy Flyer and head up to the mountains to inspect the Mountain Activity Centre, Steele stays behind to refurbish his precious old fire engine. Helped by James and Sarah, he soon has her returned to her former glory. Meanwhile, up at the Mountain Activity Centre, some gas canisters have rolled on to Moose’s campfire and are in danger of exploding! Penny and Elvis rush to the train station to take The Pontypandy Flyer up to the mountains and cool down the canisters but find the train is already up at the Centre so there’s no way of getting to the emergency! Luckily Steele gets Bessie going, races up the track to the rescue and helps Sam to douse the canisters. Bessie saves the day and becomes the all-new member of the Pontypandy Fire Service.

Snow has fallen over Pontypandy and Norman and Derek are watching a video of their snowboarding hero Billy Bob Blizzard. Inspired they set off to try some of his moves… on Norman’s mam’s ironing board. Meanwhile at the Fire Station the pipes have frozen and leaks are spurting out everywhere. Fortunately Elvis steps up to the task of stopping the leaks until Mike Flood arrives. Sam calls Helen Flood who promises to get hold of Mike for him. Out on the slopes, Norman has built Derek a slalom-style snowman obstacle course. Derek is pretty skilled on the ironing board but crashes into the last snowman causing a huge snowball to fall and begin rolling down the hill. At the bottom of the hill, Mike is taking a call from Helen and hears a rumbling sound…when he turns he sees the huge snowball rolling towards him! Filled with panic, Mike begins to run, dropping his phone and falling down a hole just as the snowball rolls over him! Sam comes to the rescue and in true Billy Bob Blizzard style, uses Norman’s ‘snowboard’ to get a blanket and hot drink to the freezing Mike before Tom Thomas arrives and Mike is airlifted to safety. Back at the station, there are even more water leaks but Elvis has it covered – although Station Officer Steele isn’t happy that his newly-polished helmet is being used to collect up some of the water!

Tom and Moose are locked in rivalry over who has the better wilderness skills. Tom thinks hi-tech gadgets are the way to go when out in the mountains but Moose prefers to rely on nature as a guide. The two rivals lead the Pontypandy Pioneers on a wilderness excursion that goes awry when Tom and Moose challenge each other to race up a high tree and then proceed to get stuck! To add to their problems, the branch they are hanging from is breaking and Tom’s mobile phone isn’t working! It’s up to the kids to be resourceful and get help using a pair of sunglasses, sunlight and Morse code. Sam and Penny arrive at the emergency and manage to rescue Tom and Moose just before the branch breaks. Everyone heads back home together, but not before James plants his flag in the mountain. Meanwhile, back in Pontypandy, the number of cat-related emergencies has reached an all-time high, prompting Station Officer Steele to explore creative new methods of feline rescue which Elvis volunteers to test out...

When Norman and Mandy get Mike’s van muddy, it looks like their day out to the lighthouse will be cancelled. But when they promise to clean the van (inside and out) on their return, Norman has a plan to keep everyone at the lighthouse until it is too late to do any cleaning, and they all soon find themselves locked out on the lighthouse balcony. In the meantime, Sam and the team have got Jupiter and Venus stuck in some mud and are trying to winch them out – with some very muddy consequences. Back at the lighthouse, Mike, Mandy, Dilys and Helen think they are about to be rescued by Moose but Norman manages to get him locked out on the balcony along with everyone else. As Moose tries to climb to safety he is soon stuck dangling half-way down the lighthouse. Fireman Sam comes to the rescue and when he hears about Norman’s escapades he has an idea…Norman has to clean Mike’s van, but as soon as he’s finished he has to clean Jupiter and Venus as well – inside and out!

Christmas is coming and there is to be a competition for the best Christmas lights in Pontypandy. Sarah and James are sure that the Wholefish Café will win but Norman is sure that his mam’s shop will get the prize. Soon Dilys and Bronwyn have Mike Flood running backwards and forwards between the two shops as their lighting displays get more and more over the top. Back at the station Elvis is doing his best to teach Radar to present the trophy to the ‘prizewinner’, but Radar isn’t letting go of the trophy that easily. Meanwhile the lighting displays are nearly ready, but Mike has yet to put in the correct fuses for the massive amount of lights that he’s wired in. Unfortunately, neither family realises that the lights aren’t ready to be switched on. As the rivalry reaches its peak, the Jones’ and Prices switch on their lights – both causing a fire. So Fireman Sam and the team have two fires to attend to...

Helen Flood has invited Mrs Chen and Penny over for an evening of make-up and movies and Mandy offers to babysit Mrs Chen’s daughter Lily for the evening. Mandy cannot wait to show Mrs Chen that she is the best babysitter in Pontypandy. Unfortunately, Lily ends up painting the walls and hiding the front door keys, and no-one notices when the toddler throws a cushion on to some curling tongs that are heating up. Meanwhile at the fire station, Mike Flood is determined to have a boys’ night to remember, but the only items that are at the boys’ disposal are an onion, a box for a deck of cards and much to Station Officer Steele’s delight, tiddlywinks. Back at Helen’s, the curling tongs have set the cushion alight but without the front door keys, everyone is trapped inside. Penny phones that station for help, interrupting the tiddlywinks tournament. Sam and Elvis come to the rescue and Mandy bravely leads Lily to safety, proving what a great baby-sitter she is!

When Bronwyn hears that her dad, Gareth, is putting on this year’s Pontypandy fireworks display, she remembers all the disasters he caused with fireworks when she was a child and sends Charlie along to keep an eye on his preparations. Gareth’s haphazard approach to the firework display is too much for Charlie to keep up with, he manages to space out the roman candles properly and check on the rockets but doesn’t see that Gareth has nailed in the Catherine wheel too tightly on to the door of Bessie’s shed. In the meantime, back at the fire station, Sam is giving Sarah, James, Norman and Mandy some lessons in the firework code. Later at the firework display, James spots the Catherine wheel and tries to warn Gareth that it’s nailed on too tightly. But it’s too late, it’s already lit. The Catherine wheel doesn’t spin and sets Bessie’s shed alight. Sam and the team race to the rescue and put out the fire leaving just enough time for everyone to have a go with a sparkler, safely, before heading home.

When Tom and Moose – the self-titled ‘Wild Men of Pontypandy’ – hear that Mandy and Norman are trying to spot a fox, they volunteer to help them. Unfortunately, they’re not as adept at fox- spotting as they would like to think and it’s not long before the fox has scampered off with Moose’s hat. Tom and Moose are determined to show Mandy and Norman that they really are the ‘Wild Men of Pontypandy’ by spotting the fox, and retrieving Moose’s hat. Meanwhile, Elvis is undergoing his advanced driving test, with Chief Fire Officer Boyce as his examiner, and it’s not going too well – Elvis just can’t get the hang of going ‘slowly and carefully’ enough for Boyce to avoid spilling his cup of tea. Back on the fox trail, Moose and Tom soon find themselves stuck in the fox’s den and they need Fireman Sam to rescue them. Elvis and Boyce arrive in Jupiter to help Sam dig out Tom and Moose; fortunately Elvis stops Boyce from digging too quickly and causing the den to collapse. After Tom and Moose are rescued, Boyce tells Elvis that he’s clearly taken the message of going ‘slowly and carefully’ on board and tells him he’s passed the advanced driving test. Mandy then spots the fox returning Moose’s hat and gets named the ‘Wild Girl of Pontypandy’ - grrrr!

"The Pontypandy residents are having a beach picnic and Penny, Sam, Elvis and Station Officer Steele draw straws to see who will go and who will stay behind. Elvis gets the short straw and remains at the fire station with Radar. He uses the opportunity to try to record one of his songs but no matter how far away Elvis goes, Radar always hears him and starts howling as he begins to sing! Meanwhile on the beach Sarah and James are turning Steele into a sand mermaid, Sam is helping Mrs Chen and Lily is following Norman around and getting in the way of his sandcastle building. Norman eventually manages to shake off Lily, but unbeknownst to Norman, the toddler has followed him and gets herself stranded on a sandbank. Luckily, clever Radar retrieves the emergency message while Elvis is busy trying to record his new song and the sea rescue gets under way. At the beach, everyone calls out for Lily but it’s Radar that hears her cries and leads the team straight to Lily. Sam pulls Lily from the waves much to Mrs Chens’ relief. So it’s back to the picnic where Radar sniffs out some lovely sausages and Norman finds he has more of a soft spot for Lily than he realised.

Mrs Chen is taking her class up to the mountains to release some sky lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year. Norman Price is beside himself; just can’t wait to launch his lantern! After waiting while the class paints their lanterns, then waiting while the lanterns dry, then waiting some more while the whole class heads up to the mountains to release them Norman is beyond impatient! In the meantime Sam, Penny and Elvis are fitting up Bessie so that she can use ‘sticky foam’ in the event of a forest fire. Elvis manages to spray himself and then Sam with foam too in the process but eventually he gets it right. As the team carries out their final tests on the foam, Sam notices that the wind direction has changed and that it might be dangerous to release the sky lanterns now. When the class get the news that they aren’t allowed to release their lanterns, Norman is devastated and ‘accidentally’ releases his lantern. It looks amazing for a few short moments, but then it blows into the surrounding forest, gets caught in a tree and causes a forest fire. Fortunately, Sam and the team race to the rescue on Bessie and they get to try out the sticky foam in a real emergency. With the fire finally out, everyone finally gets the opportunity to release their sky lanterns safely – everyone except Norman, that is!