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Rescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher Price designed for young children, depicting various rescue personnel and their equipment. As it is designed for young children, the toy line is not necessarily realistic, and contains many elements found only in science fiction. A 1999 animated television series has also been developed with the line of toys, spanning one season on CBS (1999-2000) as Rescue Heroes and two on Kids' WB! (2001-2002) as Rescue Heroes: Global Response Team, totalling three seasons. The animated series helps to teach children proper safety techniques.

Background

The Rescue Heroes is an international organization that, along with local authorities, helps rescue animals and people from certain natural or man-made disasters. It is unclear exactly where the Rescue Heroes make their base of operations, but the animated series suggests the U.S. Pacific Northwest (or possibly the Canadian Rockies) as a likely place.

Characters

The main Rescue Heroes are listed, along with their respective voices in the animated series (Where availible).

Billy Blazes (Norm Spencer) - Billy, a firefighter, is the leader of the Rescue Heroes, and help picked the other members of his team. In the animated series, he has a brother Bobby as well as a father, both of which he has an uneasy relationship, due to his decision to become a firefighter rather than a construction worker. He was first discovered after saving a group of children trapped in a carnival ride that was set ablaze. An episode suggests that Billy's family hails from Montreal, Quebec.
Wendy Waters (Lenore Zann) - Wendy, also a firefighter, is effectively the second-in-command. Her father, Warren, also appears as a Rescue Hero, working at their orbiting space station. It was through a combination of a news report about a factory being set ablaze and through her father that led her to trying out for the Rescue Heroes.
Jake Justice (Martin Roach) - Jake, a police officer, had his start as a Rescue Hero when he had caught a wanted criminal after a televised car chase that made national headlines. He is typically seen with his Justice Cycle, a custom-made motorcycle.
Richmond "Rocky" Canyon (Joe Motiki) - Rocky, an African-American mountain climbing specialist, is the youngest member of the Rescue Heroes, having started at the start of the series. Because of this, he often leads to his teammates into further trouble due to his inexperience. When Billy had once thought about quitting as a Rescue Hero, it was ultimately Rocky, through an audition video, that convinced him to stay on - cementing Billy's decision to hire Rocky. An early episode suggests that he hailed from Oklahoma, and that his father had recently died.
Ariel Flyer (Lisa Messinger, later Deborah Odell) - Ariel, a flight and wildlife specialist of Spanish descent, is the second youngest member of the Rescue Heroes. She was once a stunt pilot who had a rival in Avery Ater. However, Avery's lack of concern for safety has led to Ariel saving them on numerous occasions.
Jackie Percy "Jack" Hammer (Rod Wilson) - Jack, a construction worker hailing from Texas, was originally a contractor hired to build the Rescue Heroes base of operations, but had saved a fellow construction worker in a crane accident. Because of this, he was given a tryout with the Rescue Heroes. Jack has a younger sister named Jillian (Jill), who is a member of the Texas Fire Brigade. It is known that Jack and Jill's father died some time ago.
Gil Gripper
Cliff Hanger
Roger Houston
Warren Waters
Al Pine
Bob Bouy
Sandy Beach
Bill Barker
Hal E. Copter
Bob Sled
Holden Breath
Rock Miner
C.D. Moon
Aaron Sky
Rex Steel
Cole Burns
Moe Zambeek
Sam Sparks
Willy Stop
Seargent Siren
Maureen Biologist
Rip Rockefeller
Matt Medic
Aidan Assist
Brandon Irons
Captain Cuffs
Perry Chute
Ben Choppin
Dewey C.M.
Marshall Artz
Seymore Wilde
Kenny Ride
Pat Pending

Animals

Rescue Heroes are not always human, as they have many animal helpers.

Smokey (Dalmatian)
Nemo (Dolphin)
Comet (Monkey)
Claude (Mountain Lion)
Wind Chill (St. Bernard)
Swoops (Bald Eagle)
Buster (German Shepherd)
Mako (Shark)
Pounce (Panther)
Radar (Bat)
Spotter (Cheetah)
Tusk (Elephant)
Akido (Panda)
Specs (Owl)

Rescue Heroes: The Movie

2003 Canadian film

Rescue Heroes: The Movie
Directed by	Ron Pitts
Written by	Brent Piaskoski
Produced by	Pamela Lehn
Starring	Norm Spencer Joe Motiki Lenore Zann Deborah Odell Rod Wilson Martin Roach
Edited by	Daniel Lee
Music by	Amin Bhatia
Distributed by	Nelvana
Release date	November 18 2003
Running time	80 minutes (approx.)
Country	Canada
Language	English

TV Series

Rescue Heroes
File:Rescueheroes.gif
Created by	Unknown
Starring	Norm Spencer Lenore Zann Martin Roach Joe Motiki Lisa Messinger(Season 1) Deborah Odell(Seasons 2 & 3) Rod Wilson
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	11/22 minutes approx.
Original release
Network	CBS, Kids WB!
Release	1999-2003 – Unknown