I am a former firefighter with Ventura County and I stumbled upon this show a couple weeks ago. I was impressed with the attention to detail as regards the process of different types of rescues. This show gives you a pretty accurate insight into the risk and danger experienced by rescue workers on a daily basis.The last episode I watched had quite a suspenseful rescue with one of the members of the rescue team going into a burning building filled with flammable gasses in order to rescue downed firefighters. The scene where Dolph came in to save the other guy was pretty intense.The show isn't only rescues though, they have quite an attractive female cast, especially that Latina at the graveyard.

As a member of the US Army and a Malibu resident, I am thrilled at the American patriotism portrayed in this series. There are not many shows on television now a days for family and people who don't want to watch dark shows about murder. This is a rescues and saving lives. I am happy I can sit down with my children and grandchildren and watch this. Firefighters are real heroes and SAF3 depicts this. I love the action mixed with getting to see the characters private lives. Their strengths and their flaws. Thank you for this show. It is a breath of fresh air. And it doesn't hurt that the people are easy on the eye as is the background scenery. And the music is great. I really love the theme song!

K, now I finally get SNL's "The Californians" sketch. They're making fun of this show, right? This show is an hour long version of the sketch, replete with the worst possible acting that could possibly exist. It's so bad, it makes Baywatch look like 'Citizen Kane'. The writing is beyond amateurish. I feel like I have heard every line before, it's so basic, like a play written by 6th graders. The bad acting comes consistently enough where I feel it's not the actors, it's the director insisting that they act badly. Filler? Try montage after montage. Someone clearly does not enjoy writing on this show. Half the show is the camera panning to the actors staring into space, complete with cheesy music. Made it 25 mins in and..could not....go......further....dramatic gasp.

I watched the show specifically for Dolph and Texas Battle, I'm a fan of both. J.R. Martinez is pretty good in this, despite the weak material given to him and his fellow actors. The latino lady comes off as stereotypical spicy, but I can work with this. Most of the cast looks like they're reading directly from their script in hand, but I hope that's because they are first time actors, maybe? Texas has a great sense of humor in this and it shows, and Dolph and JR. have a slow burner storyline, but the rest of the girls and the other two guys aren't too memorable, they need some characterization and to show us their background and story, but this show is still more diverse than most shows on TV. Hopefully the acting will improve but I've been watching every episode, something won't let me stop.