Firehouse USA: Boston was a 2005 TV series on Discovery Channel. The series followed Boston Fire Department Engine Company 37 and Ladder Company 26, quartered on Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachusetts.a City of Boston firehouse locations, under District 9 The narrator was Mikey Kelley and the executive producer was Mark Kadin.imdb cast page The series premiered on September 20, 2005imdb release date and was canceled later that year. A likely reason Huntington Ave was chosen was due to it being regarded as one of the busiest firehouses in Boston.

Post-series One of the firefighters who appeared in the series, Lt. Kevin Kelly, was killed in a crash when Ladder 26 was returning from a call. The ladder truck became a runaway due to brake failure on a hill, the truck hit two parked cars then a building killing Lt. Kelly & injured 3 other fire fighters. (Also see: BFD Apparatus)

See also Boston Fire Department, where the series was filmed Emergency!, a 1970s drama about two paramedics and their firehouse Rescue 911, a 1990s true series of saving lives Third Watch, a 2000s drama about the FDNY and NYPD Rescue Me, a 2000s drama about the FDNY

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