Content & Trigger Warnings for Chicago Fire (2012)

Children die in fires, accidents, and medical emergencies across multiple episodes

Characters deal with parental loss and its impact on their careers and personal lives

Parents die in emergency situations and character backstories

Firefighters lose colleagues in the line of duty; grief over fallen friends is a recurring emotional theme

Character deaths and near-death experiences take emotional tolls; grief counseling themes emerge

Loss of fellow first responders and civilians weighs heavily; funeral scenes and memorials occur

Cast departures bring emotional farewell storylines; accumulated loss over the series weighs on characters

Miscarriage is depicted in character storylines

Characters face cancer diagnoses and other terminal conditions

Vehicle accidents and extrications are a regular part of emergency calls; crash scenes shown with injured victims

Multi-vehicle pileups and accident extrications continue as regular emergency calls

Vehicle accidents remain a staple of emergency calls; extrication scenes with trapped victims

Vehicle accidents and extrications remain consistent throughout these later seasons

Major car accidents and multi-vehicle pileups are frequently depicted as emergency calls

Relationship drama includes instances of cheating and love triangles among the firehouse crew

Romantic complications and infidelity continue among the cast in ongoing relationship storylines

Relationship complications including unfaithfulness continue in romantic subplots

Cheating and affairs are recurring relationship drama among the characters

Large-scale emergencies including severe weather events and their aftermath feature in some episodes

Building collapses, explosions, and large-scale disasters are regular plot elements

Aviation-related emergencies occur in some episodes

Blood from injuries at emergency scenes is regularly shown; paramedic treatment involves bloody wounds

Emergency medical treatment with visible blood and injuries continues throughout

Blood visible during emergency medical treatment and at rescue scenes throughout

Blood and injury remain visible during emergency response and treatment scenes

Frequent blood and open wounds shown during emergency response scenes

Firefighters enter burning buildings, collapsed structures, and tight rescue situations regularly

Building collapses and confined-space rescues feature prominently; firefighters risk being trapped

Structural collapses and tight rescue environments continue; characters face entrapment risks

Firefighters continue to enter dangerous enclosed environments during rescue operations

Water rescue scenarios occur periodically; characters are in danger of drowning during some emergencies

Water rescue calls continue to appear with characters in aquatic peril

Water emergencies continue to appear in the rotation of rescue scenarios

Water rescues and drowning victims appear in several episodes

High-rise rescues and ladder operations at dangerous heights are routine

Paramedics perform field medical procedures including IV lines and wound treatment at emergency scenes

Paramedic scenes include IV insertions, injections, and emergency medical procedures

Field medical procedures with needles and emergency treatment continue as a regular element

Extensive medical procedures, IVs, intubation, and emergency surgery depicted regularly

Social drinking at Molly's bar is constant; some characters' drinking borders on unhealthy coping

Bar scenes remain frequent; some characters use alcohol to process job stress

Regular bar scenes and social drinking; occasional storylines touch on alcohol as a coping mechanism

Molly's bar remains central to social scenes; drinking culture among the crew continues

Characters struggle with alcohol dependency as a coping mechanism for job stress

Drug-related emergencies are responded to; overdose victims treated on scene

Drug use and addiction are depicted in both victims and some firefighters

Overdose victims are treated as emergency calls in multiple episodes

Child abuse and neglect cases are responded to by firefighters and paramedics

Domestic violence calls are responded to occasionally; victims are shown seeking help

Domestic violence calls and abusive relationships featured across the series

Burn injuries, fire-related trauma, and rescue aftermath shown throughout; victims of fires are depicted with varying levels of graphic detail

Continued fire-related injuries and rescue trauma; industrial accidents and explosion aftermath shown

Emergency scenes include burn victims, explosion injuries, and rescue trauma with moderate graphic detail

Standard emergency drama gore continues with fire injuries, accident trauma, and rescue scenes

Graphic depictions of burn injuries, trauma wounds, and medical emergencies

Occasional crossover episodes involve gun violence from the connected Chicago PD universe

Crossover events and occasional episodes involve firearms and shooting scenarios

Gun violence appears in crossover events and occasional crime-related emergency calls

Shooting incidents occur in several episodes including active shooter scenarios

Sexual assault is addressed in storylines involving characters and victims they respond to