The Fire Brigade

"The Fire Brigade" is the second episode of These Are the Days season one. It aired on September 14, 1974 on ABC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Grandpa is showing signs of his age when he fails to help the fire brigade in a timely manner.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Day
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Homer
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Cady
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ben Day
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andrew Parks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Danny Day
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jack E. Haley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jonas
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Logan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Martha Day
 * style="background-color:#clear"| June Lockhart
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kathy Day
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pamelyn Ferdin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Caesar
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| June Lockhart
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kathy Day
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pamelyn Ferdin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Caesar
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson

Organizations

 * Fire brigade
 * Daily News

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Great Plains
 * Elmsville
 * General store
 * Barbershop
 * Day residence
 * Logan's
 * Africa (indirectly mentioned)
 * Sahara (mentioned)

Objects

 * Daily News newspaper
 * Mighty Master Mixer

Vehicles

 * Fire wagon

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision by Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 14, 1974 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * Grandpa is called Jeff Day in this episode, and Martha calls him "Pa" at one point, which would seem to suggest that the Day family name comes from him, yet Martha is supposed to be a widow, so shouldn't the Day name come from her late husband?
 * Martha's name is revealed.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢