In this brand new Aussie drama, the members of Australia's most elite rescue unit rely on courage, mateship and extreme skills as they risk their lives to save others.
An adrenaline junkie taunts the Rescue team with a series of deadly stunts. Meanwhile, Lara risks her life to save thrill seekers from a flooded stormwater drain, and Dean is caught in the middle of an extortion racket after the high-rise rescue of an exotic dancer.
Jordan's shady past returns to haunt him when his best mate is accused of murder. Then, Dean and Lara take extreme action to rescue a crime boss from his firebombed nightclub, with deadly results. Elsewhere, a friendly bet between Rescue and the Fire Brigade exposes their naked rivalry.
A rock-thrower causes a horrific three vehicle MVA. As Dean struggles to rescue a local bookie from his car, Chase attends to a badly injured woman. Just before she dies she asks him to fulfil her dying wish "tell my daughter her father isn't her father."
Chase wrestles with the dilemma and against his better judgement, finds the daughter and is soon dragged into her anguished teenage world. Meanwhile Dean finds himself under threat from the bookie's brother, who claims a great deal of money went missing from his car during the rescue.
The skipper of a small cruiser swigs from his flask, before faltering, apparently drunk, and crashing into a boatload of young revellers. Rescue Special Ops arrive and begin plucking people from the water. While Heidi tends to a young woman with a bump on her head who seems to be fine, Dean goes looking for the skipper who has disappeared, presumed dead.
ordan is caught in a web of sex, lies and sabotage following a bizarre accident at a building site. Michelle faces the toughest day of her career as she deals with a string of disasters.
A boom lift operator suffers a heart attack, causing his construction’s scaffolding to collapse. As our guys arrive and start pulling people from the rubble, Jordan finds himself under the spell of the only woman on site.
When the unit is called to a fun park rescue they discover a woman half-dead beneath one of the rides, and Heidi bonds with her distressed husband only to discover he's not quite what he seems.
When the crew is called to rescue passengers trapped on a ferris wheel at the fun park, they discover a badly battered woman at its base.
While Rescue Special Ops are called to a trio of carjackers teetering on a cliff edge, Dean and Chase are diverted to a dangerous trench collapse and have to confront their father's human frailties.
Dean's doing it tough. When the team is called to rescue the driver of a car teetering on a cliff edge, he discovers they've rescued a couple of carjackers.
An illegal rave party on some rocks by the sea turns to disaster when a rogue wave washes the ravers off the rocks. In a dramatic rescue operation, Chase connects with Brandon, a guy who gets his arm wedged under a rock. Chase, feeling vulnerable over the state of his life and lack of friends, pursues friendship with Brandon as eagerly as Brandon...
A gang of eco-terrorists cause an explosion in a shopping mall. Lara is hoodwinked by a romantic cat-burglar. Meanwhile, Heidi and Chase struggle to rescue a violent bodybuilder with 'roid rage.
An explosion in a shopping centre sees Rescue Special Ops reunite with the Firies to get panicked shoppers to safety. But there’s a little boy missing, and locating him becomes a top priority for Vince.
A wedding turns to tragedy when the bride is trapped in a hot air balloon. Dean suspects sabotage when a series of life-threatening accidents hits the Rescue team and Michelle is blackmailed by a hi-tech stalker.
What should be a routine job – find a bride in a hot air balloon and bring her down safely turns into a series of disasters as the Rescue Special Ops team realise the balloon isn’t the only thing that’s been sabotaged
Lara's first day as Team Leader goes horribly wrong when a hoax emergency puts the team in danger. While Vince and Michelle are terrorised by an intruder at Rescue HQ, and Heidi is jealous when Jordan flirts with a sexy bushwalker.
The team is coming to terms with the need for increased security around the stationhouse when the call comes in. A distressed wife claims her husband is missing in the national park.
Rescue faces its most extreme emergency yet when an oil tanker is involved in a massive accident. Dean realises Lara's life is in danger from a violent stalker. Can he rescue her in time? It's Lara's wedding day, but does she have cold feet?
The Rescue Special Ops team is called to a potentially explosive collision, and when a nearby chemical plant is tampered with, they put two and two together to realise someone holds a serious, and potentially lethal, grudge against them.
Dean and the team are back, and they risk their lives to save a miner trapped in an underground disaster. Michelle fears for her team's safety when Vince uncovers a criminal conspiracy at the gold mine, and Vince is tempted by a lucrative job offer to leave Special Ops.
A jetskier causes an explosion at a marina fuel depot, with deadly results for Dean. Passions ignite during a turf war between Rescue and a glamorous firefighter, and Chase's love life takes an unexpected turn.
The team is threatened with the introduction of Lifeblood, a privately owned rescue organisation trying to take over their business. It leaves the entire team on edge, in fear of losing their jobs and their future in rescue work.
Rescue attends an MVA involving a truck and a BMW. Dean and Chase attempt to free trapped Tyler, a stressed-out share trader who's more worried about making a morning meeting than any injuries he may have acquired. But his crush injuries look serious, and Dean and Chase doubt his chances of survival.
After receiving a panicked call from a man lost in a foggy ravine, Rescue are flying blind as they try to reach him. Meanwhile, Chase, Jordan and Heidi struggle to find Katie, and the LifeBlood chopper tasked with helping them is useless.
When a young girl, Lily, is found trapped on a cliff ledge by the ocean, Rescue call for the Lifeblood chopper, only to find that the pilot is none other than Heidi.
Swinging by her office early one morning, Michelle interrupts an intruder photocopying Rescue documents. In the ensuing foot chase, the intruder is sideswiped by a car.
The team rescue Tan, an injured rock fisherman who doesn't speak English. Jordan goes up with the man to the Lifeblood chopper, piloted by Heidi. They soon learn what the man was trying to say another man is stuck on the cliffs.
The Rescue team attend an overturned bus on a lonely stretch of bush highway, only to discover it is full of female prisoners.
Dean is using his day off to bond with Zoe's boy Noah but things aren't sizzling when Dean gets a request from Lachie to pick him up from the lockup and take him to work.
The Rescue unit attend an MVA involving one Helen Hillerstrom, who reveals her son, Oscar, is missing in the Blue Mountains.