Heavy Rescue: 401: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Spanning the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario, Heavy Rescue: 401 follows multiple major tow operators, rescue, and maintenance crews day and night along North America's most intense stretch of highway. From Sarnia eastbound to Toronto and north to Barrie, the cast of heroes work diligently to keep Canada's most important and busiest series of highways open through any weather condition. From monster snow storms creating kilometers of mayhem to trucks spilling their loads, these efforts safeguard the country's most important trade route with the U.S. from grinding to a crippling halt through the worst of the winter driving season.

Series details

• Title: Heavy Rescue: 401
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action
• Premiere date: 2016-10-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-04-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: USA Network
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 15292
• IMDb ID: tt6385418
• TVDB ID: 318268

Cast and credited roles

• Dave Pettitt — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-10-10; final listed air date 2017-02-28; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-01-02; final listed air date 2018-03-06; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-01-08; final listed air date 2019-04-09; episode order: 14.
• Season 4: premiered 2020-01-07; final listed air date 2020-04-07; episode order: 14.
• Season 5: premiered 2021-01-05; final listed air date 2021-04-27; episode order: 16.
• Season 6: premiered 2022-01-24; final listed air date 2022-04-18; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2023-01-23; final listed air date 2023-04-24; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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