Firestorm

Jesse

Wynt

Shaye

Jennifer

Monica

Pete

Andy

Packer

Karge

Loomis

Wilkins

Sherman

Tina's Mom

Tina's Dad

Tina

Lawyer (as Terry Kelly)

Guard

Childs

Moody

Dwyer

Belcher (as Adrian Dorval)

Davis (as Jon Cuthbert)

Deputy

Sheriff Garrett

(uncredited)

First cinema feature of Barry Pepper.

The film was originally set up at the now defunct Savoy Pictures. When Savoy had the project, the film was going to be more epic in scale, with comprehensive visual and computer effects. Savoy even offered Sylvester Stallone $20 million to star, which he accepted. However, the studio went bust before the film was made. Twentieth Century Fox picked up the script from "turnaround" and fashioned it into a more intimate, smaller budgeted movie as they were looking to only spend $30 million dollars on the picture.

Scott Glenn played a firefighter who was also an arsonist in the film Backdraft.

Smoke Jumpers do not jump with their tools, these are delivered in separate cargo parachute drops.

Jesse throws the chainsaw at the car with the chain running. Safeties on the saw would not allow the chain to continue to run without an operator holding it.

As the chainsaw pierces the windscreen of the car, a bracket is visible on the tip of the saw. In the next shot it is no longer present.

Packer: You ignorant son of a bitch! Why the hell were you shooting at him for? He was holding me up! You shot me in the arm, you psycho motherfucker! Cut me down, you selfish asshole, right now!

Jesse: Fire moves uphill. You do know that, don't you?

Randall Alexander Shaye: Hey smoke jumper... you still alive?