| Very bright color | 17 |
| Stairways outside of buildings | 30 |
| Plight flights? | 15 |
| Where to beat the heat? | 23 |
| Way out of a dangerous situation | 32 |
| Way out in an emergency | 23 |
| They're used in emergencies | 31 |
| Gun battle | 10 |
| Ladder company member | 21 |
| Lightning bugs | 14 |
| Luminescent critter | 19 |
| Insect you can see in the dark | 30 |
| Friml operetta | 14 |
| Snipe | 5 |
| Terminate a bullion buyer? | 26 |
| 1990's sitcom, literally | 28 |
| Aerosol cans near open flames, e.g. | 35 |
| Yellowstone river | 17 |
| Hook and ladder company need | 28 |
| Smoke-eater's gear | 22 |
| Things that wind up on trucks | 29 |
| These go to blazes | 18 |
| Where a bell summons the workers | 32 |
| Personnel office, to some? | 26 |
| 'Backdraft' building | 28 |
| Hoses are hooked up to them | 27 |
| Order to torpedoman | 19 |
| Raging enthusiasm | 17 |
| Passion or zeal | 15 |
| Sub-shop blaze? | 15 |
| Grenade-tosser's shout | 26 |
| Result of a laundry room short? | 31 |
| FitzGerald's Pulitzer Prize work: 1973 | 42 |
| Poker, tongs, etc. | 18 |
| Hearthside set | 14 |
| No-parking zone | 15 |
| No-parking area | 15 |
| Restricted road area | 20 |
| Place to illegally park | 23 |
| Phrase on some NO PARKING signs | 31 |
| Parking in one is a misdemeanor | 31 |
| No place to park | 16 |
| Corridor to be kept clear | 25 |
| Open swath in a forest | 22 |
| Muskets | 7 |
| Subject of some insurance claims | 32 |
| Municipal employee | 18 |
| What many a young boy wants to grow up to be | 44 |
| Volunteer, often | 16 |
| Person who puts out? | 20 |
| One who keeps things from going up? | 35 |
| Lifesaver, often | 16 |
| Iron-horse feeder | 17 |
| Hook-and-ladder rider | 21 |
| He goes to blazes | 17 |
| He can go to blazes | 19 |
| Guy on a pumper | 15 |
| Fellow with an ax | 17 |
| Dalmatian's master, sometimes | 33 |
| Blaze fighter | 13 |
| "Smoke-eater" | 23 |
| "Let us spray" fellow | 31 |
| Instrument for an emergency responder? | 38 |
| Fundraiser for a local brigade | 30 |
| Give Mason the ax? | 18 |
| Person with a burning resentment? | 33 |
| Give the sack to Foch and Ney | 29 |
| Fun for the rescue squad | 24 |
| "Die Walküre" highlight, for short | 47 |
| Safety gear | 11 |
| Two cities in Italia | 20 |
| Write and mail hastily | 22 |
| Respond quickly | 15 |
| "Great" 1666 conflagration | 36 |
| Warm-colored gem | 16 |
| Translucent gemstone | 20 |
| Radiant gem | 11 |
| Sunken cooking site | 19 |
| S'more-toasting site | 24 |
| Camping cooking option | 22 |
| Barbecue kin | 12 |
| House warmer | 12 |
| Tool by the hearth | 18 |
| Hearths | 7 |
| Spark arrester | 14 |
| Hydrant | 7 |
| Hose company hookup | 19 |
| Hydrants | 8 |
| Card game at the hook and ladder? | 33 |
| Combustible ceramic weapon delivered via slingshot | 50 |
| Safety program | 14 |
| Like some vaults | 16 |
| Makes safe from combustion | 26 |
| Smokey Bear's bailiwick | 27 |
| Pink slip issuer | 16 |
| Furnace tender | 14 |
| One with an ax? | 15 |
| Human resources head, at times | 30 |
| An incendiary | 13 |
| Workman at a kiln | 17 |