The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the fire, a dumpster fire already put out by Phyllis, when Mike parks the engine, the reflection of crew members are visible on the jumpseat window, and the location's array lighting is visible on the engine's surface.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: At the chemical plant fire, when Gage is covered in the flammable pentane, Chet hoses him down. When Marco says "John, you better stay here, " Chet and Marco head off. In the next shot, when the camera pans quickly to the left of the blaze, one crew member wearing jeans and a white shirt stands behind the firemen, and another crew member wearing a grey shirt crouches at the side.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: At the chemical plant fire all the plant personnel are evacuated. When Gage yells that one of the valves blew, and that he's covered in the flammable pentane, the camera spins around and a crew member is visible on the right side of the screen, just as Captain Stanley and DeSoto walk up and pass him.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: After the alley's dumpster fire has been put out by Phyllis, when Captain Stanley tells Marco to wash it down, two tape marks and one T-mark are all visible on the ground.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: After inspecting Davey's Dogs, when John and Roy head to the squad discussing how only a total idiot would buy the stand, the reflection of the location's array lighting is visible on the squad's surface, and the reflection of the camera dolly can be seen on the chrome spotlight.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny get back to the station talking about the ten fire inspections and two runs, the moving shadow of the boom mic is visible on the cabinets above Chet.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: During the fire at the chemical plant, a couple of shots after we see Captain Stanley walking between Roy and Chet as they're manning two hoses on the roof, we see a shot of Engine 15 as it heads toward the camera and then drives past it, and the reflection of array lighting is visible on the engine's surface.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: Just as Roy brings the victim with the heart wound into treatment 2, in the upper left corner we can see the moving shadow of the boom mic.
The Tycoons - S5-E23
Visible crew/equipment: When Squad 51 is dispatched to the baby with difficulty breathing, in the wide shot when the squad pulls into the driveway and heads to the front of the house, the cameraman steps out of the shadows on the right side of screen and walks toward the squad (then it cuts to the footage he was shooting), and in the next shot as the moving camera closes in on the squad in front of it, the cameraman's shadow becomes visible on the tree and house.
Answer: It is standard practice to wet down driveways so that they stand out in a long shot.
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