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Chicago Fire season 2

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ15128366
Source-derived summary

The second season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Matt Olmstead, premiered on September 24, 2013, but on a new timeslot on Tuesday at 10:00 pm from Wednesday at 10:00 pm, on the NBC television network. The season concluded on May 13, 2014, and consisted of 22 episodes.

Overview

The show follows the lives of the firefighters and paramedics working for the Chicago Fire Department at the firehouse of Engine 51, Truck 81, Squad 3, Ambulance 61 and Battalion 25.

Cast and characters

Episodes

Production

On April 26, 2013, NBC renewed Chicago Fire for a second season and moved its time slot to Tuesdays at 10:00 pm EST. The season debuted on September 24, 2013.

Crossovers

A crossover between the two Chicago shows aired on April 29 and 30, 2014, depicting an explosion that brings the fire and police departments together.

Home media

The DVD release of season two was released in Region 1 on September 2, 2014.

Editorial summary

“Chicago Fire season 2” enters the record as season of television series. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Chicago, Fire and season can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15128366. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from Chicago Fire season 2” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.