• There are a total of ten children in the fire department: two girls and seven boys. There are three regular actors —
Ernie Morrison,
Allen Hoskins and
Jackie Condon —and one regular actress,
Peggy Cartwright. There are also four additional boys and one other girl. There is some conflict concerning the identity of these last five child actors and actress. • This
Our Gang entry marks the debut of
Allen Hoskins, who portrayed the character "Farina" until 1931, making him the longest tenured member of the gang. • Plot elements of
Fire Fighters were reused in
The Fourth Alarm (1926) and
Hook and Ladder (1932). • When television rights for the original silent Pathé
Our Gang comedies were sold to National Telepix and other distributors, several episodes were retitled. This film was released as
The Mischief Makers in 1960 under the title
Little Firemen: two-thirds of the original film was included. The film was also released as an episode of the series
Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs under the title
Fire Works. Among the scenes deleted were the opening animal sequences; most of the inter-titles were left intact. ==Cast==