50 Fun Facts About Station 19

Okieriete Onaodowan, a Station 19 firefighter for five seasons, originated two roles in which hit Broadway musical?

Hamilton cast him as both Hercules Mulligan and James Madison, and the show's cast album earned him a Grammy Award.

Station 19 is the second spin-off of Grey's Anatomy; which medical drama starring Kate Walsh was the first?

Private Practice followed Dr. Addison Montgomery to a California wellness clinic and ran for six seasons before the firefighters got a series of their own.

Which Grey's Anatomy surgeon, a regular since that show's pilot, is married to Station 19 firefighter Ben Warren?

Miranda Bailey worries so much about his dangerous new job that the stress harms her health, and in season 2 he briefly moves out.

Although Station 19 is set in Seattle, in which California city was most of the series actually filmed?

Los Angeles hosted most of the production, and the cast and crew travelled north only for additional filming in the real Seattle.

Which Station 19 firefighter is killed by a gas-line explosion in season 5, leaving behind his young daughter Pru?

Dean Miller was written out because actor Okieriete Onaodowan had asked to leave the series partway through its fifth season.

Travis Montgomery of Station 19 launches a season 6 campaign against a former fire chief for which elected office?

Mayor of Seattle is the job he chases, but he drops out late in the race and endorses another progressive candidate instead.

Vic Hughes rappels down to a stalled elevator at which Seattle landmark in Station 19's final season?

Space Needle visitors are stuck mid-ride while a fire burns in a building across the street, and Vic keeps order inside the car.

Which Grey's Anatomy obstetrician marries firefighter Maya Bishop in Station 19's season 4 finale?

Carina DeLuca had turned down Maya's proposal, then proposed herself after a friend in Italy told her she was being silly.

In a season 6 crossover, the Station 19 crew fights a fire at the home of which famous Seattle surgeon?

Meredith Grey learns that lightning has struck her house just as she is preparing to wrap up her life in Seattle.

Which Station 19 firefighter, raised in foster care, must give up the job in the final season after a brain injury?

Jack Gibson is told the scarring on his brain rules out firefighting, so he stays with the department as an emergency dispatcher.

Which U.S. network, also home to Grey's Anatomy, aired all seven seasons of Station 19?

ABC ordered the firefighter drama straight to series in May 2017, starting with a first batch of ten episodes.

Which production company, founded by the creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, made Station 19?

Shondaland takes its name from Shonda Rhimes, who served as an executive producer on the firefighter drama alongside Betsy Beers.

To which fictional Seattle hospital do the Station 19 firefighters usually rush their most serious patients?

Grey Sloan Memorial is the setting of the parent series, which lets doctors and firefighters walk in and out of each other's episodes.

On which night of the week did Station 19 air throughout its run, paired with its parent show Grey's Anatomy?

Thursday was home to both shows; the spin-off began at 9 p.m. Eastern and moved to the 8 p.m. slot ahead of its parent in season 3.

Pruitt Herrera, who steps down as captain in the Station 19 pilot, fights which illness over the first three seasons?

Cancer also drives one of his last stands: he lines city hall's steps with dozens of pairs of boots for firefighters who died of it uninsured.

In the Station 19 series finale, Vic Hughes and Travis Montgomery leave Seattle to start over in which city?

Washington, D.C. is where a foundation offers to take Vic's mental-health outreach program national, and Travis joins her at the airport.

What kind of blaze near Seattle do the firefighters battle across the last two episodes of Station 19?

A wildfire closes in until the surrounded crew must deploy their fire shelters, and Andy slips out of hers to fetch help.

Maya Bishop of Station 19 was driven by her abusive father toward an Olympic career in which sport?

Running won her father's attention at the cost of a social life, and in therapy she traces her need to win to a fear of disappointing him.

Which actor moved from Grey's Anatomy to Station 19 as doctor-turned-firefighter Ben Warren?

Jason George had played the character since season 6 of the parent show, and he went on to direct Station 19 episodes himself.

Which actress, previously a detective on the Fox drama Rosewood, leads Station 19 as Andy Herrera?

Jaina Lee Ortiz was the first person cast, in July 2017, months before the rest of the firehouse crew was announced.

Which actor, whose breakthrough came on the Showtime drama Soul Food, joined Station 19 as Captain Robert Sullivan?

Boris Kodjoe arrived in season 2 as a recurring guest, was promoted to the main cast within seven episodes and later directed an episode himself.

Which head of the Seattle Fire Department dies in season 2 of Station 19 after Vic Hughes proposes to him?

Lucas Ripley slips out of the hospital to find her and say yes, then dies in her arms once his sister finally lets her into the room.

In the season 3 finale of Station 19, what does Andy Herrera discover on meeting her aunt in a motel?

Her mother is alive and well, a shock that lands soon after Andy has lost her father, Pruitt, in the line of duty.

Which big cat on the loose turns up inside the Station 19 firehouse after a call in a season 4 episode?

A tiger roaming the firehouse was the strangest call of Wild World, the same episode in which Robert Sullivan takes steps to get sober.

Which longtime Grey's Anatomy writer created Station 19 and ran it for its first two seasons?

Stacy McKee stepped down after season 2 when her overall deal with the studio expired, handing the firehouse to a new showrunner.

Which Grey's Anatomy showrunner also took charge of Station 19 from season 3 to make crossovers more seamless?

Krista Vernoff promised a messier season with more death, and her first season in charge duly killed off two original characters.

Ben Warren of Station 19 first appeared on Grey's Anatomy practicing which medical specialty before he retrained twice?

Anesthesiology was his field when he met his future wife in season 6, years before he swapped the hospital for turnout gear.

Which outreach program, later run by Vic Hughes, does a Station 19 firefighter found for mental-health calls?

Crisis One grew out of the Black Lives Matter protests: trained firefighters, rather than police, answer calls about people in distress.

Which Station 19 police officer, Andy Herrera's high school sweetheart, is shot by a young boy in season 3?

Ryan Tanner had just come back from San Diego and confessed he still loved Andy when a neighbor's child appeared with a gun.

Which former police officer is appointed Seattle fire chief in season 3 of Station 19 despite never fighting a fire?

Michael Dixon cares mostly about good publicity for the department, and his time in charge ends with his arrest for fraud and extortion.

Who becomes Seattle's first female fire chief in season 5 of Station 19 and later gets engaged to Robert Sullivan?

Natasha Ross nearly loses the job over the romance when a rival gets hold of photos of the couple and demands her endorsement.

Which Station 19 captain, appointed in season 5, hides a drinking problem that Robert Sullivan uncovers?

Sean Beckett passes his first alcohol test and punishes the crew for their intervention, but he later commits to getting sober with Vic's support.

Which Station 19 firefighter does Travis Montgomery blame for the death of his husband on a fire call?

Theo Ruiz was the captain whose order to shelter in place cost Michael his life, a miscalculation Travis only slowly begins to forgive.

Which Grey's Anatomy plastic surgeon dates Vic Hughes in season 3 of Station 19 and rides along with Ben Warren?

Jackson Avery is grazed by a bullet when an armed woman hijacks the doctor-staffed aid car he is working in with Ben.

Which veteran Grey's Anatomy doctor becomes Robert Sullivan's recovery sponsor on Station 19?

Richard Webber comes by the firehouse to back Sullivan before a commission hearing decides whether he can work as a firefighter again.

Which opioid does Robert Sullivan steal from medical supplies and later overdose on in season 3 of Station 19?

Fentanyl nearly kills him: he hallucinates a conversation with a dead friend, a rookie finds him passed out, and Ben covers for the missing vials.

What nickname does the internet give Robert Sullivan after a shirtless rescue video goes viral in Station 19 season 5?

Fire Zaddy trends on the same day Sullivan is served with divorce papers at work; he orders a scotch but decides not to drink it.

On Maya Bishop's morale-boosting camping trip in Station 19 season 3, what injures a group of first-time campers?

A bear attack gave the feuding crew something to fix together after a tense night in the woods, their bond tested by a real rescue.

The first season of Station 19 ends with a blast shaking what kind of burning building with the crew still inside?

A skyscraper fire leaves Travis so badly hurt in a stairwell that he tells Ben to leave him and save an injured civilian instead.

How does retired captain Pruitt Herrera save the trapped crew in his final act on Station 19?

He vents the roof by breaking through it, letting the smoke out and saving everyone inside at the cost of his own life; twenty bells toll for him.

Jonathan Bennett, who plays Travis Montgomery's late husband on Station 19, was the heartthrob in which teen comedy?

Mean Girls made him famous as Aaron Samuels, the crush of Lindsay Lohan's character, long before his flashback scenes as a Seattle firefighter.

Robert Sullivan, who is sent to help a troubled veteran in Station 19 season 3, served in which US military branch?

The Marines are also where he first served alongside the woman who later becomes his boss and, eventually, his fiancee.

In season 3 of Station 19, which kind of storm turns the firehouse into a shelter where a baby is delivered?

A blizzard keeps the woman in labor from reaching a hospital, so Maya, Andy and Pruitt deliver her baby inside the firehouse.

In the Station 19 series finale, what does Ben Warren decide to do after years as a firefighter?

Return to surgery is his choice: three months after the final fire, he tells Andy he is going back to complete his residency.

Which Grey's Anatomy star became a co-executive producer of Station 19 as part of her 2018 contract renewal?

Ellen Pompeo's deal kept her on the parent show through its sixteenth season and gave her a producing credit on both series.

The Station 19 firehouse is based on real Seattle Fire Station 20, which stands in which neighborhood?

Queen Anne's Station 20 was the model for the fictional firehouse, although most of the filming took place outside Seattle.

After his wife's death, Robert Sullivan of Station 19 left Seattle for which state before returning as captain?

Montana was his escape, and the move let his close friendship with Seattle's fire chief fade until the two men reconnected.

Which Emmy-winning director of the Station 19 pilot stayed on as executive producer and producing director?

Paris Barclay kept directing its biggest hours, including the season 3 premiere, the season 4 wedding finale and the opening of the final season.

What name does Ben Warren give the surgery-equipped aid car he launches in season 3 of Station 19?

Physician Response Team, or PRT, puts a doctor on the road with the firefighters, until a fire commission shuts it down as too big a liability.

Which long-term condition leaves Robert Sullivan of Station 19 with a numb, aching leg and an opioid habit?

Complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, first shows as numbness in his leg at the end of season 2, and he spends months covering it up.