Chicago Fire Season 14 Episode 1 Premieres Sooner Than You Think: Release Date, Time, and How to Watch
Chicago Fire returns with Season 14’s premiere Kicking Down Doors, a gut-punch of an opener that starts with a major jolt and ends on another. Here’s the release date, time, and where to watch.
Chicago Fire is back on deck, and the Season 14 opener is lining up to hit both the big-adrenaline and gut-punch notes the show loves. If you have been waiting to get back to 51, here is when it lands, what they are teasing, and where to watch it without overthinking.
What the premiere is setting up
Episode 1 is titled 'Kicking Down Doors,' and the hour apparently bookends itself with two major moments that swing between very different emotional poles. In between, there is a new face at Firehouse 51 who does not exactly arrive quietly, citywide chaos that ups the difficulty level on calls, and a bit of inside-baseball friction: Herrmann is dragging his feet on handing his office over to Mouch. Classic 51 politics, basically.
When and where to watch
- Release date: October 1, 2025
- U.S. airtime: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
- Where to watch: NBC on broadcast; Peacock for streaming (NBCUniversal's hub for NBC series, originals, movies, and more)
New to Chicago Fire? Quick refresher
The show follows the firefighters, rescue squad, and paramedics at Firehouse 51, the folks who run into danger while everyone else is running out. It is high-stress, high-risk work with the usual life-or-death stakes, and the rush and reward that come with it are the point of the whole ride.
Bottom line: 'Kicking Down Doors' sounds like a premiere that starts big, ends bigger, and makes life messy in the middle. See you at 51.