Evan Buckley lives at home with his Mother, Margrette Buckley, and Father, Philip Buckley. They both are horrible, but Buck can't just move out, he has no where else to go. His Sister left 3 years ago, and hasn't heard fom her since, leaving him to fend for hisself.
Buck applied to be a firefighter and he got the job, he works at the 118.
Bobby, Hen, Chimney, and Eddie was all working there, then Buck came along. They all noticed how distant Buck is, he hardly muttered 2 words to them, but when something happens, he has no choise but to trust them.
Buck is 9 when his sister leaves him and his family alone for her boyfriend Doug when she turns 18.
Still at age 9, Buck realizes he's getting even less and less attention from his parents causing him to increase his reckless ideas from skateboarding accidents to playing with fires. He's craving any type of attention from his parents even negative.
Bobby Nash firefighter Captain of the 118 lost his family in a fire. His firehouse gets a call of a reported house fire and the only person saved is a small kid named Evan Buckley.
Without any family willing to take him, and the police unable to locate his sister, Bobby gets clearance to give the child a roof over his head. He was drawn to the boy, and he knows he can take good care of him.