Audio problem: During the Christmas season (December) Travolta and Phoenix discuss a transfer to an aide's position. That same night Phoenix discusses the possibility with his wife - with crickets chirping away in the background. Not in Baltimore in December.

Continuity: In the scene where Jack and Lenny are arguing about Dennis's death, the cup on the table gets knocked over. The next shot, the cup is standing up. The next shot, it's down again.

Continuity: In the scene where Jack rescues the worker from the warehouse, while lowering the victim - the rope is wrapped around the beam - but in the overhead shot as the floor gives way - the rope is only laying across the beam.

Continuity: In the rope rescue scene, when they first arrive, the snorkel is nosed into the tiller truck right below the action. Then it disappears, then reappears in one of the final shots of that scene.

Continuity: At the bar when Linda first meets the rest of the firemen, the amount of liquid in the glass is not consistent. The level of the liquid keeps rising and lowering, even though she is drinking it.

Continuity: In the scene where the floor collapses at the grain facility, Jack's helmet comes off as he is falling, but in the next shot it appears back on his head for a split second as he continues to fall.

Factual error: Travolta marks on the scene of the fire as "Deputy Chief". However, on his helmet there are 3 bugles, which signify an Assistant Chief. A Deputy Chief has 4 bugles.

Continuity: When Jack is lowering the worker out of the warehouse, the number of carabiners on the rope goes from one to two then back to one in the various shots.

Continuity: During the response to the apartment fire in the snow, one of the responding shots is of a new pumper and a fully enclosed new tiller truck, instead of the actual units which are quite a bit older.

Deliberate "mistake": The nose pieces on the face masks have been removed from all of the SCBAs used in the movie. The nose pieces are essential to keep the mask from fogging up, but were removed to allow the audience to see the all of the actors' faces.

Factual error: Before Jake starts to rappel down the side of the building to save the man, he tightens his caribeaners as tight as they go. Anyone who has undergone training (assuming that a fire fighter was properly trained) would know to twist the caribeaner nob a half turn back otherwise after climbing the nob would be so tight that it would literally take the "Jaws of Life" to get it open.

Continuity: When John Travolta and his men are trying to enter the burning house after the troubled firefighter, he goes from having gloves on to not then back to wearing gloves.