At the start of the tape, there is a promo slide advertising The Very Best of Fireman Sam, The New Adventures of Fireman Sam and The New Adventures of Fireman Sam: Disaster For Dinner videos. NOTE: This is the only Fireman Sam DVD to feature all three versions of the show. (The Original, Series 5 and CGI.) At the start of the tape, there is a promo advertising The Hero Next Door, Lost Cat, Sam's Day Off, Snow Business, Norman's Pitfall and All in a Good Cause.

When the first series originally aired in English on BBC One London in 1987, the episodes were aired at 15:50. [1] This special was released on the Roku channel in the US with the US dub and this is also the latest special to be dubbed in the US. The Roku Channel in the US then changed the special's dub with the UK dub, but the US dub can still be found somewhere.This is the latest Fireman Sam special to have a US dub, as the US dub of the series has been possibly discontinued as of Series 12. The New Adventures of Fireman Sam: Disaster For Dinner and a 'William's Wish Wellingtons' video are advertised at the beginning of the tape. The play has three acts, 'Fire Station Flood Alert' (loosely based on the episode, 'Bentley the Robot'), Jupiter's trailer comes loose on a cobbled street, but when it goes into the garage, the road is made of tarmac.

In Wales, this series has 16 episodes, with the series being aired in two-halves with 8 episodes each (i:e Series 1 is Series 1a, and Series 2 is Series 1b). The last 8 episodes of Series 1b were broadcast as part of the second series in England and in most other countries. The 1993 re-release has a 5 second slide advertising videos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 plus The Very Best of Fireman Sam.At one point Sarah mistakenly refers to her Uncle Sam as "Fireman Sam", though she did correct herself later on. This is the last special to get a DVD Release from Abbey Home Media due to the company closing after Anne Miles' death. It is unknown what company is going to take over the UK DVD releases in the future. Fireman Sam takes a rare day off and takes Sarah and James camping but when the bus catches fire, things go from bad to worse when the tent starts burning. The 1993 re-release has a 5 second slide advertising videos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 plus The Very Best of Fireman Sam.

During the rope bridge rescue, Sam accidently breaks one of the planks and grabs a rope that was previously meant to be fire to keep balance. It is only going to be routine drill for Trevor Evans on his first day in the fire service until a message comes over the radio. When Sam is talking to Charlie, his line "ever since we were children, and we used to watch that old firemen show on television" could presumably be a fourth wall breaking reference to the Fireman Sam television series itself. Production wise, it is most likely that the first 12 episodes were originally made for this seasons' production between late 1986-1987, with the last 4 episodes being made much later on sometime in 1988, due to the fact that character models where given a slight update towards them (such as them being given new faces).

On the Cover sleeve, BBC Video forgot to include Lost Ring in the episode listings, however, images from that episode are seen on the cover art. The re-release has a 5 second slide advertising videos 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 plus The Very Best of Fireman Sam. At the start of the tape, there is an advertisement for BBC Toybox magazines and the videos ' Toybox 1' and 'The Best of Noddy'. Helen Flood makes a reference to the 1975 American thriller film Jaws, with the line "I think we need a bigger box."

A recording of the live action Fireman Sam stage play, which ran in certain theatres throughout the 1990s. Strangely, when James analyzes the films and shares his observations with Mandy and Sarah, the recordings are pixelated. The Original 1990 release has a slide advertising The Hero Next Door, Lost Cat, Sam's Day Off and Snow Business. The re-release has a 5 second slide advertising videos 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 plus The Very Best of Fireman Sam.The Original 1991 release has a slide advertising The Hero Next Door, Lost Cat, Sam's Day Off and Snow Business. and Norman's Pitfall.