Spanning the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario, Heavy Rescue: 401 follows multiple major tow operators, rescue, and maintenance crews day and night along North America's most intense stretch of highway. From Sarnia eastbound to Toronto and north to Barrie, the cast of heroes work diligently to keep Canada's most important and busiest series of highways open through any weather condition. From monster snow storms creating kilometers of mayhem to trucks spilling their loads, these efforts safeguard the country's most important trade route with the U.S. from grinding to a crippling halt through the worst of the winter driving season.
When winter hits, the heavy recovery operators of Southern Ontario fight to clear wrecks and keep drivers moving on the busiest stretch of highway in the world. Up to 400,000 vehicles travel Ontario's 400-series highways every day. The section of the 401 through Toronto is the busiest stretch of highway in the world. Highway 402 near Sarnia is an important link to the US Midwest, plagued by blinding lake effect snow squalls. These routes are lifelines for the nation's industrial heartland and for thousands upon thousands of commuters. When disaster strikes on these roads, the pressure is on to get them cleared and reopened. Police and the Ministry of Transport depend on Southern Ontario's heavy recovery operators. To keep closures to a minimum, crews often work just inches from open lanes and speeding traffic.
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Heavy Rescue: 401 Next Episode Airs In:
03 days 19 hours 05 mins 28 sec
Airs: Tuesday
Status: Airing
Next Episode is Season 5 Episode 3 and airs on 1/19/2021, 10:00 PM.
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 - General Information
Series Premiere: October 10, 2016 Classification: Reality Genre: Action | Documentary | Reality-TV Network: Discovery Channel Airs: Tuesday at 10:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 - Season 1 -- 9 Episodes
1x1 -- Oct 10, 2016 -- Shock and Awe 1x2 -- Jan 03, 2017 -- War Zone 1x3 -- Jan 17, 2017 -- All Around Us 1x4 -- Jan 24, 2017 -- Anything Can Happen 1x5 -- Jan 31, 2017 -- A Load of Problems 1x6 -- Feb 07, 2017 -- Honour Guard 1x7 -- Feb 14, 2017 -- Nerves of Steel 1x8 -- Feb 21, 2017 -- My Way or the Highway 1x9 -- Feb 28, 2017 -- Worlds Apart
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 - Season 2 -- 10 Episodes
2x1 -- Jan 02, 2018 -- It Only Takes a Second 2x2 -- Jan 09, 2018 -- This is Chaos 2x3 -- Jan 16, 2018 -- Guardian Angel 2x4 -- Jan 23, 2018 -- Skyway Thru Hell 2x5 -- Jan 30, 2018 -- Where There's Smoke 2x6 -- Feb 06, 2018 -- Not Your Regular Fender-Bender 2x7 -- Feb 13, 2018 -- Feels Like a Win 2x8 -- Feb 20, 2018 -- A Very Long Night 2x9 -- Feb 27, 2018 -- Always a Danger 2x10 -- Mar 06, 2018 -- Thrown in the Deep End
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 - Season 3 -- 14 Episodes
3x1 -- Jan 08, 2019 -- It's Now or Never and Pray for the Best 3x2 -- Jan 15, 2019 -- One Twisted Mess 3x3 -- Jan 22, 2019 -- The 401 Is Calling 3x4 -- Jan 29, 2019 -- There's Got To Be A Way 3x5 -- Feb 05, 2019 -- Only Getting Worse 3x6 -- Feb 12, 2019 -- Your Heart Sinks 3x7 -- Feb 19, 2019 -- Plan of Attack 3x8 -- Feb 26, 2019 -- Ladies and Gents, We Are Going to War 3x9 -- Mar 05, 2019 -- Whole Lot of Faith 3x10 -- Mar 12, 2019 -- There is Nothing Else 3x11 -- Mar 19, 2019 -- Only One Shot 3x12 -- Mar 26, 2019 -- We're Not Safe Here 3x13 -- Apr 02, 2019 -- Between Life and Death 3x14 -- Apr 09, 2019 -- Beat Up and Bloody
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 - Season 4 -- 14 Episodes
4x1 -- Jan 07, 2020 -- We're Jumping In 4x2 -- Jan 14, 2020 -- Take a Deep Breath 4x3 -- Jan 21, 2020 -- There's Always Fear 4x4 -- Jan 28, 2020 -- Not The Best Spot To Be 4x5 -- Feb 04, 2020 -- Free The Highway 4x6 -- Feb 11, 2020 -- Pull 'n Pray 4x7 -- Feb 18, 2020 -- A Big Problem 4x8 -- Feb 25, 2020 -- Holy Mackerel, What A Mess 4x9 -- Mar 03, 2020 -- That Highway Is The Lifeline 4x10 -- Mar 10, 2020 -- A Real Disaster 4x11 -- Mar 17, 2020 -- I've Seen My Share 4x12 -- Mar 24, 2020 -- You Are Never Safe 4x13 -- Mar 31, 2020 -- Always Makes My Knees Knock 4x14 -- Apr 07, 2020 -- It's a Rush Every Time
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 - Season 5 -- 4 Episodes
5x1 -- Jan 05, 2021 -- Big, Mean and Heavy 5x2 -- Jan 12, 2021 -- The Worst Place 5x3 -- Jan 19, 2021 -- Everything That Can Go Wrong 5x4 -- Jan 26, 2021 -- A Hell of a Pull
