Being a rescue series, the cast of Fireman Sam are no strangers to danger. This is a list of every time a male character became a Distressed Dude.
Characters are ordered alphabetically, moments are ordered chronologically. For female characters, see here.
Charlie
- "The New Hero Next Door": Charlie falls overboard from his boat. Sam and Penny rescue him.
- "Sailor Steele": Charlie is stranded at sea when his boat motor fails. The fire service brings him back to land.
- "Fiery Football": Charlie is stuck in a stand while there's a fire below. Elvis and Ellie get him out.
Derek
- "Double Trouble": Derek gets stuck on a crumbling cliff. The fire service brings him back to safe grounds.
Dusty
- "Joker Soaker": Dusty gets his head stuck in a fence. The fire service uses the Jaws of Life to set him free.
Elvis
- "Joker Soaker": Elvis gets his leg stuck in a bike lock. Penny uses the Jaws of Life to set him free.
- "The Pontypandyness Monster": Elvis gets stranded in the lake. Penny and Sam bring him back to land.
James
- "Snow Business": James gets stuck on an icy pond. Sam brings him back to safe land.
- "Quarry Rescue": James falls down a quarry. The fire service gets him out.
- "Carnival of Junk": James gets his leg pinned in a rubbish heap. The fire service uses the Jaws of Life to set him free.
- Series 6-9 intro: James is trapped in a burning building. Sam gets him out.
- "Dinosaur Hunt": James gets stuck in a cave while the tide is in. Penny gets him out.
- "Alarm on the Beach": James gets stuck under a crate on the beach. The fire service gets him out.
- "Danger by the Double": James gets stuck in a forest fire. The fire service leads them out.
- "Froggy Fantasy": James is locked in a changing room when there's a fire at the pool. Sam sets him free.
- "Pirates of Pontypandy": James drifts out to sea on a little boat. The fire service brings him back.
- "Fireman James": James gets stuck in the Floods' house as it burns. Sam gets him out.
- "Model Plane": James gets stuck up a tree. The fire service gets him down.
- "On Thin Ice": James is stranded on an icy pond that is breaking apart. Sam, Elvis, and Penny bring him back to land.
- "Sam's Birthday": James falls into the sea. Sam pulls him out.
- "Spy Games": James gets stuck up a tree, stuck on a runaway go-kart, tied to a chair in the Sparkes' burning garage. Each time, Sam rescues him.
- "Froggy Fantasy": James is stuck in a locker while the pool area is on fire. Sam gets him out.
- "First Aid Fiasco": James falls down onto a ledge in a ravine. Helen air-lifts him out.
Lion
- "Cat Magic": Lion falls down a well. The fire service gets him out.
- "Poorly Penny": Lion gets stuck on the Ocean Rescue Center's roof. Elvis and Penny get him down.
Mike
- "Bathtime for Dusty": Mike gets stuck in the Mountain Rescue Centre while it's burning. Sam drags him out.
- "Neighbourhood Watchout": Mike's ladder falls, trapping him on the roof. The fire service gets him down.
- "Hot and Cold Running Sniffer Dog": Mike injures his back in the Wholefish Cafe cellar, making him unable to leave. The fire service uses a gurney to get him out.
- "Elvis Sings the Blues": Mike ends up dangling from his own roof. Sam and Penny get him down.
- "Flood's Flood": Mike gets stuck in a flooding basement. Sam and Elvis set him free.
- "Off Duty Sam": Mike ends up dangling from the Cut Price Store's roof. Sam gets him down.
- "Sheepdog Trials": Mike's van tips over, trapping him inside. Radar alerts the fire service that he needs help.
- "Elvis in Concert": Mike ends up dangling off a cliff. The fire service pulls him back up.
- "Snowball of Doom": Mike falls down a crevasse. The fire service gets him out.
- "Night of the Norman": Mike gets stuck in his burning house. Penny gets him out.
Moose
- "Mandy's Mountain": Moose gets stuck on the cliffs trying to rescue Mandy. The fire service gets him down.
- "The Pontypandyness Monster": Moose gets stranded in the lake. Penny and Sam bring him back to land.
- "King of the Mountain": Moose and Tom get stuck up a tree, tangled in ropes. Sarah calls the fire service to get them down.
- "To Outfox a Fox": Moose gets stuck in a fox den. The fire service pulls him out.
Norman
- "Trevor's Training": Norman gets stuck halfway out the window. The fire service uses a ladder to unstick him.
- "The Wishing Well": Norman falls down a well. Sam gets him out.
- "The Great Inventor": Sam's invention grabs Norman and stuffs him in its garbage can. Sam gets him out.
- "Norman's Pitfall": Norman falls down a coal mine. Sam and Elvis get stuck with him, but Rosa leads them out.
- "Danger Falling Sheep": Norman gets stuck on a cliff. Sam and Tom get him down.
- "Twist of Fate": Norman gets stuck in a cave with Mandy and Steele. Sam, Penny, and Helen get them out.
- "Bug Eyed Boy From Venus": Norman gets stuck in the mud. The fire service pulls him out.
- "High Jinx": Norman falls in the lake. The fire service pulls him out.
- "Let it Snow": An avalanche traps Norman in a cave. The fire service digs him out.
- "Perilous Path": Norman gets stuck on the cliff. Charlie calls the fire service to get him out.
- "Best Foot Forward": Norman gets his foot stuck in some rocks. The fire service uses the Jaws of Life to set him free.
- "Dinosaur Hunt": Norman gets stuck in a flooding cave. Penny gets him out.
- "A Sticky Situation": Norman gets stuck in his burning bedroom. Sam gets him out.
- "Blow Me Down": Norman gets stuck out at sea. The fire service pulls him back to land.
- "Pontypandy Extreme": Norman falls down a well. The fire service gets him out.
- "Elvis Sings the Blues": Norman gets his head stuck in a fence railing. Elvis pulls him out.
- "Off Duty Sam": Norman gets stuck in some cement. Sam pulls him out.
- "Pirates of Pontypandy": Norman drifts out to sea on a little sail boat. The fire service brings him back.
- "Bronwyn's Millionth Customer": Norman is stuck in a fake cake while the cafe burns. The fire service gets him out.
- "Norman's Halloween Heist": Norman falls into the sea. The fire service gets him out.
- "Wild Cheese Chase": Norman gets stuck on the cliffs. Sam brings him back to safe ground.
- "Record Breakers": Norman ends up dangling off a bridge. The fire service brings him back to safe ground.
- "Stage Fright": Norman drifts out to sea on a makeshift boat. The fire service brings him back to land.
- "Runaway Horse": Norman gets stuck in the mud on a horse. The fire service pulls him out.
- "Dog Day Disaster": Norman jumps into the river trying to rescue Lady Flufflepaws. Sam and Penny pull him out.
- "Castles in the Air": Norman gets stuck out to sea on a runaway bouncy castle. Sam rescues him.
- "Ice Hockey Meltdown": Norman gets stuck on the ice while there's a fire nearby. Sam rescues him.
- "The Treasure of Pontypandy Pete": Norman is dangling off a cliff after losing the treasure. The fire service pulls him back to land.
- "Monster Mania": Norman is stuck in a submarine that is quickly filling up with water. Penny and Sam get him out.
- "Wally Wizzo": Norman gets stuck on a zipline. Sam rescues him.
- "The Why Files": Norman and Hannah get stuck on a cliff. Sam and Penny rescue them.
- "Wrong Turn Dilys": Norman and Dilys get stuck in their car in a tree. Sam and Elvis rescue them.
- "Night of the Norman": Norman is stuck in the Floods' house as it burns. Penny gets him out.
Professor Pickles
- "The Treasure of Pontypandy Pete": Professor Pickles is dangling off a cliff after losing the treasure. The fire service brings him back to land.
Radar
- "Perilous Path": Radar gets stuck on a cliff. He barks for Charlie to phone the fire service to rescue him.
Sam
- "Sam's Day Off": Sam gets stuck in his burning shed. His invention explodes and sets him free.
- "Deep Trouble for Sam": Sam falls down a crevasse in Penny's yard. Elvis and Steele pull him out.
Station Officer Steele
- "Twist of Fate": Steele gets stuck in a cave crevasse, trapping Mandy and Norman as well. Sam, Penny, and Helen get them out.
- "Elvis Sings the Blues": Steele gets his head stuck in a fence railing. Elvis pulls him out.
- "Sailor Steele": Steele is stranded at sea when Charlie's boat's motor fails. The fire service brings him back to land.
Tom
- "King of the Mountain": Moose and Tom get stuck up a tree, tangled in ropes. Sarah calls the fire service to get them down.
- "To Outfox a Fox": Tom gets stuck in a fox den. The fire service pulls him down.
- "The Prince in Pontypandy": Tom falls into a ravine and injures his shoulder. The Prince and Sam get him out.
Trevor
- "Lost Cat": Trevor gets stuck up a tree trying to save Rosa. He ends up falling out.
- "Brass Band": Trevor gets stuck on the roof while trying to retrieve a cricket ball. The fire service gets him down.
- "Trevor's Boot Sale": Trevor gets pinned down in the rubbish dump, surrounded by chemicals. Sam and Elvis pull him out.
- "Pontypandy Pioneers": Trevor gets stuck on a zipline. The fire service gets him down.
