At the end of the episode, when the second truck leaves, the door is still closed. It couldn't get out through the side door that is open.
Rob Lowe's New York fire department uniform has a patch reading "NYFD." It should read "FDNY."
In the New York Fire Department Lieutenants, and Captains wear Light blue uniform shirt. Also the rank insignia for New York Fire Captain would not be the two bugles that are shown but a army captains insignia of 2 bars.
The NY fire department uniforms are totally inaccurate. The uniforms and patches should read "FDNY", not "NYFD".
Besides the uniforms, the NY fire department vehicles are also labeled incorrectly - NYFD instead of FDNY.
Rob Lowe says to his son, 'it's some viral thing I can't kick; going to go to the doc and get some antibiotics'. Unless you have a secondary bacterial infection, against which they might have an impact, there is no point taking antibiotics; they don't fight viruses.
Driving from NYC to Austin Tx. there is no Desert geography.
Responding to a fire at the beginning, one of the first things any fire department would do is make connection(s) to hydrants. They would not pump from the truck tanks until empty and then look for a hydrant.