A Main Character

**Samuel "Sam" Peyton-Jones**, better known as **Fireman Sam**, is the main character and titular protagonist of the television series of the same name. He is a senior firefighter for the Pontypandy Fire Service, and usually drives Jupiter. Him and Elvis work for Station Officer Steele, along with Penny starting from the fifth series, and Toodles starting from Fireman Sam Spin-off Series.

## Background Information

### Creator(s)

David Jones<be>Dave Gingell

Rob Lee

The Lothian Buses Hub (*Fireman Sam Spin-off Series*)

## Voice Actor

### Other Voice Actors

Rob Rackstraw (*Scriptbooks*)

Richard Cadell (Donald The Genie)

## Overview

### Title

* Fireman Sam
* The Hero Next Door
* Firefighter Jones

### Nicknames

* Uncle Sam (*by Sarah and James*)
* Clubhouse-man Sam (*by Toodles*)

## Biographical Background

### Relative(s)

Unnamed mother

Unnamed father (*Was mention in a interview*)

Charlie Jones (*brother, does not appear*)

Bronwyn Jones (*sister-in-law does not appear*)

Sarah and James (*niece and nephew*)

Gareth Griffiths (*father-in-law does not appear*)

Unnamed sister-in-law (*does not appear*)

Liam (*cousin-in-law does not appear*)

Abraham Jones (*great x8 granddad does not appear*)

Minnie Mouse (*Cousin*)

Millie and Meldody ( *granddaughters*)

### Friend(s)

Everyone in Pontypandy (some *do not appear*)

### Enemies

Buck Douglas (*does not appear*)

Flex Dexter (*does not appear*)

Professor Polonium (*does not appear*)

Doctor Crumpton (*does not appear*)

Mortimer Mouse

## Biography

As a young boy, Sam had many ideas of what he wanted to be when he grew up. First he wanted to be a train driver, and then he wanted to be a space man, then he wanted to be a chef, but then one day, he saw some firefighters saving a family from a burning house, Sam thought it was very exciting. After that, Sam knew what he wanted to be. He then started to watch a fireman television show that inspired him even more. Sam went to Cardiff Fire Academy to train to be a firefighter. After completing his firefighter training at the academy, Sam returned to Pontypandy and moved into a house at 3 Vale Road and joined the Pontypandy Fire Service, where he is the lead firefighter and regular driver of Jupiter the fire engine.

In his spare time, Sam likes being an inventor in his back garden shed. In Sam's Day Off, he made a popcorn machine only to find out he ended up trapping himself in the shed.

Sam's brother Charlie is a local fisherman and his sister-in-law Bronwyn runs the Whole fish Café niether of them appear in the spin-off series. Sam is a kind and attentive uncle to Charlie's and Bronwyn's children, Sarah and James. Sam also has a healthy relationship with the people he works with too.

## Personality

Sam is a competent and brave firefighter, who helps keep the people of Pontypandy safe. He considers his job to be 'the best job in the world', and often helps out in emergencies even on his days off. However, he does have an inventive streak which sometimes gets him in trouble when one of his inventions goes haywire: though he can be creative from time to time.

He lives in the village of Pontypandy. He is a single man, but has a close relationship with his niece and nephew, Sarah and James, and is good friends with the villagers of Pontypandy.

Fireman Sam is brave, modest and dependable. He selflessly puts his life on the line to help others and everyone in Pontypandy knows that nothing is too much trouble for Fireman Sam. He is renowned for keeping a cool head in a hot spot. It's only when he's really surprised he exclaims, "*Great Fires of London!*" *(*Great fire chimneys! in the US dub*)*.

## Further Qualifications

* Advanced Driver
* Trained Lifeguard
* Certified Scuba Diver
* Winter Training (HQ)

## Awards

* Medal of Outstanding Bravery (*The Great Fire of Pontypandy 2009*)

* Bravery Award (*declined in Escape from Pontypandy Island 2014*)

* 5 More Unnamed Medals

* Three Legged Race Winner (*along with Dilys and Three Legged Race 2008?*)

## Episodes where Sam drives a certain vehicle

### Episodes where Sam drives Venus

* Minnie Baby
* Being a mechanic is unconsious work
* Clubhouse pandemonium (*The Race in the Welsh dub*)
* Radio Toodles (*radio is hard work in the Welsh dub*)

### Episodes where Sam pilots Wallaby 1

* Being a mechanic is unconsious work
* Where's Mickey and Minnie?

### Episodes where Sam drives Nurse Flood's ambulance

* Peanut Butter Frozen sandwich
* Seal Day Disaster
* Locked in the Clubhouse
* Flying Sandwich

### Episodes where Sam drives the Mountain Rescue 4x4

* Being a mechanic is unconsious work
* The Zero Next Door
* The One That wouldn't Go Away
* Flying sandwich
* Disastrous Daisy

### Episodes where Sam drives Trevor's Bus

* Being a Mechanic is unconsious work
* Locked in the clubhouse
* Flying sandwich
* Seal day disaster
* Clubhouse pandemonium (*The Race in the Welsh dub*)

### Episodes where Sam drives The white van

* All at picnics (*The picnic unconsiousness in the welsh dub*)
* Escape from underwater Island

### Episodes Sam drove The Royal Mail van

* Pontypandy in the Mail (*Clubhouse panic in the welsh dub*)

### Episodes Sam drove the clubhouse musical tour bus

* Donald burns down the stage (*to stop it crashing*)

## Trivia

* When recreating Sam, The Lothian Buses Hub gave him a new Clubhouse rescue coat, which looks like his firefighting uniform, but with yellow and blue swapped.
* He is 1 of the 2 only characters to have appeared in every single episode, the second one being Minnie Mouse.
* He is the main driver of Jupiter, Mercury, Bessie, Hydrus and Juno.
* He is the second driver of Venus, Neptune and The Mobile Command Unit.
* He drove Jupiter in every episode.
* Sam has yet to drive The Happy Helpers van in an actual episode.
* In Donald the genie, Sam is not voiced by John Sparkes.
* The Lothian Buses Hub made Sam wear food on his head, In Clubhouse Pandemonium *(The Race in the Welsh dub)* when Mickey tripped on a pebble, his hot dog sandwich went on Sam's head.
* In Clubhouse Pandemonium *(The Race in the Welsh dub)* it was revealed that Sam never wants to say Everybody Say Oh Toodles, though he did breifly say it in Pontypandy in the mail *(Clubhouse Panic in the Welsh dub) .*

## Quotes

* *Great fires of London!* (UK)/*Great firey chimneys!* (US) (*Series 1 - onwards*)