The action will continue to heat up in the new season as Chicago

Fire follows the first responders of Firehouse 51 when the

Dick Wolf series returns to NBC for its 13th season this fall.

“The Season 12 finale is setting up for some real juicy stuff to come next season for sure, and a lot of very heavy character relationship conflict,” showrunner Andrea Newman told Parade. “We do know where we’re going with a bunch of the stories, but they are all intricately connected to the very end of the finale, so I would probably blow it if I talked too much about next season.”

That said, here is what we know about the Chicago Fire release date, cast news and more for Season 13:

When is the release date for Chicago Fire Season 13?
The new season of Chicago Fire will premiere Sept. 25 in its normal time slot at 9 p.m. ET/PT Wednesdays.

What time will Chicago Fire season 13 be on?

When Chicago Fire returns for its 13th season, it will be back in its Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET/PT timeslot.

Dermot Mulroney will take on the role of Chief Dom Pascal following the departure of Eamonn Walker as Chief Wallace Boden. As reported by Deadline, “Dom Pascal began his career with the CFD but spent the last decade as a chief in sunny Miami. Described as a cheerful person who works well under pressure, and whose leadership style differs from Boden’s, Pascal is estranged from his wife.”

In the Season 12 series finale, the idea posed by Boden upon learning he had been promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department was for Christopher Herrmann to become his eventual replacement. But there were a lot of hoops to be jumped through to make that a reality, and it could be that bringing in Chief Pascal is a stopgap measure.

Eigenberg told Deadline, “I want to say he felt like he had the rug pulled from under him because I don’t think [Herrmann] saw what the Chief said to him coming at all. In the real fire service, there are firefighters who stay firefighters their entire career. So, when you become a Lieutenant, you’re not called a firefighter. You are a firefighter, but you are not called that anymore.

“With Herrmann, I think he would’ve been content to stay in the firefighter capacity. If they decide to make him an officer, that’s great because he can lead but I don’t know that there was an organically natural progression for the character to go into that position. So, we have to see how the writers deal with it.”