Heavy Rescue: 401 focuses on a group of heavy recovery drivers working to keep traffic rolling on some of the busiest and most unforgiving roads on the planet. 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.
Heavy Rescue: 401 is a series about men and women facing incredible stakes in a fast-paced, relentless environment. Jobs and lives depend on these highways. And it’s up to Heavy Rescue to keep them open
• 8 Channels Tracked
• 8 Tracks Recorded
• 2 Sub Mixes: Two cameras – each following their own talent, and receiving their own mixes to follow story
Sound Devices 788
8 x Lectrosonics SMQVs (Wireless Transmitters)
8 x Cos11 Microphones
8 x Lectrosonics UCR411 Receivers (with programmed userbits to select any of the 16 Wireless Transmitters)
1 x Lectrosonics D4 Transmitter (Wireless to Camera)
2 x Lectrosonics D4 Receiver (Wireless to Camera)
2 x Ambient Time Code Sync Box
Boom
2 x IFB