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'''''Planes: Fire & Rescue''''' (also known internationally as '''''Planes 2: Fire & Rescue''''' or simply as '''''Planes 2''''') is the second film in the [[Planes (series)|Planes trilogy]], and the fourth film overall. Directed by [[Bobs Gannaway]], produced by [[DisneyToon Studios]] and [[Ferrell Barron]], and executive produced by [[John Lasseter]], it was released in theaters on July 18, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures.

The residents put out the fire with some difficulty because Mayday's hose is severly damaged and worn and are forced to topple a water tower to smother the flames, but the accident leads to a government inspector named [[Ryker]] closing the airport due to inadequate firefighting personnel. Aggrieved at his carelessness, Dusty offers to undergo training to be certified as a firefighter to meet the necessary regulations to reopen the airport. To that end, Dusty travels to [[Piston Peak National Park]], where he meets a fire and rescue crew under the command of a helicopter named [[Blade Ranger]]. The leader of an efficient unit, Blade is initially unimpressed by the small newcomer, and Dusty's training proves to be a difficult challenge.

Dusty's original undercarriage is [[Maru|replaced]] by two big scooping water tanks with retractable undercarriage wheels on their undersides. During training, Dusty learns that Blade was formerly an actor who played a police helicopter on the TV series ''[[CHoPs]]''. Later, Dusty is devastated by a call from his friends at Propwash Junction noting that all attempts at finding a replacement gearbox have failed, and his racing career is over.

Lightning in a thunderstorm over a forest near Piston Peak starts several spot fires which unite into a serious forest fire, and the team fight it and seem to have extinguished it. But during the grand reopening of a [[Grand Fusel Lodge|local lodge]], visiting VIPs fly too low and make air eddies which blow embers about, creating a larger fire. The national park's superintendent [[Cad Spinner]] selfishly diverts all the water supply to his lodge's roof sprinklers to prevent the lodge from burning, and so prevents the firefighters from making fire retardant for their own duties. With only their pre-existing tank loads, the firefighters manage to help the evacuees escape the fire while Dusty is alerted that two elderly campers, named [[Harvey and Winnie]], are trapped on a burning bridge deep in the fire zone. He races to the scene, and is forced to push his engine to the maximum to climb vertically up a waterfall to refill his water tanks to drop water to save the campers, as the only other surface water near is a river too shallow and twisty and rocky for him to scoop from. Meanwhile, Blade shows up and assists the campers by holding the bridge with his winch. Dusty successfully drops water and extinguishes the fire, allowing the campers to escape, but his overstressed gearbox fails completely, and he crashes.

Unconscious, Dusty is [[Windlifter|airlifted]] back to base, where he wakes up five days later to learn that not only has his structure been fully repaired, but the base mechanic has built a superior custom refurbished gearbox for his engine to allow full performance again. Impressed at Dusty's skill and heroism, Blade certifies him a firefighter. Propwash Junction is reopened with Dusty assuming his duty as a firefighter, and Mayday, the resident firetruck (who was already seen in the first film) getting a new paint job, windshield (so he no longer wears glasses) and siren, and celebrated with an aerial show with his new colleagues from Piston Peak.

During the end credits, it is shown that Cad's misconduct resulted in him being demoted and reassigned as a park ranger in Death Valley, and his position was replaced by [[Ol' Jammer|Ranger Jammer]].