Meet the Fire Country Cast’s Children — This Star Hopes His Kid Is Just Like His On-Screen Child

Who Are the Fire Country Cast’s Children? Meet Their Real-Life Families

They may be the brave firefighters of Northern California, but to the Fire Country cast’s children, they’re known as just mom and dad. 

Fire Country is CBS’ drama series following the personal and professional lives of firefighters, captains and chiefs at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire. The series follows Bode Donovan — played by Max Thieriot, who is also a creator on the show — a young convict with a troubled past who volunteers with the California Conservation Camp Program as a way to redeem himself and shorten his prison sentence. The program, in which prisoners assist Cal Fire, assigns Bode to his hometown in Northern California, where he must work alongside his former friends, other inmates and professional firefighters to put out raging wild fires sweeping the region. 

In Fire Country, Bode is the son of Sharon Leone, the Cal Fire Division Chief, and Vince Leone, the Cal Fire Battalion Chief. Billy Burke, who plays Vince, told TV Line in October 2022 about what it was like to work with Thieriot as his television son.

“Oh my God, I love that kid. Yeah, we’re having a great time. I mean, he’s just a dear man and he really cares about this story and all its components,” he said. “He’s just so invested in it, and it bleeds out into everything he does and everything we do on set. We couldn’t have asked for a better guy to come and work with.”

He also told the site about how he wasn’t surprised by Fire Country‘s instant ratings success. “I don’t want to say it’s a ‘no brainer,’ because there are no ‘no brainers’ when it comes to TV anymore, as we all know,” he said. “But it is one of those shows that’s got all the elements of what people watch TV dramas for. And that is relationships, family, involvement in whatever that family does…. A good, competent mixture of all those things always leads to good entertainment, and I think this show does that really well.”

But what about the Fire Country cast’s real-life families? Read on for what we know about the Fire Country cast’s children in real life including which star has a child who’s also an actor. 

Billy Burke (Vince Leone)

Billy Burke — who has played Cal Fire Batallion Chief Vince Leone since Season 1 of Fire Country — has one child, a daughter named Bluesy LaRue, with his ex-wife, Pollyanna Rose.

Burke and Rose, an actor, married in June 2008. They divorced in 2017. Bluesy, Burke’s first and only child, was born in 2008.

Like her parents, Bluesy is also an actor. According to her IMDb, she starred as Cindy in the 2019 movie Booksmart, which co-starred Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever and was directed by Olivia Wilde.

In an interview with MTV in 2009, Burke, who also played Charlie Swan in the Twilight movies, talked about how he hoped Bluesy would grow up to be like his on-screen daughter, Bella Swan. 

“Bella’s got an old soul, and I think that I’m already recognizing things that might be looking like an old soul in my kid right now — and I would like that,” he said. “I would like her to be a worldly person. I would like her to help me along the way, because parenthood is something that I never even expected to be involved in, and I’m going to need all the help that I can get.”

When asked about Bluesy meeting the love of her life like Bella, Burke told MTV at the time, “I try not to think about it. My parents are saying stuff about it all the time: ‘Oh, just wait a couple of years.'”

He continued, “Let’s just slow down. She’s 15 months old. Let’s just put the brakes on. I just want to watch her grow up and hopefully shepherd her into normal kid-hood.”

Diane Farr (Sharon Leone)

Diane Farr — who has played Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon Leone since Season 1 of Fire Country — has three children: son Beckett Mancuso and twin daughters Sawyer Lucia and Coco Trinity with husband Seung Yong Chung. 

Farr and Chung, an entertainment marketing executive, married on June 26, 2008. Beckett, their first child, was born in March 2007. Sawyer and Coco, their second and third children, were born in August 2008. 

In an interview with Parade in 2012, Farr, whose husband is Korean, opened up about raising mixed-race children. “When your kids are young, it’s so much about the parents and what message you’re giving them,” she said. “But I’ve talked to a lot of older mixed-race kids who are teenagers, and they say that at a certain point it comes down to how everybody else sees you. There’s a lot of emphasis on what you look like to your peers. But as a parent, I get to lay the pavement for the foundation of the life my kids are going to build.”

She contiuned, “So I’m trying to go about it from a slightly different, more fluid tack. I’m not that interested in keeping it ‘even’ between my European heritage and his Korean heritage. I know that my kids are never going to be ‘Korean enough’ compared to a recent immigrant who’s still so connected with the country that they left and the language. I was raised half-Irish and half-Italian, but when I went to Italy I realized I knew nothing about being Italian. So I’m trying to teach them that they’re American. And all the fun things that they get excited about—holidays and fun foods—are from their two cultures from their parents and grandparents. It just makes them a more interesting American.”

Farr also talked about the “weird questions” she’s asked as the mother of a mixed-race family. “If your kid sees you get upset, then it becomes upsetting to them,” she said. “I think you have to come up with a mantra, almost like a code, where you can have a laugh at the situation with your kid. People ask weird questions about my identical twins all the time: How I had them, if they’re fraternal, if I did in-vitro, etc.”

She continued, “And I look at them and put on my silly voice and say, ‘Where did you two come from?!’ And they say ‘Mommy’s belly!’ And the three of us can have a laugh and reinforce that we’re a unit.”

She also joked about how her children’s grandparents “love to meddle” in how she raises them. “Grandparents love to meddle and chime in with advice no matter what, but I do think it can be much harder if your in-laws hail from a different part of the world,” she said. “All grandparents are trying really hard to hold onto the values that they think define them best. But those don’t always speak to the next generation, and sometimes things can get lost in translation.”

She continued, “For example, when my son was born I put down a high school friend as his godparent, and my mother-in-law was upset that I hadn’t chosen my husband’s sister instead. To me it was silly, but in the Korean culture it’s family above everything else. But I’ve learned in the course of my marriage to let these things be, because if I try to defend my thoughts, that will also get lost in translation.”

Still, Farr told Parade about the helpful advice that her mother-in-law gave her. “Still, my mother-in-law gave me a great piece of advice early on,” she said. “She told me: The people who are in your family are the people who live in your house, and those are the people you listen to and take care of. It’s not my job to placate my parents or his parents, it’s my job to take care of my kids.”

Max Thieriot (Bode Donovan)

Max Thieriot — who has played firefighter Bode Donovan since Season 1 of Fire Country — has two children: sons Beaux and Maximus with his wife Lexi Murphy.

Thieriot and Murphy married on June 1, 2013, after meeting as teenagers. They welcomed Beaux, their first child, in December 2015. Their second child, Maximus, was born in January 2019. 

Thieriot, who has also starred in series like Bates Motel and SEAL Team, shared an Instagram photo of Beaux and Maximus in March 2021 with a caption about how being a father is the “best job” he’s ever had. “If had lots of “jobs” in my life but nothing compares to this one.#dad #idadsohard #mylife #bestjobever #myheart,” he captioned the post. 

Kevin Alejandro (Manny Perez)

Kevin Alejandro — who has starred as Cal Fire Captain Manny Perez since Season 1 of Fire Country — has one child, a son named Kaden Michael, with his wife, Leslie de Jesus. 

Kaden, Alejandro’s first and only child, was born in 2008. “Happy Birthday to my beautiful boy @guapoop you are the brightest star in the world. Keep shining my love! “You are a true inspiration, a true kindness, and a true gentleman! I’m excited to see the mark you leave on this world!!!” Alejandro captioned an Instagram post in 2020 for Kaden’s 12th birthday.

Kane Brown (Robin)

Kane Brown — who played the character Robin in Season 1 of Fire Country — has two children, daughters Kingsley Rose and Kodi Jane, with his wife, Katelyn Jae. 

Brown and Jae married on October 12, 2018. Kingsley Rose, their first child, was born on October 29, 2019. Their second child, Katelyn Jae, was born in December 2021.

Brown, who is also a country singer, told CBS Mornings in 2022 about how he “always knew that I was gonna try to be there” for his children. “I just always wanted to give them the life that I never had,” he said.

Brown also told Entertainment Tonight Canada in February 2023 about what his family means to him. “It’s amazing,” Brown said. “My one-year-old has a crazy personality now, smiling all the time saying daddy. My three-year-old tells me she loves me if I get her juice.”

He continued, “‘I love you, Dad’ is like the best feeling in the world and just playing and running around the house. Her scream is so loud. It hurts your ears, but it’s just fun.”