Firefighting Sim Update 3: What’s New & Next Update Countdown

Firefighting Sim, the Blackbox Express rescue game where players crew engines and work blazes across the map, keeps a regular schedule of content drops — and Update 3 is the one in players’ hands right now. With around about 6,000 firefighters on duty at any given moment and more than about 28,000,000 visits logged, each new update is a reliably busy moment on the game’s calendar.

These updates arrive on a steady rhythm rather than at random: a fresh drop lands about every two weeks, and it always goes live on a Saturday across two set time slots. That predictability is the whole point — wherever in the world you play from, you can plan around when the next one unlocks.

Next occurrence

Firefighting Sim

Update

Oct 24, 12:00 PM ET

Next in 3d 10h 57m

Usual times

• Saturdays, 12:00 PM ET
• Saturdays, 3:00 PM ET

Runs every two weeks.

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How often updates land, and when

Blackbox Express ships a new update about every two weeks, and the slot has run 2 times so far. The next drop is set for Saturday, October 24 at 12 PM ET — a confirmed date on the studio’s schedule rather than an estimate.

Each update unlocks across two separate windows on its release Saturday instead of at a single moment. Those staggered slots exist so players in different time zones around the world all get a convenient entry point, rather than everyone outside North America waking up to a drop they missed. Both windows are shown below in Eastern Time alongside the equivalent in other major regions.

Clocks shift by an hour in regions observing daylight saving, so treat the non-ET times as give-or-take an hour around the changeover weeks.

What’s new in Update 3

Update 3 is the current content push, and like the drops before it, Blackbox Express has built it around what players asked for. The studio gathers suggestions and feedback from its community between releases and folds the most-requested ideas into each one, so the newest update reflects recent player input rather than a fixed roadmap. Release day is also when the giveaways run, with in-game rewards handed to players who show up for the unlock.

• Community-requested additions carried over from player suggestions and feedback
• Launch-window giveaways with in-game rewards
• Everything going live at the two scheduled Saturday windows

Tips for catching the next update

Pick whichever of the two Saturday windows falls at a reasonable hour where you live — the noon ET slot suits the Americas and Europe, while the 3:00 PM ET slot runs into the evening for Europe and the small hours for Asia-Pacific. Set a reminder for the one you choose; the next time and both usual slots are shown on the card above. And if you miss it, there’s no cause for worry — another update follows about two weeks later on the same rhythm.

How it fits Firefighting Sim’s rhythm

The update slot is the backbone of Firefighting Sim’s calendar. Earlier drops such as Update 1 have already come and gone, each building on the last, so the game’s progress is told through this running sequence of releases rather than a scatter of unrelated one-off events. If you follow one thing on the schedule, the fortnightly update is it.

Frequently asked questions

What time is the Firefighting Sim update released?

Each Firefighting Sim update goes live on a Saturday across two windows, 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM ET. That first slot is 9:00 AM in Los Angeles, 5:00 PM in the UK, 6:00 PM in central Europe, 9:30 PM in India, 1:00 AM Sunday in Japan, and 3:00 AM Sunday in eastern Australia; the second slot runs three hours later in each region.

How often does Firefighting Sim get a new update?

A new Firefighting Sim update lands about every two weeks, always on a Saturday, so the game runs on a roughly fortnightly release rhythm.

When is the next Firefighting Sim update?

The next Firefighting Sim update is set for Saturday, October 24 at 12 PM ET, and the countdown to it is on the card above.

What’s in Firefighting Sim Update 3?

Update 3 is the current release, built around community suggestions and paired with launch-day giveaways, with everything unlocking at the two scheduled Saturday windows.

Last updated October 21. We update this page as the schedule changes.