Fans have come up with various theories about how he got his nickname, but the show has not revealed the real.

Some suggest it has to do with his smoking habit, others with a past incident, and.

It's the name people refer to him as in the pilot episode and rarely.

Fans have long wondered why howard han (kenneth choi) is called chimney on the tv show 911.

“why do they call me chimney?” well, we may never get an official answer to that.

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In episode 6, season 7 of 911, chimney woke up in his car on a los angeles street confused about who he was and how he got there.

Chimney is the comedic character of station 118, according to actor kenneth choi.

Eddie washed up the.

If so, i missed it.

He has his own theory about why he is called chimney, but it's not confirmed by the creators.

Have they revealed yet how he got that nickname?

Kenneth choi offers a rare hint into the meaning.

Why do things like this keep happening to chimney — the man who took a piece of rebar to the head in season 1 and was abandoned by his girlfriend during.

How do you feel about what kevin contributed, and how his death affected chimney?

Ultimately, the hour teaches us why chimney became a paramedic:

Chim threatens to call the police but buck proves they know each other by telling him he knows why they call him chimney.

Chimney is called chimney because he was born in a firehouse, according to actor kenneth choi.

In one of the episodes (s4e1 i think, its the one with a landslide and they were evacuating residents) chimney went down a chimney and told buck something along the lines of if.

It’s because he repelled down a chimney to save a baby (and several others who were being held hostage) after the dam broke causing a massive land slide.

On a reddit thread, one.

The firefighter and paramedic, whose full name is howard han, has been a mainstay of the.

However, that part of the conversation isn't shown.

As he roamed the streets of los angeles, unsure of his own name, the station 118 team realized that their friend was likely suffering from viral encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that can.

We know what you’re thinking:

Learning from eli (mac brandt), a medic at the 118, that the firefighter’s rescues mean nothing if there aren’t.

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Tvline | chimney’s relationship with kevin played a huge role in his origin story.

The actor has a theory but keeps it a secret, giving clues through physical.

He also talks about his character's development, relationship with maddie, and.

The show had only aired a couple of episodes before it planted a piece of rebar straight through the middle of chimney's skull in a freeway accident.