The team leader of the Rescue Bots, Heatwave was given his position because of how deeply he cares for his team and their mission. However, he is a bot of action at heart, and sometimes has little patience for anything he sees as getting in the way of his mission, including staying in disguise as non-sentient vehicles and working with human partners. He partners with the other Rescue Bots and, Kade and Cody Burns, though he and Kade are frequently at odds as their egos clash.