What Movie is This? Please HELPPPPPP?

I watched a movie awhile back, There was a fireman and he had a son, the dad ended up dying in a fire and the little boy had his picture taken at the scene i think holding his dads hat and it made papers. Then the boy grows up and is a fireman and is determined to fight fire no matter what the risk is. He endangers hisself so many times just to try to prove he can. I didn't catch the ending but i think that the little boy that grew up to be a fireman is played by a really young patrick swayze. Please if anyone can identify this movie I would appreciate it sooooooooo much! Thank you