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TV series

Emergency!

1972TV-147 seasons7.9 / 10

Squad 51, this is Rampart. Continue to monitor patient and transport immediately.

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

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Emergency! premiered January 22, 1972. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

Cast, crew and production details

About Emergency!

Cast

Robert FullerKelly Brackett
Julie LondonDixie McCall
Bobby TroupJoe Early
Randolph MantoothJohn Gage
Kevin TigheRoy DeSoto
Marco LópezFireman Marco Lopez
Mike StokerFireman Mike Stoker
Tim DonnellyFireman Chet Kelly

Credits

Created by
Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader, Jack Webb
Written by
Harold Jack Bloom, Hannah Louise Shearer, Robert A. Cinader, Michael Donovan, Bruce Shelly, Robert Hamner, Fred Freiberger, Robert C. Dennis, Jim Carlson, Bob Bralver, John Groves, Carey Wilber

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
128
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • NBCUnited States
  • Universal TelevisionUnited States
  • Emergency Productions
  • Mark VIIUnited States
  • Universal Television EntertainmentUnited States
  • NBC StudiosUnited States

Themes

firefighterlos angeles, californiamedical dramaparamedic

Season 7 episodes

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← Season 6

Episode 1

The Steel Inferno

1h 40m

A careless worker sparks an explosive fire in a high-rise building. Station 110 leads a full alarm response, assisted by Squad 51. A triage team from Rampart Hospital, led by Dr. Brackett, sets up in a nearby garage. Several workmen and two women - including the fiancée of a paramedic - remain trapped on the 16th floor. A Coast Guard helicopter assists in rooftop evacuation; Dixie and Dr. Early take charge of the many patients at Rampart. A paramedic is injured attempting a rescue, while Gage and DeSoto extricate themselves from a broken elevator. An explosion on the 21st floor injures a fire captain, necessitating a dangerous rescue down an elevator shaft.

Directed by Georg FenadyWritten by Harold Jack Bloom

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Episode 2

Survival on Charter #220

1h 40m9.0 / 10

Squad 51 C-shift paramedics rescue a stuntman from a tower. Gage and Desoto respond to treat the injured child of a fireman's widow. A small plane and a chartered jetliner collide in midair, landing in a residential neighborhood, trapping Johnny and Roy. Station 18 leads a massive response from Battalion 14 and the Compton city fire department. Dr. Morton heads up a triage team from Rampart. Multiple rescues include passengers from both planes and people in the subdivision. Dr. Early performs brain surgery on the injured child. An elderly man's dog leads Chief McConnike to its owner.

Directed by Christian I. Nyby IIWritten by Hannah Louise Shearer, Harold Jack Bloom, Michael DonovanGuest stars Dee Carroll

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Episode 3

The Most Deadly Passage

1h 40m

Roy and Johnny are sent to Seattle to study the techniques used there. A skydiver jumps off the Space Needle, a worker is trapped at the top of the Kingdome, and a fuel pumper loads a ferry with gasoline instead of diesel fuel, which sets the ferry on fire in the middle of the Elliot Bay.

Guest stars Terry Burke, Anthony Herrera, George Wyner, Ted Gehring, Kenneth Tobey, Bill Zuckert

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Episode 4

Greatest Rescues of Emergency

1h 40m

When Johnny and Roy are promoted to Captain, they reminisce about their years working together. Flash-back sequences include the rescue of airplane passengers after a crash-landing, a potential suicide threatening to leap from a crane tower, and a girl whose toe is stuck in a faucet

Directed by Randolph Mantooth, Robert A. CinaderWritten by Robert A. Cinader, Harold Jack Bloom

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Episode 5

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?

1h 40m

Gage and DeSoto travel to San Francisco, where they observe some topnotch women paramedics in action during major rescue missions. An injured worker is stranded on the Golden Gate bridge. Ambulance squads treat a heart attack victim at a dance bar and an epileptic at a coffee shop. A bad driver causes a traffic accident involving an ambulance carrying the heart patient, resulting in his death and five other injuries. Johnny dates a nurse interested in a long-term relationship. Careless workers and deadly chemicals combine to spark an explosive fire at a pier on the Embarcadero.

Directed by Georg FenadyWritten by Robert A. Cinader, Harold Jack Bloom

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Episode 6

The Convention

1h 40mFinale

San Francisco firefighters and paramedics rescue a man trapped on the rigging of a schooner. A paramedic convention brings Gage and DeSoto back to San Francisco, where they assist a choking victim in a restaurant, then deliver a baby while two female paramedics treat a sniper's shooting victims. While attending a picnic, SF firefighters and paramedics are called back to work for a mutual aid response in Marin County; Gage and DeSoto tag along and rescue the victims of a lab explosion.

Directed by Georg FenadyWritten by Hannah Louise Shearer, Robert A. CinaderGuest stars Rosalind Chao, John de Lancie

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Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026