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  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Sep 27, 1975
  • 1 h
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  • NBC
  • Sep 27, 1975
  • 1 h

Summary Emergency! is a reality-based show that takes a good look at what goes on in the daily lives of the fire department and hospital work, and everyday life-and-happenings. The show was based on the paramedic program that started in Los Angeles, California in 1969. Senator Alan Cranston actually praised the show for informing the public ...

Directed By: Bruce Bilson

Written By: Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader, John Groves

  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Sep 27, 1975
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Sep 27, 1975
  • 1 h
Emergency!
S5 • Episode 3
Election
Air Date: Sep 27, 1975
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Summary Emergency! is a reality-based show that takes a good look at what goes on in the daily lives of the fire department and hospital work, and everyday life-and-happenings. The show was based on the paramedic program that started in Los Angeles, California in 1969. Senator Alan Cranston actually praised the show for informing the public ...

Created By: Robert A. Cinader, Harold Jack Bloom

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 13, 1975 • 1 h
The Stewardess
John falls for a stewardess and shows his stuff when a passenger has a heart attack; later, he tries to date her. The firefighters respond to a motorcycle accident and a chemical fire.
Episode 2 • Sep 20, 1975 • 1 h
The Old Engine Cram
Episode 3 • Sep 27, 1975 • 1 h
Election
Episode 4 • Oct 4, 1975 • 1 h
Equipment
John overtimes at Station 8 where an unavailable squad costs a heart attack victim his life. A boy falls from a tree. Chet is injured by an explosion. Doctors treat a tree surgeon. Roy is injured in a fireworks warehouse fire.
Episode 5 • Oct 11, 1975 • 1 h
The Inspection
Episode 6 • Oct 18, 1975 • 1 h
The Indirect Method
Gage and DeSoto have a hardnosed female paramedic trainee riding along on dispatches for the day.
Episode 7 • Oct 25, 1975 • 1 h
Pressure 165
Episode 8 • Nov 1, 1975 • 1 h
One of Those Days
John and Roy have a bad day of mostly annoying dispatches and random bad luck.
Episode 9 • Nov 15, 1975 • 1 h
The Lighter-Than-Air Man
En route to a rescue, Roy and John supposedly sideswipe an elderly crossing guard. A couple en route to a wedding hits a fire hydrant. A camper on fire drives up to the station house. A truck carrying insecticide overturns.
Episode 10 • Nov 15, 1975 • 30 m
Simple Adjustment
Swamped with paperwork, the paramedics are continually distracted by emergencies: a girl trapped in an overturned car, a beautician who has taken too many diet pills, an elderly man, and workers stuck on a blazing ship.
Episode 11 • Nov 29, 1975 • 1 h
Tee Vee
While Station 51 has having problems with its malfunctioning TV, Dr. Brackett is having his own difficulties with an aquarium being installed in his office without his permission.
Episode 12 • Dec 6, 1975 • 1 h
On Camera
A camera crew follows Squad 51 while a teenager is bitten by a snake, a would-be stuntman dangles from an I-beam, a boy falls off a cliff and a man is trapped under a burning fuel truck.
Episode 13 • Dec 13, 1975 • 1 h
Communications
While Chet works on a used pair of skis, the paramedics handle matters such as a trapped man who may need his arm amputated, and dealing with a communications mishap.
Episode 14 • Dec 20, 1975 • 1 h
To Buy or Not to Buy
Episode 15 • Jan 10, 1976 • 1 h
Right at Home
Episode 16 • Jan 17, 1976 • 1 h
The Girl on the Balance Beam
A young girl is in a rush to go to the Olympics. The firemen rescue an actress trapped on a high wire at a studio, extricate a drunk driver from his car, and battle a train fire with ammonium nitrate on board.
Episode 17 • Jan 24, 1976 • 1 h
Involvement
Episode 18 • Jan 31, 1976 • 1 h
Above and Beyond... Nearly
Episode 19 • Feb 7, 1976 • 1 h
Grateful
Episode 20 • Feb 21, 1976 • 1 h
The Great Crash Diet
Episode 21 • Feb 28, 1976 • 1 h
The Tycoons
John gets everyone but Roy excited about buying into a nearby hot dog stand. By the time Roy gets interested, the stand burns down. A man is injured in an accident with a power lawn mower.
Episode 22 • Mar 6, 1976 • 1 h
The Nuisance
7 Seasons

Top Cast

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Randolph Mantooth

Paramedic John Gage

Kevin Tighe

Paramedic Roy DeSoto

Julie London

Dixie McCall, R.N.

Bobby Troup

Dr. Joe Early

Robert Fuller

Dr. Kelly Brackett

Marco Lopez

Fireman Marco Lopez

Mike Stoker

Fireman Mike Stoker

Tim Donnelly

Fireman Chet Kelly

Michael Norell

Captain Hank Stanley, Capt. Hank Stanley

Ron Pinkard

Dr. Mike Morton, Tom Gray, M.D.

Harold 'Hal' Frizzell

Ambulance Attendant, Orderly, Jim - Armored Truck Guard, Man with Heart Attack, Tully - Photographer

Sam Lanier

Radio Dispatcher

Vince Howard

Police Officer Vince, LASD, Police Officer Vince, Police Officer Vince - LASD, 1st Deputy, Deputy, Policeman, 1st Officer, 2nd Officer, Deputy Jenkins, 1st Policeman, 2nd Deputy, Officer Benson, Police Officer, Police Officer Vince, LAPD

Scott Gourlay

Police Officer, Orderly, Ambulance Attendant, Police Officer - LAPD, Police Officer, LAPD, 1st Officer, Anesthesiologist, Injured Factory Worker #2, Injured Police Officer, Police Officer #1, Police Officer #2, Police Officer Ross, Police Officer Scott, Police Officer Scotty, Police Officer Scotty - LAPD, Police Officer Scotty, LAPD

William Bryant

Captain - Engine #16, Captain, Captain - Engine #45, Captain - Engine #68, Captain Curtis, Captain Stoxe, Engine #236, Captain, Engine #10, Captain, Engine #14, Captain, Engine #2, Captain, Engine #33, Captain, Engine #52, Captain, Engine #69, Captain, Engine #73, Captain, Engine #85, Captain, Engine #95, Captain, Station #110, Sgt. Ed Pierce

Henry

Henry - Station Mascot

Art Balinger

Chief Conrad, Battalion 14

Michele Noval

Nurse Michele, Michele - Nurse, Blonde Woman, Valerie

Craig Chudy

Police Officer, Dan, Deputy, Helicopter Officer - LAPD, Injured Firefighter, Police Officer #1, Police Officer #2, Police Officer, LAPD

Dick Hammer

Captain Hammer

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