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  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Jan 22, 1977
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Jan 22, 1977
  • 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: Christian I. Nyby II

Written By: Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader, Edward Robak, Mort Thaw

  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Jan 22, 1977
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Jan 22, 1977
  • 1 h
Emergency!
S6 • Episode 13
An Ounce of Prevention
Air Date: Jan 22, 1977
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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 25, 1976 • 1 h
The Game
To the envy of their friends, Roy and John are assigned to duty at a football stadium during a game, but find themselves too busy to watch much of it.
Episode 2 • Oct 2, 1976 • 1 h
Not Available
Roy and John find themselves frustrated by increasingly serious inefficiencies in their profession's operational procedures in the field that threaten to cost lives.
Episode 3 • Oct 9, 1976 • 1 h
The Unlikely Heirs
Episode 4 • Oct 23, 1976 • 1 h
That Time of Year
Episode 5 • Oct 30, 1976 • 1 h
Fair Fight
Episode 6 • Nov 6, 1976 • 1 h
Rules of Order
Gage and DeSoto invited to participate in a paramedic advisory committee, but also have to deal with the insufferably overearnest Brice as a member as well.
Episode 7 • Nov 13, 1976 • 1 h
The Exam
As Roy and John study for their re-certification exam, the daughter of a firefighters' widow keeps causing emergency calls.
Episode 8 • Nov 20, 1976 • 1 h
Captain Hook
Episode 9 • Dec 4, 1976 • 1 h
Computer Terror
The computer fouls up and Gage gets a check for thousands instead of for hundreds. A transient is injured in a car at a junkyard. A victim's dog causes problems. Two workers are trapped on a scaffold.
Episode 10 • Dec 25, 1976 • 1 h
Welcome to Santa Rosa County
While on vacation in a rural county, Gage and DeSoto help a local sheriff in emergencies and setting up a local emergency medical service.
Episode 11 • Jan 8, 1977 • 1 h
Paper Work
In between runs, Station 51 is dealing with new bureaucratic duties: computer files for the regulars and an officious supply nurse at Rampart Hospital for the paramedics.
Episode 12 • Jan 15, 1977 • 1 h
Loose Ends
Episode 13 • Jan 22, 1977 • 1 h
An Ounce of Prevention
A man with chest pains is trapped on a ferris wheel. A child ingests an illegal pesticide. While making a TV appearance to discuss fire prevention, Gage and DeSoto become stars of a real-life emergency.
Episode 14 • Feb 5, 1977 • 1 h
Insanity Epidemic
Episode 15 • Feb 12, 1977 • 1 h
Breakdown
While the paramedics attempt to repair their malfunctioning truck themselves, a couple of hippies are found to have a form of anthrax.
Episode 16 • Feb 19, 1977 • 1 h
Family Ties
Episode 17 • Feb 26, 1977 • 1 h
Bottom Line
The paramedics have a conflict with Dr. Morton wasting their time ordering excessive responses to trivial medical complaints, while an inattentively slow admission of a patient at Rampart Hospital leads to tragedy.
Episode 18 • Mar 5, 1977 • 1 h
Firehouse Quintet
Episode 19 • Mar 12, 1977 • 1 h
The Boat
The firemen get excited when Charlie announces he is selling his boat; Roy and John rescue a couple off of Catalina Island; a bookie has a heart attack while trying to keep up with all of the incoming bets in a room full of telephones.
Episode 20 • Mar 19, 1977 • 1 h
Isolation
Trapped in a rural location with the only bridge washed out for days due to violent weather, Roy and John have to serve as the only medical staff available in the area.
Episode 21 • Apr 23, 1977 • 1 h
Limelight
Episode 22 • Apr 2, 1977 • 1 h
Upward and Onward
Episode 23 • Apr 16, 1977 • 1 h
Hypochondri-Cap
Episode 24 • Mar 26, 1977 • 1 h
All Night Long
Gage tries to create his own television game show. An elderly musician experiences heart trouble. When a car runs a stop sign, three injuries result. A tightrope walker gets stuck between two buildings.
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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