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15 January 1972 (USA) morePlot:
Story of how the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Sheriff's Department and paramedics work together to save lives. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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show that made ER and CSI possible moreCast
(Credited cast)| Robert Fuller | ... | Dr. Kelly Brackett M.D. / F.A.C.S | |
| Julie London | ... | Nurse Dixie McCall | |
| Bobby Troup | ... | Dr. Joe Early | |
| Randolph Mantooth | ... | Paramedic John Gage | |
| Kevin Tighe | ... | Paramedic Roy DeSoto | |
| Martin Milner | ... | Officer Pete Malloy | |
| Kent McCord | ... | Officer Jim Reed | |
| Jack Kruschen | ... | Senator Mike Wolski | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Art Balinger | ... | Battalion Chief | |
| Lew Brown | ... | Man with ulcer | |
| Colby Chester | ... | Fireman Tony Freeman | |
| Virginia Gregg | ... | Wilma Jacobs, RN | |
| Ann Morgan Guilbert | ... | Woman in trouble | |
| Ron Kelly | |||
| Marco López | ... | Paramedic Trainee (as Marco Lopez) | |
| Ron Pinkard | ... | Dr. Tom Gray | |
| John Price | ... | Firefighter Specialist Price, LACoFD | |
| Don Ross | ... | Man at boatyard | |
| Dean Stewart | ... | Paramedic 99 | |
| Herb Vigran | ... | Committee chairman | |
| Kathryn Kelly Wiget | ... | Joanne Desoto | |
| Kurt Wilhelm | ... | Firefighter, Station *54, LACoFD | |
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The fire engine used for most of the series run has an interesting history. It was donated new by the manufacturer, Ward LaFrance, with the condition that the engine be put in active service after the show. Universal turned it over to the LA Country Fire Department (which runs the fire station on Universal's lot). The LA County Fire Department traded the engine to the Yosemite Fire Department for their 1930 vintage engine that went to the LA Country Fire Museum. Yosemite Fire Department still uses the engine to this day. The Yosemite Fire Department had to raise the ceiling of their firehouse by 3 inches to accommodate the new engine. moreQuotes:
Battalion Chief: Gage.Paramedic John Gage: Yes sir?
Battalion Chief: That special training program. Remember? We were talking about it a couple of days ago?
Paramedic John Gage: Yes sir. The para-something-or-other...
Battalion Chief: Paramedics. The first class just finished last week.
Paramedic John Gage: Good.
Battalion Chief: I'm supposed to encourage all our young rescue personnel to volunteer for the next class.
Paramedic John Gage: Yes sir. Wellll, I guess I'm just too stupid to take advantage of such an opportunity.
Battalion Chief: I know it's work. No raise in pay. But, it just might be worthwhile.
Paramedic John Gage: It might be, if I wanted to be an ambulance attendant; but I don't. Chief, I'm a rescue man. I trained to be a rescue man and I like being a rescue man. Now, why should I die from improvements?
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Although I don't remember the first run of Emergency!, I remember seeing it in syndication from 1976 to 1980. For my friends and I, it was the THE show to watch. I was 8 in 76 and yes I loved this drama. Yes I did like shows like Happy Days and Mork and Mindy and Kotter and Whats Happening! . But this was the first drama show I (and my friends) would stop a backyard whiffle ball game to see. It had ACTION! It had CAR CRASHES!! It had FIRE!! Now as an adult I see that without a show like Emergency and Adam 12, Shows like Hill Street Blues would not have happened, St. Elsewhere and ER would not have happened, Third Watch would not have been and CSI(Vegas, Miami and NY) and Law and Order would not be. I got season 1 of Emergency and am enjoying it as much maybe even more now!