ADAM12CODE3 FLASHBACK 'EMERGENCY!'
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- A quick flashback of another Jack Webb / Mark VII Television Production... EMERGENCY! L.A. County Station 8 (Station 10) and Station 127 (Station 51) 'Then and Now.'
This video was made for a friend and fan of both ADAM-12 and EMERGENCY! Enjoy!
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Always loved Emergency. It has aged far better than most 70's shows and still reruns well today. Just an awesome TV show.
Jack knew what he was doing.
Chicago Fire is really Emergency:The Next Generation, they even have one of the fire trucks named Squad 51
@@jennifersman7990 excellent point and, quite an honor since Chicago Fire also has its own 'street cred'.
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Indeed-- I finished it on DVD (pilot, series, Final Rescues TV movies, Adam-12 crossover and all); well worth the money!
This show made me want to be a fire fighter, even though I was a girl. For awhile I had put the possibility out of mind, but then 3 years working in a potato processing plant, I had to try. 3.5 years as a volunteer, now 26 as a professional. Absolutely love it. Oh, and Johnny Gage was my first crush!
It inspired me after my father had a heart attack! I seen thesame things use on him in 1973
You go girl! God bless and be safe!
Way to go, girl! From Bill in Wisconsin. Former EMT.
Awesome story and major respect young lady for following your dream. YOU ARE THE KIND OF HERO YOUNG GIRLS NEED TO LOOK UP TO. Not this media/Hollyweird induced garbage like Rey. Getting what you want with NO EFFORT. HARD WORK, DEDICATION, TRAINING, AND A STRONG HEART GOT YOU TO YOUR DREAM. YOU ARE A HERO AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!
Ugh, I worked at Lamb Weston and Simplots in Idaho, hated every minute of it.
This show, like Adam 12, which was on at the same time, showed police and firefighters in a way which has never been done since. Because ALL they showed was the work. You never saw their home lives. You never got into soap opera drama about who was sleeping with who or who had a terrible disease or who was in trouble over a drug habit or anything else.
This show also stands out because it helped introduce the idea of paramedics across the US, and inspired many to demand such things from their own cities.
In my area, the Funeral Homes still ran the ambulances well into the 70s. Seems like a conflict of interest, doesn't it? The local police had patrol cars that were station wagons with stretchers so they did double duty. However when you think about it, the prevalence of drunk driving, the lack of safety equipment on cars and poor to no training of ambulance attendants meant that many more car accidents involved fatalities so having a funeral home respond was appropriate.
To @john pierre - There is a war against males and boys. The Left and its toxic narratives are all about power and not helping anyone. It is so obvious. I learned that when I worked across NYC in the bad old days when the Left had control, they did not and still do not care about people at all, particularly minorities and conditions in their communities. They are complete toxic liars and a Cult, a delusional Cult. The Media and young people are falling for it like complete suckers. The propaganda is like North Korea, 24/7 loudspeakers that no one can turn off.
The same thing is happening where I live. Fire stations are getting shuttered. Then move the station to the rich part of town.
@@joea1433 Glad you don't work NY any more. You sound like the kind of person who belongs in the South with the rest of the gap-toothed dipshits. But, hey, thoughts and prayers, baby. Thoughts and prayers.
Adam 12, Season 1 Episode 6: By now, Malloy and Reed are becoming off-duty friends, and after an evening of socializing at the Reeds, Malloy's girlfriend Donna wants to take their relationship to the next level. However, calls during the next day on the force - namely, a domestic dispute - has Malloy holding his ground that he is satisfied being a bachelor.
Season 1 Episode 8: Reed goes to Malloy for advice on calculating the cost of a new baby, and in between handle a variety of calls. The most exciting call of the day is a psychopath who is shooting at others in the neighborhood.
Season 1 Episode 9: Reed is put on a low-carb diet by his wife, Jean. Meanwhile, the episode title is inspired by a resident who complains that landscapers literally stole his lawn.
Season 1 Episode 13: Community service-based episodes would be a hallmark of Adam-12 holiday episodes throughout the series run, and the first sees Reed learn about the importance of performing charity work when he and Malloy distribute Christmas care boxes to families in need.
Season 1 Episode 20: Malloy is studying for his master's degree in criminal justice, but unrest at the college becomes the least of his worries when several of his students, who are planning an anti-war protest, learn the occupation of their fellow student.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Adam-12_episodes
This show inspired me to become a firefighter. Retired captain 30 yrs.
Me too. Been a volunteer for 30 years now.
Same here been in the fire service 26 years I’m now a Battalion Chief!!!
@@waltking9141 Hahahaha! Holidays?! What's that?
OUTSTANDING !!!! this show really made lots of ppl's lives better
@@firefighteruppy9121 something that you're pathetic civilian ass don't get unlike my fellow veterans and the military who get armed forces Day Veterans Day and of course the most important holiday of them all Memorial Day because the federal government and the American people know who the real heroes are oh by the way you're welcome for your freedom!!!!!!
I became a professional firefighter in Southern California because of this show- 32 yrs of service and now retired- I still feel like that kid watching the show when I watched this video :) Thanks!
For those Emergency! fans who weren't already aware, the Los Angeles County Fire Museum in Bellflower, CA (18 miles southeast of Downtown L.A.) has the original Squad 51 along with both Engine 51's (Crown & WardLaFrance) on display along with lots of memorabilia from the show. I'm one of the many docents at the museum, and I'm still astounded by the impact the show had with so many people who visit from not only all over the country but from around the world. And many of those visitors, went on to careers in the Fire/EMS field. The museum is open Wednesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is closed Sunday through Tuesday.
That sounds amazing I would love to see it
Apparatus of times past had personality you might say. Crown, Ward La France, FWD, etc seen here. Nowadays, like houses, they are all from the same mold so to speak.
This show inspired me to be a firefighter & I'm about to retire after almost 30 years.
I visited LA a couple of years ago & visited both station 8 & station 127, the crews at both stations were great & very aware of the show & it's history. I also visited the LA county fire museum & touched the Squad, it was actually quite emotional.
That is so VERY cool!!! That is something that I would LOVE to do!!!!!!! And thank you for all your service to your community!!!!
Teen Heart Throb Bobby Sherman quit acting to become a paramedic after a guest star appearance on this show.
My father was a Fireman in Orange County California in the 60s and 70s. My brother and I loved this show. I wrote NBC in care of the show in the early 70s and received autographed photos of Kevin and Randolph back in the mail! Wish to heck I still had them. After my military career I became a Law Enforcement Officer and ran "code" more times than I can remember.
Loved these shows. "Squad 51, 10-4. KMG-365."
Uh duh? Very unique for their time. A definite bygone era that's not coming back.
This show was instrumental in establishing the groundwork for EMS/Paramedic services out in the field. Prior to this and the "911" emergency call system, ambulances were simple transport vehicles. The attendants would throw the injured party into the back, slam the door shut and hope and pray that he/she wouldn't die until after arrival. Shows such as this, "Trapper John M.D." and "St. Elsewhere" cemented my decision to become a nurse.
Rumor has it, the attendants got incentives for brining the victim to the funeral home rather then the hospital
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Definitely yes. That's the Emergency I remember!
Squad 51 responding from Rampart General...
For a fire station that was built in the 50's, it looks incredibly modern.
"...A house is not a home, unless you make it one..."
Lieutenant Richard Hamilton, Rescue Co. 2, FDNY. New York's most decorated firefighter (1970).
1930s & 1950s architecture always looks modern to me
I'm a firefighter/paramedic because of this show and my uncle. In 2014 I had the chance to go to Carson California and take a tour of station 51/127. The crew on duty that day we're very respectful and informative. It was the chance of a lifetime and I enjoyed every minute of it.
They do give credit to Emergency for inspiring people to get involved in the EMS programs and becoming EMT's
+Lynn Williams like me
I loved this show, watched it in Scotland when it came out. Put the paramedic in the back of my head as I was going into the military. Went into the Paramedic program in late 88 after I moved to Canada. I have the DVD set, and just actually watched episode one about 4 hours ago lol
Lynn Williams if I’m not mistaken the actor who portrayed Gauge/Gage, whatever traveled the country in support of establishing paramedic programs during or after the show.
Yes this tv show inspired my in the 70's
@@Roadglide911 Randolf Mantooth. He's been really active in supporting Fire and EMS and education for at least 40 years now.
This show inspired me to become a firefighter. 26 years in and still going strong!!!!
This show was a big part of why I became a Firefighter. None of us would admit it then. We always called it stupid. But there is always the tone alerts. The show always did justice to the tones. I miss it so much.
Charlie Good Watch Chicago Fire, they use the same kinds of tones in their station, one of the units even has the call sign of 51 so somebody on that show was a fan
Adam 12 and Engine 51 was the best TV shows growing up. I love the action back when I was a kid
Although I became a long term law enforcement officer (after growing up watching Emergency and Adam 12), the fire department I served alongside afforded me quite an honor while I was still actively serving.
I truly took the time to voluntarily learn 'fire' skills, informally teach 'police' skills, work toward improved relationships, and joint training and operations between the police and fire departments.
It was my idea to begin a reasonable training program which the police and fire administrations (actually) accepted: a better police understanding of why fire did what was done in medical, rescue and fire matters and a clearer fire view of police matters like situational awareness, crime scene integrity and tactical operations.
It made all of us (fire and police), more efficient, effective and safer. Benefits were displayed in actual real life, dangerous fire and/or police situations.
I had more effective patient care, learned how to speak 'fire,' knew about arson basics and could safely put out fires; plus, I even drove several fire vehicles (including a fire ambulance to take a critical patient to the hospital due to extenuating circumstances).
I can remember a time I safely put out a wall heater fire that had engulfed an entire room (the family said an elderly woman was in an adjacent room I couldn't safely get to from outside and the only way to her was the burning room) and I rescued a woman; fire arrived and was gracious, but I had already done one's duty!
I seem to have earned the respect of the fire fighters and public alike.
And in the process, I was issued a genuine fire fighter's badge (in front of several real fire fighters) and told by a fire chief, to the effect of, 'It's not honorary.'
I'm no longer actively serving, but I sometimes display that fire badge alongside my police badge. Sorry, police badge first and fire badge a close second!
I wasn't a real fire fighter; I never had the role of a fire fighter on TV, but I sure got to do more than 'just play one.'
Respect to those men and women, police or fire (public safety), civilian or sworn, private contract or public who vigilantly serve and protect others; particularly, those members in trainee statuses and, of course, those... people...who have willingly given the ultimate sacrifice. My gratitude and blessings.
Thanks 'Adam 12' and 'Emergency.'
The first scene was the opening of the 2 hour pilot, "The Wentworth-Townsend Act" . I had the opportunity to visit Station 127 in 2014. They are happy to have visitors.
I loved this show growing up and the station hasn’t changed that’s awesome.👍😁😎
Can you imagine growing up watching emergency than actually working there as an adult?
I’m lucky enough to say that is exactly what happened to me. This show made me want to be a paramedic. However I came to my senses as I aged and decide it would be the TRUCKIE life for me. Even though they’ve bastardized them and turned them all into quints now. Born in 68 and watched this show like it was the 2nd coming of Christ. Hired in 1992 by LACOFD class 87. I has just tuned 23. seemed like yesterday....and here we are 27 yearsish later. Love it more now than when I first was hired. Greatest job in the world.
started my emergency vehicle enthusiasm from this show. still love it.
Wow. America at its best. Made America known. Im honored to be part of immigration from Europe that arrived to LA in the 70 and will always be thankful for what we have. Great show as character builder. God Bless America
I’m not a resident of California, but I give my thanks to the men and women of stations 8 and 127 who were the real heroes! I did love the show and to this day the alert tones put me in action mode.
Don't go looking for modern awesome crap; It's dead and gone, Jim.
This is the awesome classic crap that puts a tear in my eyes even now.
How these people can put humor and sadness in the same episode or two I'll never figure out.
This - was truly good TV to watch right here, along with Chips and A-Team.
I love growing up watching that show. After my time in the Air Force and became a fireman for 25 years now medically retired from the back injury and cancer. But damn it’s been the best job anyone could ever have!
They showed this on UK tv in the 70’s. I absolutely loved it.
Grew up watching squad 51 as a young teenager... this inspired me to become an EMT. Today now 29 years of law-enforcement under my belt still on duty.
👍👍
My father was an L.A. County Firefighter for thirty two years. On the very first episode of EMERGENCY! one of the family's best friends was on the pilot tv show.
He also was a County Firefighter like dad.
In the pilot episode he was of Station 10's!
(8 in the show.) Raymond Turner is his name. "Spider," was his nickname because his he runs up and down the ladders!
He told us that he is in the opening scene, that a camera pans up from the floor and he walks right up to the fire truck.
I just love seeing those old open-cab Crown Firecoach fire trucks. To me they are they prettiest fire truck ever made.
As someone who grew up with Adam 12, Emergency, and CHiPs....thank you SO much for this! What a groundbreaking show in so many ways - Robert Cinader's work and input (which also crossed over to CHiPs) was invaluable in shining a much needed attention and light on first responders and what they do. @4:21 & 4:47 the original squad and engine still have fresh, modern appearance...they were ahead of their time.
....AND still using Dodge as Squad vehicles 👍🏾
I like how the "inside Station 127" section shows an "Emergency!" episode playing (3:46), a scene at the end of the episode titled "Fools" from season 3. Nice touch!
Indeed it is-- they have plenty of history in Station 127 over there on the other side of the country.
That 1972 medic truck was and is still cool.
Thankyou for sharing this awesome video of Emergency Then & Now. I watched this show all through my childhood. i got excited everytime it came on. I would call the show "Squad 51", lol. When i was a real little guy, i always wanted to be a "fire truck driver". Didnt care so much about being a real fire fighter, i just wanted to drive the fire truck only, lol. After a hitch in the military, i followed in my dad's footsteps & drove the big rig semi trucks for 25+ years then a low back injury pretty much forced my outtuh the career.
i still get excited every time i see a fire truck to this day. They are big, & fancy, & shiney & . . . . .i just love em! Take care ya'll. Thankyou to all fire fighters for your services. God bless.
My favorite TV show growing up in the 70’s. I played high school football back then, but I refused to go to the Saturday night parties after the game because I just had to be home at 8:00 pm to watch Emergency on NBC. Thanks guys. 👍
Excellent excellent excellent!
Immediately takes me back to 1970s whenever I hear that unique alarm clacker...uuuu ahhhh eeeeeee
You can never get enough of those old Crown Firecoaches.
Love Emergency! I wasn't around during the 70s, but mom got me hooked on it when it was on a satellite channel during the 2000s.
Just think of how many people owe their lives to this show. The California Paramedic program hadn't been approved yet and the first episode was shown to the California government before the vote and the bill passed. I don't think any TV show has ever done that not to mention how many of us became interested in first aid and have actually saved lives because of what we saw on the show.
The show inspired my dad to become a fire fighter 41 year captain
I was already wanting to become a firefighter when I grew up because my dad was a volunteer firefighter and EMT. But when Emergency came out it made me want to do so even more. I think the greatest thing that the show did was to get people in jurisdictions across the United States to upgrade their EMS services. I credit the show with helping make EMS what it is today.
I loved watching the interview with Randolph Mantooth. On his comment about today's rescue shows and how phony they look. .
Randolph Mantooth was offered this role after his reoccurring role as stable boy on “Adam 12” during their 5th season. And, he also made an appearance as a rescue worker during season 6 of “Adam 12”. Although “Emergency” wasn’t my favorite show back in the day, with only 3 channels to choose from, we watched whatever was on, and enjoyed it.
OMG! I always loved this show from the beginning several years ago. I had a crush on Johnny Gage. I even liked Roy Desoto too and all of the firemen at Station 51. I am still watching their reruns today. I also had a crush on Dr. Brackett too. KMG365!
KMG365 out.
Have you ever considered getting Emergency! on DVD? I have it all, and have finished it all, and it's one of the best series for your entertainment dollar-- you'll get a lot out of it.
Bring back so many memories. One of my favorite shows.
Very cool. I forgot that the fire station at Universal Studios was designated 51. 👍
I love that show it was on a Saturday evening just before The Lawrence Welk Show. I know where I was every Saturday. evening. On the floor watching emergency. Time for so much simpler. TV was free. And you had to go home to use a telephone, or find a payphone.
My inspiration for ER nursing 35 years this month !
My brother and I loved this show as kids. There was a security guard at my work who was a retired firefighter, and he said that the show Emergency! was the closest to what it was actually like to be in the fire service. Great memories - thanks for video.
I have the Emergency "tone" as my ringtone on my phone
EVERYONE who grew up in the 60s and 70s knew that sound! It didn't matter if you watched the show or not, you KNEW what it was.
Same ringtone here too
I have the Adam-12 as my ringer I recorded off the tv.
i have it as my wake-up alarm.
So very cool!!!
Thanks for the post. It inspired my brother to become an EMT, Paramedic (with the Police Department), and an Emergency Medicine physician. And I'm sure it likely inspired thousands of others to become firefighters, paramedics, nurses, and doctors too. It's amazing how much has changed in 50 years.
Great show and what an opening with the actors, and real fire fighters, music and apparatus. During the station tour, having Emergency on the TV was great (and we all know some firefighters still watch Emergency and some police still watch Adam 12). Plus, it looks like an Army non-commissioned officer's class A dress coat in an open wall locker: twice the service to others. Thanks for the classy, memorable video.
So many people were so inspired by these shows they made careers out of firefighting, EMS and police.
Add me to the list. Loved watching these shows in Australia, and went on to be a paramedic. Thankfully, EMS and FD here are two different entities, so being a paramedic doesn't mean starting as a firefighter.
Yeah, as EMS became more common, they are their own branch. But back then it made sense to have firefighters learn a little medicine as they were first on the scene, rather than waiting for an ambulance. First couple episodes, it was even a fight to do that. They were just having a nurse ride with them, until something happened to the nurse.
Man, I watched Emergency! when I was a kid growing up in the '70s, loved the show and hearing those tones brought back memories. "KMG365, clear."
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Mr. Cinader. Thank you for your contributions to the Fire Service. I hope you're resting easy.
mark perry the station that they used for the out side shots is a for real fire station.it,s on the left side of the 405 freeway if you are heading north. it has since been renamed for Mr.Cinader.
Great amazing tv show, i was a little girl when my family and me started to watch this action medicsl drama and more because my late father was a paramedic in Pennsylvania and my mother a registered nurse in surgery room
Emergency
Adam-12
Rockford Files
Dragnet
Chip's
And so much more ..taken off the air. Today's television sucks, it's made up of
News
Reality TV
Talk shows.
patrick mcglone I feel your pain
You forgot the A-Team I putty you as Mr. T would say
@@tomprosser8958 you forgot
Miami Vice
Knight Rider
Starsky and Hutch
Simon and Simon
Riptide
Fall Guy
Nash Bridges
Patrick, Turn off your TV and turn on You Tube.
You forgot SWAT
Man when squad 51 just came out of the station they actually used the real federal siren instead of a sound effect like they always did.
Loved Emergency as a kid! One of my favorite Shows! 😍
Squad in the fire trucks still look cooler back then than they do today
That's not the actual 51 paramedic truck from the show. That one was donated to the California Dept Of Forestry and is still serving duty in Northern California, 50 years later.
Like many others, Emergency was the reason I spent 26yrs serving my community as a Firefighter-Paramedic. Had to retire due to a job related back injury but I would do it all over again if I could!
I was a huge fan of Emergency growing up. My dad was a firefighter. Sometimes we would watch it together and talk about the episode. He would tell me what was real and what wasn't in firefighting. I learned a lot about firefighting from the show and the talks we had after the show went off.
I became a firefighter in Mexico GP F1 and this program inspired me! ='9
THIS SHOW MADE ME BECOME A FIRE FIREFIGHTER FOR 20 YEARS AND I STILL LOVE IT TODAY
The inside of 51/127 still looks exactly the same...right down to the lockers! This is still my favorite TV show of all time!
Thanks to "Emergency" we now have Paramedics and EMTs. and I'm so grateful to that show because if it wasn't for paramedics and EMTs I might not be here and my late husband had the use of ambulances quite a few times. But I have a confession to make I had a mad crush on Robert Fuller Dr. Brackett.
This was before Roy bought the Double Deuce.
Patrick Fraley What is the Double Deuce?
@@EvanDowell1213 It was the bar that Kevin Tighe's character owned in the Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse. Cool flick.
@@patrickfraley4545 The one that exploded?
Hahaha....good one!!! 👍🏾🤣
Peter Nadreau -Yeah, that is pretty cool. I remember when I first saw Roadhouse. I recognized him right away.
Also the owner of the auto parts store, was played by Red West. Elvis Presley’s friend and bodyguard, for many years.
Always wondered why they left the roller doors wide open after they all left for a job. Guess Security wasnt an issue back then.
It was sometimes the case that the doors would be on timers, which would automatically close the doors after a preset period of time- I assume that this station, being in a heavily populated area, would be so equipped... ( from a retired paramedic/ fire engineer- 37 years on the streets )...
You mean the overhead garage doors? I'm not sure, but I imagine that it might be what like what red mentions, it might be possible that the door is set on a timer to automatically close after a set time, otherwise, I imagine that they'd have the pain in the rear problem of where if both both the paramedics and fire engine vehicles were called out, that someone would have to wait inside the building for both vehicles to clear the door to hit the close button and then run like a rabid animal is after them and hop in. Or, have the door go all the way up, and then wait until the vehicles are partially out and hit the button and then jump in. But, I suspect that the idea of a timer for automatic closure is the case.
My favorite show as a kid. Thanks for the video. Brought back alot of memories.
loved this,when you heard a long alarm tone you knew it was a big job!
They had to write down the address of the emergency......loved that show....and Adam-12... they ran into each other at Rampart in one episode....or more, I think
Was that opening sequence from the pilot? I don't remember the cast of Emergency ever coming down a pole. In fact, that is not the station from the TV series - they used Station 127 for exterior shots, and that station is only one story.
Fun fact: In some of the scenes you'll see them using the old fashioned station wagon-type ambulances, but when shown pulling into the hospital it's been switched to a more modern type of vehicle.
Funfact: the LACoFD and the LAFD uses the alarmtone to this day
Historic legendary tone's
Keep alwayz our's heritage alive
The tones were part of a Plektron or similar system. Similar to how weather radios operate. Each Fire unit has an assigned sequence of tones. Each station has a receiver tuned to activate when it hears its tones broadcast. So the specific tones you hear in the show are the ones that activate "Station 51". Other stations will have similar sounding, but not quite exactly the same tone sequences. The tones quickly developed the secondary benefit of being a very effective alert klaxxon that you just could not miss or ignore. So even as the Fire Departments switched over to newer digital communication systems many keep using the tones as the broadcast alert. Because Fire Services live for traditional things that work.
Saw LA county station 127 (51) in person. Tried getting a tour, but they were on a call. I'm from Minnesota so. This was last year in 2018
I still love this since my very youger years
This show made me interested in becoming ? A E.M.T. and in 1980? I did become ? Just that.... Also later in the mid 80s when moving back to? Albuquerque? In 1987? I became ? A Bern. Country volunteer? Firefighter. Took 2 county firefighting classes and a state Fire Academy Firefighter class as well. I enjoyed serving the communities I did at those times. Very rewarding with the hard work associated in the fields. I loved this show and watched it? Faithfully each week in the mid and late 70s. Thanks to Jack Webb and company for his respect to those who answered the calls in blue both Police ? And the great brothers and yes sisters of the nation's fire suppression Firefighting communities . God bless each and everyone of you who where there? And who currently ? Serve many city's and rural areas today.
How many of us in fire/rescue have had or still have that alert klaxon from “Emergency!” as one of the ringtones on our phone?
We use a app called edispatch to alert us to calls, I have the station toneout and buzzer for my alert tone
I use it for the ringtone for my doctor's. It's great, until you're sleeping, and a doctor calls. 😂
@@Normal1855 doh.☺️😅
My mom's now husband has the 3 tone alarm that would be heard when they would be put on call on his phone, I'm not sure if he had it as a ringtone too, but, I think he has it as his text message alert ringtone.
Station 8 also was also used in the late '50s series 'Rescue 8', where, unusually, it kept it's actual number rather than being given a fictional station number. Engine 8 was running an open cab Crown, Rescue 8 was a GMC panel truck.
Glad someone else remembers Jim Davis and Rescue 8!
I served both as a firefighter and as an EMT-P thanks to Emergency
I received my National Registered EMT training back in 1975 and was on duty until around 1995. No doubt EMERGENCY! helped me get into a job I loved. The other show, CHiPS, was a pipe dream never realized. Darn. But now at 66 years old, the job I missed the most was being an EMT. There's just nothing like it..
This is one show I hope they never try to reboot.
I love the original and knowing today the studio and producers would ruin it like they did with "Discovery"
They did try a copycat show (Rescue 77), and ruined it. I haven't been able to catch any eps of Chicago Fire, how faithful to the real job is it? Chicago PD is spammed all over syndication, but can't find Chicago Fire for love or money.
I'm mad since they took emergency off of youtube I like watching all the reruns
+Brian Gossard All the episodes are on Netflix in good quality
Netflix
NickGaming19 not anymore they took them off.
Brian Gossard you can still watch emergency on you tube because I do
Just buy the box-set of all the seasons on DVD off eBay, $129 bucks and you've got them for as long as you live. No need to worry about sites taking them down. That's what I did.
Loved Emergency!! The episode with William the goat was so precious!! Thanks to all the Staff!!
I was a big fan of this show and every time I have taken a first aid test I have scored 100%. Think of how many lives this TV Show has saved by getting people interested in first aid and Emergency Medical. If you are qualified ALS then you probably got inspired from this TV show.
Just remember. When visiting Sites such as Station 127 please remember. Once you park your vehicle and get out you are on someone else's home for their next 24 to 48 hours depending on how they do their shifts. This is as much their Home as your House is your Home. And when you spend that amount of time living with 6, 8 or more other people in what's nothing less than a group home for our first responders for not only their scheduled shifts but also all the free volunteer work they do every single day.
All those great Mopar units....loved that red Plymouth Satellite...
Sliding down a fire pole instead of running down stairs to save 3 seconds. Then sitting in the trucks going nowhere while waiting for the motorized garage doors to open because the guy waited so long to press the open button. Good work, boys!
Most modern stations don't even have slide poles...or second stories anymore. My very first station had one, and it's a tire shop now with a very quick way out of the office, I assume.
Gotta love them old Dodges. That's when people knew how to make trucks.
This tv series never gets old. Still love this show & that pumper is still my favorite fire truck. Great to see the Fire Department in first episode (Ststion 8) still a working fire station. Was curious if was still there, noe i know.
This show really started the development of what we know these days as E.M.T.s, Life Support Units and Life Flight helicopters. This was a "must watch" show for my wife and I back in the 70s when we were growing up. It inspired her to become a nurse practitioner and ride on the helicopter. I'm an owner operator truck driver, but also a volunteer E.M.T. for our fire department when I'm home. Her favorite character on the show was always Dixie McCall while mine was always Squad 51 (boys n our toys lol!) Dixie was cool with me too though. My E.M.T. training has served me well over the years since truck drivers are often "first in" at accident scenes. However, I'm hesitant to help these days unless it's a life and death situation due to the chances of a lawsuit.
Always liked the crown open cab engines, had a couple depts that had the ward lafrance ambassadors with the tilted windshields around here. Saw mantooth at a district meeting about 20 years ago. said he and tighe went thru the medic class but didnt take the state test, he was offered a job by the chief when the show ended. Nice guy.
Don't know about LA County FD, but in the late 1970's my partner and I did have a cup of coffee or two at the old Venice fire station while working 14Adam1. LAFD, the greatest.
Ich weiß leider nicht mehr wie diese Serie im deutschen TV hieß, aber ich habe sie geliebt🤩🥰
Great show!...loved it as a kid...still do!😊👍
I was born in 72. My grandpa was an IFD Captain who retired in 82 after 42 years of service (WW 2 took some away). He started with heavy rubber coats & no Oxygen masks. I grew up in Fire houses! (I always seemed to win pool games in the fire houses when I was 5 or so).
Yes... for the most part, the interior of LA County Fire Station 127 (Station 51) was an exact replica in a sound stage at Universal Studios.
+genevastein Yes, Station 127 was used for all the exterior shots filmed (Sqaud / Engine 51 driving in and out) and the interior was recreated in a sound stage at Universal, including the area where the vehicles are parked.
+genevastein Yes I am, however, all the credit does not go to Jack Webb. R.A. (Bob) Cinader was a major part of the success of both ADAM-12 and EMERGENCY! Webb's style was fading, but he chose not abandon his distinctive method of acting and that inevitably cost him his reputation and production company. Webb was a good salesman (he sold men's suits before he became a TV exec) and was used for the good by the LAPD. Webb's influence was minimal on EMERGENCY! other than the fact that his company produced the show.
+genevastein Jack Webb and partner would always wear the the same suits, shirts and ties for his 'DRAGNET' series . This was due to the way Webb filmed the show - - it was done in snippets (only one camera) and at different times, so this would assure the wardrobe would always remain consistent. Webb also used the same actors because they were familiar with his unusual work style. No one would receive scripts ahead of time... actors, along with Webb would read their lines off of a TelePrompter.
Sorry, can not agree with your statement: "Jack Webbs acting ability n what he wanted seemed great its a real shame they couldnt keep that going even tho it was fading."
First and foremost, it is a business. If a show cannot generate ratings (viewers), it cannot generate revenue from advertisers (commercials), hence... NO MONEY to continue production. Nielsen Ratings, the actors image and audience perception is a major part of success. Webb's "staccato style" had become passe and a punch-line for comedians at the time. The once hard hitting, popular style was no longer applicable as "the times were a changing." Sadly, contributing to Webb's demise was that he never really cared much for Bob Cinader; he did not like the direction that Bob took ADAM-12 and EMERGENCY! - however, NBC and the advertisers loved the direction and the major increase in ratings and revenue. You see, after the first two years on the air and with extremely poor ratings, ADAM-12 was on the verge of being cancelled if not for Bob Cinader's influence on the series. Same for EMERGENCY! after the first season. Station 127 (STATION 51) has a plaque dedicated to R.A. Cinder prominently displayed near the entrance of L.A. County Fire Station 127 in Carson, California.
Below is a list of Webb's Mark VII Limited's failed attempts at producing other shows for his company and the NBC Network.
The following shows faded fast from the network. All of the series listed represent the "Jack Webb style," unfortunately, it clearly was no longer appealing to the mass viewing audience or advertisers and in 1982, Mark VII Limited would cease production forever.
1967-1970 - DRAGNET1968-1975 - ADAM-121971-1972 - THE D.A.1971-1972 (CBS) - O'HARA, U.S. TREASURY1972-1977 - EMERGENCY!1972-1974 - HEC RAMSEY1973 - ESCAPE1973-1974 - CHASE1974 - SIERRA1975 (ABC) - MOBILE ONE1978 - LITTLE MO1978-1979 - PROJECT UFO1978 (CBS) - SAM
Mark VII's final production was an unsold television pilot 'The 25th Man' that aired only once on NBC in 1982.
A few of these shows can be found on CZcams for your viewing pleasure.
+genevastein Sorry, I have to disagree again. I am 10 years older than you and I can honestly say that I love the old shows... but they really look dated, to me. Maybe because I know how shows were filmed then and how they are filmed now. The shows you mention were all shot with one camera, no real action... actor would run from here to there... unit would do a quick pull up to a sharp stop... filmed at different times, sometimes two weeks apart... all other footage was "stock footage" and used to set up the scene as the unit would be driving Code 3 through traffic.
All actors voices were looped after filming scenes. That means, you are not really hearing them on location... they return to the studio in a sound proof booth to re-record their lines. This was done so the actors had more of a presence in sound. Background sound effects were added to the scene. Dispatcher and siren sound effects were added in post production.
Please check out my videos of 'SOUTHLAND.' For the most part they film in consecutive order with hand held cameras, action sequences are not halted by camera angle changes, no looping in post production - extremely fun to watch in person. Sirens and radio calls are not dubbed in later... a two way radio is used - great production to see filmed. I love the consistency, authenticity and true grittiness portrayed. Much different than how ADAM-12 was filmed. Don't get me wrong... I will always cherish the old shows, but they do look antiquated.
FYI: Universal used the same siren (stock-sound) for Squad 51 as they did with all of the ADAM-12 police units.
outstanding video. I especially like the new squad at the end. LACoFD Paramedic Squad 84 is in my hometown of Quartz Hill, CA
I loved this show as a kid! My Dad was a fireman and retired as a captain in San Diego.
I remember as a 12 year old playing “emergency” with Patricia Beauregard behind the old curling club in Mont Apica Quebec. It was my first bit of “stinky finger”
This was a staple on Saturday nights and still watch the DVDs of this show to this day
dressshoeguy/ Me too great show I'm watching it since a little girl when my late father who was a Paramedic in Pennsylvania and my mother who was a surgery room register nurse started to watch this show and I have familes in Puerto Rico because my mother is Puerto Rican they still love the show there too and they still watching too.
I’ve always like watching Emergency, Adam 12 and Dragnet. The 70s Dodge Ram truck is a beautiful truck. I’ve seen lots of them for sale the past few years and it reminds me of the show.