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Emergency! is an American television series which ran from January 1972 to 1977. It was produced by Jack Webb and co-produced and created by Robert A. Cinader.
The series follows the Paramedic Program of the Los Angeles County Fire Department with the focus on the personnel of Fire Station 51, in particular Fireman Johnny Gage played by Randolph Mantooth and Fireman Roy DeSoto played by Kevin Tighe. Furthermore, the paramedics coordinated with the staff of Rampart General Hospital with Dr. Kelly Brackett (Robert Fuller) and Dr. Joe Early (Bobby Troup, the bandleader who wrote the song, Route 66) and Chief Nurse Dixie McCall (Julie London). While Troup and London were married in real life, the character of Nurse McCall was written to be a love interest for Dr Brackett.
The show highlighted the adventures of the still fledgling paramedic program and its popularity caused phenomenal growth in emergency care throughout North America. The show was also credited for demonstrating first aid techniques that enabled some viewers to save lives in real emergencies.
The series spun-off an animated version called Emergency +4 which ran from 1973 to 1976, and was itself considered a spin-off of an earlier Jack Webb series, Adam-12. Charlton Comics published several issues of an Emergency! comic book in the mid-1970s.
External link
IMDB Entry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068067/)
==Trivia======
The station used in the series is accually LA County Station 71
In 1994 LA County Fire Department officially changed the designation of the fire station located on the grounds of Universal Studios to Ststion 51. It houses a three man engine, and a two man Paramedic unit. And yes, its call sign is........Squad 51
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