Tribute to the television show Emergency!

[paramedicEmergency51]

great vid nice job

[jdenvertown2010]

High country rescue >>> jdenvertown2010

[fatbaby73]

Gosh, a beautiful song for such a beautiful show. Loved this show as a small child. And thanks to this show, I am following my dreams 30 some years later. I am getting ready to go back to school in two weeks to become a paramedic. And I owe it ALL to this show, especially Johnny and Roy-Thanks Randy and Kevin, love you guys.

[charliebenhard]

I wish TVLand still carried the show.

[McFly64]

@charliebenhard , they don't need to, all 6 seasons, UNCUT, are available on DVD! ;) And really, they way TVLand butchers shows it's just as well. ;)

[wonderglory]

@McFly64 I hope the related TV movies would be released on DVD soon.

[survivrs]

@McFly64 There's still one season to come out but like you, I am so thrilled to have my favorite show from my youth now on DVD!

[boygirl1313]

Thank you for the memories

[cbowman61]

mine next to six million dollars

[5000TRAINS]

I never get tired of watching these old shows good job

[meddetect10]

My good memories growing up were few and far between. This show as one of them.

[wwrigle2]

All U. S. Coast Guard air & sea craft plus their crews seen in this tv. series are genuine!! Same as on the "Baywatch & Baywatch Hawaii tv. seires!!!

[ralb798]

why can great shows like this still not come on . from a number 1 fan of the show.

[MsFiregal]

Loved the show growing up. I've been a firefighter for 30 yrs and still counting.

[Angele101006]

Great tribute

[Mystifier122]

My favorite 70's TV show too, just ahead of The Streets Of San Francisco. Super tribute, you've covered all grounds.

[kyolover16]

I recently started watching this show about a month ago and I love it! Great video!

[chuckgan]

I recently won the entire series in an ebay auction for $80. Can't wait to get it!!!!!!

[WCD73]

BOOT WAS THE FIREHOUSE DOG!!

[wis7dom]

BOOT rocked!!!! And so did Henry later on in the series. Love those mascots!!! :-)

[MMYnPNUT]

I started watching this show when I was 8 y/o - I became a paramedic because of Johnny and Roy

[wirye]

I became a paramedic because of this show!!

[mom369222]

I loved this show! Itw as one of the classics. I always enjoyed Sat nights at 8 p.m., becayuse I knew this would be on

[darlenei2]

OOPS for got to put doctor's in that also

[darlenei2]

Perfect! Absolutley Perfect!

God bless all Fireman,Paremdics, and Police Officers, and Nurses

What a great video

thank you for making it and sharing it with all Emergency fans

[abfirefighterchick]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate that!

The only thing I would change is 'Paramedics' to EMS workers. That's only because Paramedics are only one level of EMT providers. Most states have EMT-Bs also. They are the ones who man the ambulances, when Paramedics run in squads and sometimes with Paramedics on ambulances. They do just as much work for the public.

Thanks again!

[Stourley]

99% of you are just glorified CPR instructors whose main goal is to figure out how to make the best chili while working 10 days per month, making $80,000 and sleeping half of those hours worked. Perhaps they could pick up garbage on the highway or build schools or hospitals in their spare time? No? Oh well I hope that chili is really good.

[abfirefighterchick]

Not sure where you are getting the 80,000 per year,because in 99% of this country that simply is not the case. It is about 10 shifts per month,but there are generally 24 hours shifts. In that time there may be little call volume on some shifts and others you may get no sleep at all. You must have no clue about either firefighting or the EMS service if you don't know the difference between basic first aid and advanced life support,such a paramedic or EMT.

What contribution do you make to society?

[Stourley]

Another overpaid chili-maker and cat rescuer with too much time on their hands. Don't know too many occupations that pay for sleeping. Go do something for someone else, perhaps pick up some garbage on the highway or something. You are not qualified for much else. Bye glorified CPR certificate achiever!

[abfirefighterchick]

You still didn't answer my question, what do your contribute to society? Again I am supposing that you really have no clue what emergency medicine or firefighting really is. It is quite obvious to me and I am sure everyone else here that you have some serious self esteem issues if you take the time to read comments from videos that you don't even like. Then leave ignorant comments just to get people stirred up.

[bunnyluv41]

I totally agree with you abfire ... and I thank you for contributing to your community with what you do! God bless you!

[smj4535]

There are a lot of volunteer services out here in farm country that don't get paid unless they are on call, but they do have to be avaialbale. Emergencies happen round the clock. I'm a disabled EMT-B.

[oceandiver75]

I'm 32 and been a fan of EMERGENCY! since I was a little girl. Mom, grandma, and I watched it in the 1980's when I was growing up. I would play Johnny or Roy and had a play phone I used to call Rampart and talk to Dr. Brackett, Dr. Early, or Nurse Dixie. My dolls were the patients. Dr. Brackett was my favorite character. I got to met Johnny in 2001. I'm a fan of Robert Fuller and got to met him at The Festival of the West. He was SUPER nice. Thanks for the video and a trip down memory lane.

[theylou]

Love your video and thanks for the info. perfect song too. Let's see what else you can come up with.

[LibertyForAll37]

Ooooooh....I REALLY loved this video. Great pics and the song too....sighs and smiles. :O) Thanks for sharing!!!

[millicent1327]

loved your tribute especially pics of Julie London and Bobby troupe they surely missed but not forgotten love the show when i was growing up here in Canada.

[zebco2]

where is engine 51

[McFly64]

Dick Hammer, the show's original captain was indeed a real-life firefighter like Mike Stoker was. After about 8 episodes Dick decided that between his captaining duties w/LACoFD and family obligations he would have to bow out of the show.

[McFly64]

Marco was not a firefighter, he was a contract player for Universal Studios (like Tim Donnelly, Kevin Tighe and Randy Mantooth were) and was actually in episodes of Dragnet and Adam-12 as well. When he got the part on the show, they liked his real name so much they decided to rename his character. Wish we knew what that 'original' name was

[McFly64]

The station was renamed, and dedicated, to the late R.A. Cinader in the late 1980's. There was no station numbered 51 when E! went into production, which is why they used that number. Not sure what year it was, but station 60, which is on the Universal backlot was renumbered 51 in honor of the show.

[McFly64]

Station 127 was the locale for exterior shots only, mostly what they call 'establishing' shots. Occasionally they would take the actors there to film stuff either in the back or in the front, but never inside. A set was built on Universal Studio's backlot and used for interiors for both the station and hospital (and all other interior places too of course).

[abfirefighterchick]

EMTNyhawk, I just looked up several sites and although it has always been rumor, Mark Lopez was never an actual firefighter. He was an actor and his name fit so well with the producers concept they used his real name. Thanks for the other info though.

[EMTNytHawk]

I was five or six years old when "Emergency!" first debuted. I grew up watching the original show on Saturday nights, and syndicated re-runs on weekday afternoons. It planted the seed in me that eventually led to the start of my EMS career. I now work in air medical dispatch, still maintain my EMT, and am trying to get the show on DVD!

[theylou]

Yes it did. Saturday nights, 8:00pm eastern. Never missed a show. All dates had to wait.

[McFly64]

Hi ambulancegirl2007,

Thanks for your comments. Hope you do get to station 127, aka station 51, some day. It's in Carson, CA and it looks EXACTLY like it did on TV. I think the set designer just got the blueprints from LACOFD and built the set from that. It's amazing! ;)

[abfirefighterchick]

Actually the scenes in the firehouse were located in the actual firehouse. Guess it made it authentic and saved money. I believe at least some of the Rampart scenes were at a local hospital.

Did you know that Engineer Mike Stoker was portrayed by Mike Stoker. He was(now retired) a real LaCoFD Engineer/firefighter, he had his Screen Actors Guild Card and they wanted someone who really drove the trucks to do so on the show. The used a actual engine from the FD and knew it was expensive.

[EMTNytHawk]

The thing is, if I read the credits and websites correctly, Mike Stoker was not the only LACOFD staffer on the series. Character Marco Lopez was played by... Marco Lopez, whom I understand was also an LACOFD firefighter. And on some of the very early episodes, the captin of Station 51 was not Hank Stanley (played by Micheal Norrell) but Captain Hammer (played by Dick Hammer). Not sure if Hammer was LACOFD, but it seems a good possibility.

[abfirefighterchick]

Didn't know that about Lopez, thanks that's great to know. Also very plausible, that way they could really keep it realistic.

Didn't know that they renamed the fire station for him that is really a nice thing to do.

[EMTNytHawk]

My understanding was that they filmed the Station 51 scenes at the actual Station 51, and the at least the exterior shots for Rampart General Hospital were filmed at what was then Harbor General Hospital (Now Harbor UCLA).

The ting is, "Station 51" is now Station 127. It is also known as the Robert A. Cinader Memorial Fire Station. It has been named after the late R. A. Cinader, who was a long-time television production executive and one of the producers of the "Emergency!" t.v. series.

[ambulancegirl2007]

I watched Emergency! when I was a teenager.

I went into rescue work and nursing.

I still nurse now after 30 years thanks to the influence the show gave me. My dream is to one day visit old station 51 of course a full service firehall among other sites regarding the show! I hope that my wish comes true!

Thank you for your tribute to one of my all time favorite shows Emergency!

Kathy in Ontario Canada

[abfirefighterchick]

I became a firefighter/emergency responder partly because of the show.

Do you still run EMS?

Were(are) you a Paramedic of BLS EMT?

[ambulancegirl2007]

Hi

No, I was an EFR since the 80's volunteering . I was involved with extrication through a rescue squad in the late 70's.

I nursed since then but also worked in non urgent patient transfers.

I am marrying a volunteer firefighter in 7 weeks.

A FF is something I wish I had gone into back in the late 70s here but I would have been the only female firefighter. I do miss it. We live about 1 and 45 mins from Toronto Canada.

Where are you?

be safe in all that you do.

Kathy

[abfirefighterchick]

Lancaster County Pennsylvania.

Been a volunteer firefighter for about 8 years, wish I had joined sooner. I was the only female firefighter but not the station's first. You stay safe too! God Bless Nurses! Angy

[egreen86]

Good tribute. I loved that show. I remember making my parents come home early from places so I could watch. Did it air on Saturday nights?

[authorsdream]

Great show then and now!

Can't wait until Janurary 29th when Season 4 is released!!!!!

[bernie22303]

Emergency was the best show ever!