
The dedicated members of Squad 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's newly created Paramedical Rescue Service take on a series of life-or-death challenges in this drama filmed in semi-documentary style. Partners John Gage and Roy DeSoto put their lives on the line to save people from all sorts of mishaps.

Gage and DeSoto ride along on emergency runs with a local paramedic unit while attending a conference in San Francisco.

A woman is trapped in her car on the edge of an open drawbridge; a fraternity-party joke turns deadly; guest Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Between seminars at a convention in San Francisco, Gage and DeSoto ride with a paramedic unit summoned to a shooting.

Gage annoys the squad with his attempts to snap a candid photo; Brackett and McCall deliver a baby in a restaurant; guest Ron Masak.