
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.

The paramedics and hospital staff deal with a stubborn elderly woman (Jeanette Nolan), a parachutist in a tree and other odd cases.

A sculptor (Sharon Gless) can't free her model from quick-hardening plaster; a truck accident causes the release of dangerous fumes.

While on temporary assignment, Gage works with a fire captain (Lloyd Haines) whose lack of equipment hinders his paramedic efforts.

A police detective (James McEachin) suspects fraud in the case of an elderly man (Arthur O'Connell) hit by the paramedics' squad car.