
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 firefighters of Station 51 negotiate for use of an expensive jet boat they plan to purchase as a group from Charlie, the mechanic.
Gage faces television cameras; Early and Brackett suspect that a rescued boy attempted suicide; guests Dick Enberg, Mariette Hartley.
Stranded Gage and DeSoto, with the assistance of a local physician, provide the only medical help in a town isolated by severe rains.
A grateful woman, whose life Gage once saved, gives him a dog; a friend administers a dose of heroin to a comatose accident victim.