
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 discover that they have inherited $1 million; a patient (Warren Berlinger) blames Brackett for a stock-market loss.
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.