
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.

An embarrassed chef won't admit he caused a fire in his kitchen; a diver with the bends suffers a heart attack during decompression.

Stranded Gage and DeSoto, with the assistance of a local physician, provide the only medical help in a town isolated by severe rains.

Squad 51 contends with a highway accident with no drivers at the scene, a faked cardiac arrest and a fire that traps a deaf child.

The rest of the squad is resentful when Brice becomes the center of press and television attention during a series of rescue calls.