
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 resents media attention given to a paramedic (Gary Crosby) from another squad; Brackett clashes with a tycoon over a diagnosis.

A dangerous chemical injures a firefighter during a fire department experiment; a motorcycle daredevil and a hiker require rescue.

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.