07x04 - Greatest Rescues of Emergency!

[bunniefuu]

BRAGDEN: Good morning.

This is an important day in
your lives and department career.

It's also an important day for the
department and the service we provide.

I'm not going to give you
a pep talk this morning,

but I would like to express
my feelings and expectations.

I believe that the captain
assigned as a company officer

is the key position
in the department.

The manner in which you perform,

the leadership you provide,

the image you project,
and the example you set,

are all parts of being
a good captain.

You are both a team leader
and a part of that team.

Your success is the
success of the department,

whether it be in the handling
of an emergency incident

or fire prevention in
public education activities.

You each bring with you to this
position a variety of experience.

Use it and build on it as a base
for your expanded responsibilities.

It's now my pleasure to present
to you your badges of office.

Would you please step
forward as I call you name.

Robert Bellingham.

Congratulations, Bob. Thank you.

Craig Bryce.

Congratulations, Craig.

Roy DeSoto.

Congratulations, Roy. Good luck.

Thanks, Chief.

John Gage.

Finally cracked one, huh,
John? Congratulations.

Joe Harman.

Joe, congratulations.

Lee Martinez.

Congratulations, Lee.

John Hoff er.

Congratulations, John.

Mike Moore.

Congratulations, Mike.

Charles Peterson.

Congratulations, Charles.

You've already been notified
of your new assignments.

Again, I wish you well,

congratulate you, and good luck.

[EXHALES]

That was okay.

Chief really made me feel
like I accomplished something.

Well, you did. We both did.

It was a long haul.

I think we both
earned our promotion.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah, I guess.

Want to get some coffee?

Let's go get some coffee.

Well?

[sums]

Well, what?

How do you feel?

I don't know.
No different I guess.

[CHUCKLES] It just really
hasn't hit me yet.

How do you feel?

I don't feel anything special.

Not yet anyway.

Uh: Hey, Roy'

Listen, I know this may
sound silly, but...

[CLEARS THROAT]

Suppose you can call me Cap?

I mean, I just want
to hear how it sounds.

Okay, Cap-

[CHUCKLES]

You got any orders for me, Cap?

What's happening, Cap?

[LAUGHS]

How's that? That's great.

Captain Gage.

Captain John Gage,
Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Yeah, well,
it's beginning to hit me now.

Yeah, well, you always
did have slow reflexes.

Yeah.

I had slow reflexes?

I have slow reflexes?
That's absurd.

It is, huh?

Do you remember
when we first met?

When you first came into
the paramedic program?

You were as bad as a little
kid getting his first haircut.

Yeah, well, I didn't really know

what I was getting
myself into, now, did I?

I remember that only too well.

I was working at Eight's.

We'd just come off a long fire.

Oh, boy, and was it rough!

Then this Chief come up to me.

Gage? Yes, sir.

That special training program,

remember we were talking
about it a couple of days ago?

Yes, sir,
the para... something or other.

Paramedics. The first class
just finished last week.

That's good.

I'm supposed to encourage
all our young rescue personnel

to volunteer for the next class.

Yes, sir. Well,
I guess I'm just too stupid

to take advantage
of such an opportunity.

I know it's work.
No raise in pay,

but it just might be worthwhile.

Yes, sir, it might be
if I wanted to be

an ambulance attendant,
but I don't.

Chief, I'm a rescue man.

I trained to be a rescue man,
and I like being a rescue man.

Now, why should I die
from improvements?

ROY: There's a bill before
the State Legislature right now.

It's going to be
the most important advance

in emergency medicine
in the last 50 years.

Going to be?

Well, maybe you just
better hang on

to that application till it is.

That'|| be too late.
We're already late.

Gage, there are over


in Los Angeles County right now

and not nearly enough doctors
to handle them

even under normal conditions.

When you get into
emergency situations,

freeway accidents, drownings,
heart att*cks, 1,000 others,

people are dying at the scene.

People who could stay alive

if there was somebody on
the spot who knew what to do.

But they won't let you function.

They will. They'll have to.

Look, if that bill passes
in the Legislature today,

do you know how many people
we'd have ready for the job?

Just me, and five other guys
who took the training course.

Six men for 6.5 million people.

Now, we can't wait for the
go-ahead and then train our people.

If there's one chance
in a million

that bill will pass,
we have to be ready.

Use your pen?

Well, you have to admit.

There sure wasn't much to
being a paramedic back then.

We had to go by the hospital,

pick up a nurse every
time we went on a response.

Yeah, I remember.

Looking back on it,
it does seem kinda silly, doesn't it?

As a matter of fact it seemed
kinda dumb back then, too.

[CLICKS TONGUE] Boy,
they sure didn't trust us, did they?

I remember the first
rescue we went on with Dix.

[SIREN WAILING]

Broken railing.

L.A., Squad 51. At scene.

MAN ON RADIO:


L.A.,
Squad 51. We have a vehicle over the cliff.

At least one injury.

What's the ETA on the ambulance?

Squad 51, the ambulance,
Engine and Patrol 186 are responding.

ETA unknown.

Breathing.

Both legs broken.

[CAR CREAKING]

A fractured radius and ulna.

Probable concussion.

Let's get her
out of here, quick.

Climb out of there.
It's gonna go over.

You heard him, Dix. Now,
we'll get her out of here.

It's half-done.

[CAR CREAKING]

[GROANING]

[GRUNTS]

Dixie!

The car must have
pivoted right around her.

What shape are you in?

Both in acute pain.
What about Dixie?

A fast IV and some atropine.

Pump it up. Give me a minute.

What are you doing?
Contacting Base.

What for? So they can
tell us we can't treat 'em?

No, so they know we're going to.

Rampart. Rescue 51.

Rampart. Rescue 5-1.

Come on, come on.

Go ahead, 51.

Vehicle over the cliff.

Three patients,
one male, two female.

Male victim approximately 45.

Compound fractures, both legs.
Acute pain.

First female, approximately 40.

Fractured radius
and ulna, right arm.

Probable concussion. Acute pain.

Vital signs:

Both stable.
Both need immediate IVs,

along with Talwin,


Third patient,
female, approximately 30.

Unconscious. Probable
concussion. Deep shock.

Vital signs: 60 over 40.
Rate: 30.

Respirations: 8 to 10.

Eyes unequal.

Needs fast IV and
one milligram atropine.

Tell the nurse
treatment confirmed.

I wish we could do that, Doc.
Dixie's the third victim.

I'll have a backup nurse
out there on the double.

We're 45 minutes from Base.

Do what you can.
Immobilize those fractures.

Don't treat them.

These people are in pain,
and Dixie can't wait.

Don't treat them.
A nurse is on the way.

That's an order.

To hell with the orders.

KELLY: Let me tell you a story,
gentlemen, about an automobile accident.

About three victims,
two female and one male,

and two firemen
with three months

of medical training
under their belts

with the best of intentions.

But two unauthorized men
treated those people out there.

We did the only thing we could.

Sure you did.

And what would you have done
if further complications had set in?

Diagnosed them on your own?
Flipped a coin?

Those people are all right.
We just saw them.

Yes, I know. I'm trying to tell
you what could've happened.

The two of you,
the Fire Department, and the County

would've been sued to the hilt

and you'd have earned the
most destructive publicity possible

for your precious program.

But it didn't happen that way.

No, but you were willing to roll the
dice and lose the whole ballgame!

And to prove it,
you shut down the Link.

Your fantasy might really have
happened if we'd done nothing.

You could've sat with them,
on them if necessary, until help came.

Authorized medical help.

We couldn't be sure
that there was time to wait.

Right. And do you think a doctor like
me is sure about everything he does?

The only sure doctor is a fool.

But we do our best without panic

or without getting
sentimental about a patient.

That's what a doctor is.

And that's what
the two of you are not.

We never pretended to be.

And maybe you don't like what we did,
Doctor, but it was our best.

You did fine.

And, boy, Brackett sure was a
hard nose back in those days.

Was? Still is.

[LAUGHING] But we just proved something
to him that he couldn't argue with.

It took a little time
and a little doing.

Mmm.

Man!

I sure hate giving up
being a paramedic

after all the time we put in.

Yeah, me, too.

Oh, it's not our fault.

We gave him plenty of time
to change the system.

It never happened, though.

Still can't be a paramedic
and a Captain at the same time.

Not yet, anyway-

Well, maybe we put in
enough time as paramedics.

I mean, you can't keep up
that kinda pace forever, right?

What do you mean? I can.

I really dug the excitement.

Yeah. You really dug the water,
too, didn't you?

Remember,
marina in Del Rey a couple of years ago?

JOHNNY: Mmm. [ROY LAUGHS]

That had to be the
coldest day of the year.

Yeah, and I don't much
like water, anyway.

[SIREN WAILING]

There's one man in the car,
he's still alive.

Car's like this.

He's up in an air pocket
next to the roof.

Left wing window is open,
door is popped.

That's all.

Can we get an air t*nk
down to him?

How much water in the car?

Oh, it's pretty full.

It's awfully heavy, too.

Okay. Well, we've got
the cave-in gear with us.

You mean that special
thing they made up?

Right. Just shove the hose
end through the wing window.

Yeah, but do you have
any face masks for it?

Coming UP-

Okay. Okay, let's cr*ck it.

Come back if you don't
make it on your first dive.

Okay.

Okay.

Is it in? Yeah.

Beautiful.
Now we've got some time.

Can you handle
the jaws on her okay?

Between the two of us,
yeah, I think so.

[ENGINE STARTING]

Do you want us to spell you?

No, not yet.

Okay. All right.

We'll change over.

Okay. At the count of 30,
all right?

Door's open.

Does he know it? Hell, no.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

ROY: But I got to admit,
being a parking attendant underwater

isn't exactly
my favorite pastime.

I do think that the one
we had at the lake

was a little rougher than that.

PILOT: L.A., Copter 10 responding
to a burning boat on Lake Castaic.

It looks abandoned,
but we're waiting

for 149 to arrive and set up,

I'm gonna make one more
pass to see if anybody's on board.

I just spotted someone
on the deck.

Better get ready
to go in after him.

See a guy over.

Matt, we're going
to have to go in.

Okay, you can open the door.

Open it.

PILOT: Okay, you can jump
anytime you guys are ready.

JOHNNY: You all right? Go!

[GASPING]

Take it easy!

Take it easy!

Come on, come on, come on.

My leg! They're burnt!

Okay. You hurt anywhere else?

No. Did Bob get off?

Is there somebody else
in that boat?

Yeah.

[BOAT APPROACHING]

Hey!

[WHISTLES] Hey! Hey!
Just take it easy now.

Yeah. Yeah.

Hey,
guys. ROY: Can you help us into the boat?

Yeah, yeah.

All right, come on.
Give me your hand.

Got him? Yeah, I got him.

Okay, come on up.

Copter 10, this is HT 51.

We may have another
victim in the boat.

PILOT: Copter 10, 10-4.

How many tanks you got?

Two.

Did they both go off?

I don't know.

Can you get us close to
that boat? Yeah. Hang on.

All right.

All right, Copter 10,
this is HT 51.

She just blew on us.
You better make it fast.

PILOT: We're on our way.

ROY: All right,
I'll get the fire.

JOHNNY: All right.

Hey, keep the boat close.
We're gonna transfer, okay?

[ROY COUGHING]

Hey, Roy! Can you
give me a hand? Roy!

Okay.

Yeah. Okay, I'll get in.

MAN: Okay. All right, I got him.

JOHNNY: Okay, shove off. I'm in.

PILOT: L.A., Copter 10,
we're heading to Rampart Emergency

with two male bum victims.

Approximate ages, 32 and 34.

We have 51's
paramedics on board,

and our ETA is 15 minutes.

What I loved about
the job was the variety.

I mean, we could go from
some of the wildest rescues

to some of
the silliest damn things.

[LAUGHS] I know.

There's no limit to how
dumb some people can get.

Or some paramedics. Remember?

Not the girdle story, please.

Look, I've been trying to
live that down for six years,

and if I never hear
about it again,

I'll be one very happy man.

WOMAN: [GASPING]
Please... Please... I can't...

Oh! Here they are. Thank you.

[GASPING] Help! Help me!

Help me. Help me.

How long have you
been this way, ma'am?

Ten... Ten... About ten minutes.

I... I can't breathe. Uh-huh.

Has this happened before? No.

No, no, it's new. New.

Are you under a doctor's care?

No, not sick.

Squeezing me.

Help me. Ma'am?

New... New girdle. Girdle.

I can't... I can't breathe.

Girdle?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Uh, what do you...
What do you suggest?

You cut it out, I guess.

I don't see any other way.

You want us to cut it?
Anything. Cut it.

Girdle...

Hurry UP-

Hurry!

[SNAPS]

[SIGHS IN RELIEF]

Oh. I didn't think I'd
ever draw another breath.

[BREATHING DEEPLY]

Oh, it's good.
It's good to be alive.

JOHNNY: Man, I don't know
who's dumber,

her for getting into it,
or me for getting her out.

Well, that guy in the couch
was no prize either.

I still don't know
how he managed that bit.

One thing's for sure.
How's that?

It wasn't easy.

Up here.

Hurry! Harvey's really stuck.

I'm afraid he's not
going to last much longer.

They're coming. It
won't be much longer.

HARVEY: Well, I wish
you hadn't called them.

This is Harvey.

Never mind the introductions.

Look, just get me out of
this man-eating sofa, will ya?

[LAUGHING] This isn't a very
comfortable way to sleep, is it, Harv?

He's a weirdo, a real weirdo.

Do you hurt anywhere, Harv?

Well, I can't breathe.

My leg's twisted
and my elbow's pinched.

I guess his pride's a little hurt,
too, you know.

Will you keep out of this?

Well, now, Harvey,
how did this happen?

Well, I was just lying here
minding my own business

diagonally across this thing

and somehow it just fouled up.

Folded up.

And it wasn't easy either.
Was it, Harvey?

Will you shut up?

Don't talk to me like that,
Harvey Gibbs.

I may have just saved your life.

[GRUNTS]

Exhale, Harv. Now,
we're gonna press and squeeze this thing

and then he's gonna
release the latch.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[SPRING POPS] Okay. All right.

[EXCLAIMS] WOMAN: Oh, Harvey!

Uh, it's okay. Thanks,
fellas. I can get out now.

[CHUCKLES]

Whatever you say, Harv.

JOHNNY: You always
got the good ones.

Remember the girl
in the bathtub?

ROY: Yeah, Well,
that's because you backed out, remember?

She kinda took me by surprise.

WOMAN: Why, I think she's
beginning to panic a little. Here.

You should know better than to
let children bathe by themselves.

It's okay, baby.
The firemen are here now.

This way. You can break
the door down if you have to,

but just get her out.

All right. I don't think we're
gonna have to break it down.

Here.

Can you hang on
for just a second more?

GIRL: Hurry. All right,
just a second. What's your name?

Betty. Okay,
we're gonna be right in to get you, Betty.

Here we go.

Hi.

Hi.

I...

Could one of you please
help me get my foot free?

[STAMMERING] Sure, I...

I thought you were
a little... We thought...

You told me
she was a little girl.

Could you please hurry?

You want to?

Can you... And I'll get
some information from you.

You want to step right out here,

and we'll get your
information out here.

You want to hand me
the soap there?

Never mind. I'll get it.

I feel so silly.

It's really a stupid thing.
I'm really embarrassed.

You shouldn't feel embarrassed.

No need to feel embarrassed.

There. There we go.

What a relief.

Thank you. You're welcome.

JOHNNY: You know,
with a little practice,

I think you could learn
to like those kind of runs.

Well, it sure beats
working high.

I mean, that's something
I never could get used to.

Don't I know it.

Remember the su1c1de attempt we had the
very first year we were working together?

I'd say that was a might high.

Now how am I going
to get out there?

ROY: Did you ever walk
on top of a garden fence?

Yeah,
when it was 100 feet closer to the ground.

Ah, just think of it
as a garden fence.

Let's go.

Garden fence, huh?

Well, there might be
a little difference.

Yeah.

I hope you live to be 100.

We'll have you off
here in no time.

Let's get this belt
hooked around you.

There. Perfect fit.

We'll be ready to go any second.

What do you say about that?

Anybody would be
nervous up here. I am.

Ready to go?

Yeah, I think so.

Okay.

You as scared as I am?

Yeah.

[SCREAMING]

[JOHNNY GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

You did all right over there.

Like that psychology you tried,

pretending you were scared.

Pretending?

[PANTING]

Come on, let's go back home.

ROY: You know,
for a while there on that crane,

I thought I was gonna have
to get me a new partner.

Now that one
was a real rough one.

Yeah, well, the time you had
the flu and didn't even know it,

that was worse.

Do you want to take
this line over to him?

Uh, no! Send it down.

Okay.

Slack.

[GASPING]

Hey, Johnny, are you okay?

Yeah.

[GASPING]

Engine 51, have the ambulance send
up another stretcher. Gage is in trouble.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: 10-4.

It won't work.
He's tangled, too.

I'm gonna go over after him.

Make his line fast. I'm
gonna need you on mine.

More slack.

He's in full cardiac arrest.

Give me more slack.

All right. Take up the
slack. Let's move him out.

Okay. Pull him up a bit.

All right. Take him up slow.

Okay.

[sums]

Hey, Roy?

[STAMMERING]
Man, I think I got...

Yeah, yeah, take it easy.

[PANTING]

Now, that one was a might hairy.

Taking about hairy. You
remember that dog you got as a gift?

[WHISTLING]

PAULA: Johnny.

Johnny Gage. How are you?

Paula, I'm fine. How are you?

I'd say better than
the last time you saw me.

No more automobile accidents.

That's right, that's right.

Wow.

Oh, Roy.

Good to see you.
Nice to see you.

Do you remember my dog Bonnie?

Bonnie, sure. I ..

You took such good care of her
when I was in the hospital.

How is she doing?
Oh, she's fine. She's fine.

She missed Johnny for a while.

She got really attached to you.

Yeah, well, Bonnie was a great
dog. I really liked Bonnie.

I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.

Yeah, okay.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Johnny, I guess you must be wondering why
I wanted to see you after all this time.

Well...

Well, I made a promise to you.

And I always keep my word.

Do you remember that promise?

You wait right here.

[EXCLAIMS]

[BARKING]

Here you go. Attaboy! Come on.

Come here, come here.

One more trash can fire and I'm
gonna transfer to a brush station.

Hey, John, what happened
to Paula Slayton? She split?

She said she'd be right back.
I don't know where she went.

She said...

[BOTH DOGS BARKING]

PAULA: Nice girl.

Nice girl.

[EXCLAIMS]

Whoa, whoa, hey, hey, hey,
catch the dogs.

Go around that side.
Go around the back.

Boot, come here, come here.

Come here, come here.

Come here.

PAULA: Come on, girl.
Come on, girl.

PAULA: Here, girl. Here, girl.

PAULA: Here, girl.

Chase her back! No, he's over there! No,
he's back over there.

ROY: Boot!

PAULA: Come on, girl.
Come here, girl.

He's going around the back!

[GRUNTS]

Oh, you idiot, I had her.

Roy, call him!

[DOGS BARKING]

Okay, I got her.
I got her. All right.

Okay, I got you.

All right.

Oh, that's wonderful.
She likes you.

I knew I was right
in giving her to you.

[nos PANTING]

You never did have
much luck with animals.

[SCOFFS] Look who's talking.

Remember the guy
with the back problem?

Yeah.

I'm Mrs. Fox. It's my husband.

Please. Please hurry.

Ma'am,
I saw your sign out there about your dog.

Oh, yes. Well,
don't worry about that.

It doesn't mean a thing.

[Alright]!-

[nos BARKING]

Is that the dog?

Yes.

He's not hungry, is he?

Oh! You don't have to worry.
He's perfectly harmless.

He just loves people.

[nos BARKING]

[PANTING]

[SNARLING]

Ma'am. Ma'am.

Your dog's wearing
my partner's leg.

Yeah. Come on, Thaddeus.

Come on, baby. Come on.

He's harmless. He's just fine.

He's really...
Come on, Thaddeus.

He won't hurt you.

[DOG SNARLING]

We're coming, dear.

Come on, baby. Come on.

He's harmless.

He's perfectly harmless.
He loves people so much.

Yeah, I know,
but he's biting his foot.

No, he won't hurt you.
Here we are, dear.

Isn't he cute?

Yeah.

Keep that monster away from me.

Ma'am.

Oh. My God!

Come on, baby. Oh,
he's just playing with you.

That's enough.
That's enough, baby.

That's enough.

Can you pull your dog
off, ma'am?

Yes,
I'm trying. He just loves you so much.

[SIGHS] Oh, I'm gonna
sell that dog for horse meat.

ROY: What's the problem?

The...

[GROANS]

The problem is my back.

MRS. FOX: Let go, baby.
Come on. Come on.

Mr. Fox, you're gonna feel
a heck of a lot better

if you just try not
to move around. Okay?

Yeah. It's in my lower back.
I can't even move.

How'd this happen?

The dog, of course. Who else?

He knocked me down.

Have you ever had a history
of back pain before?

Yeah, every once in
a while it goes out.

Never as bad as this though.

Oh! Ma'am...

I guess he likes you.
Come on down.

Come on, baby. Come on.

He's a friendly dog.

MRS. FOX: Oh, yes. He really is.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.
How do you read?

Go ahead, 51.

Rampart, we have a male,
approximately...

Stand by, Rampart.

Roy, Roy, Roy. He's got your...

Rampart, we have a male
approximately 50 years old.

Uh, he's complaining
of a back injury.

Pulse is 80, respiration is 28.

Uh, BP...

Stand by, Rampart.

Roy, you don't happen to
remember what the BP is, do you?



Uh, Rampart, BP is 120 over 80.

ROY: I don't know what was worse,
the woman or that dog.

I sure could have
lived without that one.

[CHUCKLES] Well, it wasn't
near as bad as when Chet

was trying to teach Henry
how to use the doghouse.

That's right.

Henry, come on,
get in your new home, buddy.

Henry, look at this.

Come on, Henry, you can have a
nice new bone here in your new home.

Come on, Henry,
get in here, will you?

Chet, why don't you just
give up on that doghouse?

Hey, why don't you go back
to your potatoes, chump?

All right, Henry,
I'm gonna show you one more time.

Now...

Wait. Easy there.

[GROWLING]

No, Henry. Uh-uh.

[GROWLING]

Come on, Henry. Come on,
Henry. Come on, come on.

Come on, buddy. Come on,
Henry. That's a boy.

[GROWLING] Now, Henry...

Okay. Now, Henry,
you've got to move...

All right, now move over.

Now, wait a minute, Henry.

Whoa!

You bum, give me that bone.

Come here.

[GROWLING]

Come on.

Looking back
on my ill-spent youth,

I can't decide
which was more important.

Being a fireman
or being a paramedic.

Oh, that's easy.
When you're doing both.

Which is most of the time.

Like that paint factory fire.

Two, two and a hafts, boys.

MAN: Right.

L.A., Engine 51,
I want a second alarm here.

I've got a two-story paint factory
well involved. Report to follow.

[RADIO CHATTER]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Truck 86, set up on the north
side and protect the exposure.

Engine 208,
do a reverse to Truck 86.

Set up your monitor to
sweep the south exposure.

Yes, sir.

[SCREAMING]

L.A., Battalion 14,
give a third alarm.

Have all third-alarm units
come in on the west side.

[RADIO CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[RADIO CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Watch out for more explosions.

I'm gonna get over there.

[GRUNTS]

Any casualties, Cap?

Not a one. Everybody was
clear when that truck blew.

Look, see if you can give Chet
and Marco a hand, all right, John?

All right.

Looks like the center line broke
and the whole place exploded.

Where's Mike?

Everybody got out.

You just relax.

Ambulance will be here
any minute.

ROY: I never was too fond
of chemical fires.

JOHNNY: Gasoline fires
are no thrill either.

Or the plane crash.
Remember that one?

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Station 51,
Station 49, Engine 23, Battalion 14.

Plane in trouble
at Morgan Field.

Morgan Field.

Time out, 1702.

[SIREN WAILING]

STANLEY: Station 51, KMG 365.

[HORN BLARING]

Here it comes.

Cap, he's overshot
the runway. Cap!

STANLEY: All units, Engine 51,
he's overshot the runway.

JOHNNY: Let's go.

[EXPLODING]

STANLEY: Engines


come into our location
and set up protector lines.

L.A., Engine 51.

We have a fire in a downed
aircraft at Encino and Alvarado.

Send me a second alarm.
We're starting evacuation.

Squad 51, start evacuating
that bus immediately.

Estimate casualties 10 to 12.
We can use three ambulances.

DISPATCHER: 10-4, Engine 51.

[FIREFIGHTERS CHATTERING]

Move to the front of the bus for me,
all right?

Just relax in there. We're going
to be right in there to get you out.

JOHNNY: Do you want to go in?
Yeah.

We got about 10 kids
in there and the driver.

We're gonna have to bust
our way through this window.

Well, make it fast. There's a fire in
the bus and the plane is leaking fuel.

Cap, check out those wrecked
vehicles for occupants up here, will you?

Let's try the Ajax tool
on this door. Okay.

All right. Johnny,
I'll just hand them out to you.

JOHNNY: All right.

Okay, is anybody here among you,

any of you kids
have serious injuries?

Can you all make it
out the window here?

All right, let's go,
one at a time.

Listen, we're gonna try
to cut you guys out of here.

Can you get a hold of him and
pull him away from the window?

Okay? Yeah.

[GRUNTS] Here we go. All right.

Here, just walk to them
over there. All right?

JOHNNY: Just lay across
the shoulder. Atta boy.

All right, just lay across
the shoulder, there we go.

There we go. Atta girl.

There we go.

Run on over there.

Got it?

Now, let's go help
the driver up there.

Looks like they might
need some help.

Okay. All right.

She's alive.

Let me get the strap here.

Okay.

I have him. All right, easy.

MARCO: You got him?

Wait, wait. He's caught.

He's caught.

Can we have a hand over here?

Got a bad laceration.
We gotta get out of here.

Pick up her feet.

You got them? Yeah.

You guys got him?

Slow now. Okay.

Ready? Yeah.

Yeah, we're gonna need help
in here getting her out.

STANLEY: Watch those legs.
Watch it.

He's got a broken leg.

JOHNNY: A little bit more.

Just stay there.

Okay, we're gonna
hand her out backwards.

Watch her arms, now. We're
putting a lot of pressure on them.

Hurry it up, Cap,
we can't knock down this engine fire

and the wing t*nk
is leaking gas.

[GROANS]

MARCO: Okay, got him.

Get back! Everybody, get back!

Get out of there.
Get out of there.

Watch it.

Watch out.

Yeah, plane crashes
really are the worst.

Remember the one we responded to
with the Pasadena Fire Department?

Now that one
was really going good.

L.A., Engine 51, we have an aircraft
into a three-story structure with fire.

Request a second alarm
assignment and six ambulances.

Captain, I've got a task force
coming in. Where do you want us?

Okay, I've got three lines on
the second floor with my crew.

Why don't you take one line
up there and assist them

and take another line
to the third floor?

Fuel tanks are leaking. If they blow
before we get them knocked down,

this whole building
is going to go.

Engine 28,
lay duals to the truck.

Engine 19, two lines
third floor, south side.

[SIREN WAILING]

[FIREFIGHTER YELLING]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

Got somebody in there.
We got fuel in that t*nk.

We got somebody inside.

WOMAN: Please! I can't
get out! Help me! Help me!

Please! Please! I can't...

STANLEY: Hold on, ma'am!

WOMAN: Help, please!

Oh, get me out of here. Please.

Please! All right! Come on!

JOHNNY: Relax, relax.

You're going to be all right.
Can I help you with something?

[WOMAN GASPING]

Why don't you take that line?

All right.
I'm gonna put this over you.

Come on. All right, stand up.

MAN: Get out of there.
It's gonna blow!

[SCREAMING]

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Johnny, are you all right?

All right, got a victim here.

Hey, look,
one of your men is still inside. Cover me.

Hi, Johnny McCall.

Hi, there. Hey, Johnny.

I just came over
to see if you were okay.

Yeah, I'm okay. I'm all right.

Listen, I want to thank you.
You probably saved my life.

Yeah, you know, I didn't realize

you were with the county
till I got you out.

Oh, well, sorry about that.

I'll try harder next time.

Sure thing. Hey, thanks a lot.

So long.

Hey, you know those...

Those Pasadena guys,
they're okay.

I mean, they're all right.

They dress kind of funny,
though. But they're okay.

ROY: I was just remembering the
time you almost became a male model.

JOHNNY: Oh, yeah, until
my partner aced me out.

Me? What did I do? I was
just an innocent bystander.

You're the one who blew it.

These are paramedics.
John Gage. Roy DeSoto.

Fellows, say hello to Billy Zimmer,
from LCBNO.

Hi.

Gage, how tall are you?

[STAMMERING] I'm
about... How are your teeth?

Smile. No, wider.

Let's see inside.

Uh-huh. Perfect.

Now turn to the left.

Mmm-hmm.

He'll do, d*ck.
Thanks very much.

We'll sh**t this afternoon.

Much obliged, Captain. Yeah.

And, oh, Gage, don't go getting
yourself damaged or anything, huh?

Oh, no.

What was that all about?

Oh, don't play dumb, Gage.

You've just been selected
male model of the year.

Everything all set.

ROY-

Go find him, will you?

DISPATCHER: 10-4, Copter 2.
Meet Division 4 in the parking lot.

They're waiting for you
on the set, Mr. Gage.

Get me some tissue, please.

Thanks.

[GROANS]

Go stall 'em for me, please.

All right, girls,
your makeup looks just fine.

I think the dress will be
perfect against this truck.

Oh, here you are, Gage.
Come over here.

I want you to try these on.

Here we go. Here we go.

Somebody give him a hand.
There we go.

In the sleeve, Gage. There
we go. Let's get the collar down.

There we go. Now sit right
over here. Watch yourself.

Hold this axe.

Uh... Turn it around.

Down.

Now, try to look
professional, Gage, huh?

Hi, my name is Johnny Gage.

Hi, I'm Kathy.

I'm Zanne. Short for Suzanne.

Did you cut yourself shaving?

Will it show?

Well,
I don't know. The camera sees everything.

A little pancake
will cover that up.

There.

Perfect.

Thanks.

[WHISTLING]

All right, girls,
let's sh**t it.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

[ALARM SOUNDING]

[DISPATCHER CHATTERING
OVER PA] That's not us. Go ahead.

You can reload, Tony.

Who's the cute guy
with the moustache?

Who? Him.

Oh, he's just another fireman.

Well, what are you?

I'm a fireman paramedic.

Good thing you are,
the way you shave.

Okay, okay,
let's get back to work, girls.

[DISPATCHER CHATTERING OVER PA]

Well, you see,
the truck carries the ladders,

and the engine carries the
hoses and the water, basically.

And there's a snorkel
which is a truck,

with a kind of
hinged platform on it

that goes up 85 feet.

[WOMEN LAUGHING]

Right, Gage?

Oh, excuse me.

Excuse me just for a sec.
Thank you.

Now we have our rescue squad,
which is a specialized unit.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Engine 51,
Engine 6, rubbish fire.

148-33 Rachel Boulevard.

148-33 Rachel Boulevard.

Cross street, 15th, time, 1640.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Oh, that was a rubbish fire.

I don't do rubbish
fires. I save lives.

Really. Oh.

Johnny, the guy from the ad
agency wants to see you in the office.

And you, too, Roy.

You better watch it, Gage. They'll
wanna put you in the centerfold next.

Quiet. DISPATCHER: Squad 3,
what is your status?

Anything wrong, Mr. Zimmer?

We just have to reshoot
the whole thing.

The whole thing? Why?

The client just won't
buy you, Gage.

The client? Says you
don't look like a fireman.

[SCOFFS]

He sent me back to do
the whole thing all over.

I'm gonna need another man.

The client selected DeSoto here.

Spotted him in the background
on some of these sh*ts.

Says he really looks
like a fireman.

You know, I never did understand
what those girls saw in Chet.

That's because
you're prejudiced.

He was always on your case.

Like that mad bomber
number he used to do on you.

[PHONE RINGING]

L.A. County Fire Department,
Captain Stanley.

Yes, just hold on, please.

John, it's for you.

It's a female. Oh!

I'll take it in the dorm.

Hold on, please, ma'am.

The bird dog is aroused.
I saw his nose twitching.

It's his aunt.

And now the Phantom Bomber
prepares to strike.

The world's greatest water b*mb.

You gonna drop that on Gage?

Yeah.

You'd do that to a guy
who just lost a girl again?

Sure, it'll take
his mind off it.

[WHISTLING]

Johnny. What?



[CHET LAUGHING]

I think you've started
something you're gonna regret.

But nobody escapes the Phantom.

Okay.

Open it LIP-

Well, it's your locker.

It's okay. Open it up.
Stay right there

and open it up.

Hold it.

Okay, now open it.

Boy, you really
don't trust me, do you?

Hey, I just got off the phone
with that lovely young lady.

She's got a sitter for
tomorrow night. We got a date.

You're kidding.

No, I'm not kidding.

Hey, are we gonna
eat off the table?

Huh? Hey,
are we gonna eat off the table?

Oh, no, no... Eat off the table.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Well, it do look like
the Phantom got caught.

You have to admit,
I got the last laugh.

That you did.

Chester B. Was one
good man in the clutch.

Yeah, that he was.

He sure came in handy
that one time

when we had that car accident
in the hills.

You took off with the victim
in the ambulance,

and I had to go back down
to get the radio.

Remember that one?

Hector, have you seen
a handie-talkie around here?

No.

Oh, here it is.

[RATTLING]

God!

Oh, man, I've been bit
by a rattler.

Listen, get me
a tourniquet, a branch,

something limber enough
to use as a tourniquet.

Engine 51, this is John.

I've been bit by a rattlesnake.

Chet, Marco, move.

L.A., Engine 51. We have a
paramedic bitten by a rattlesnake.

Engine 51 is no longer available. Time out,
one hour. Repeat.

Paramedic bitten
by a rattlesnake.



Get me the county
fire dispatcher.

John, now hang on, pal.
Help's on its way.

Damn it.

Johnny! HECTOR: Over here.

Squad 51, we have Rampart
on the landline.

They're requesting vital signs.

All right, Rampart.
As soon as we get out of here.

I don't like it. If it's a Grade 4,
Johnny could be dead within minutes.

I know.

JOHNNY: Okay. Okay.

All right.

Give me the drug box.

Marco, set up an IV.

L.A., Squad 51. Vital signs are

pulse 95, respirations 18,

BP is 120 over 65.

L.A., advise patient commence
IV with Ringer's lactate.

51, Rampart advises
IV with Ringer's lactate.



Okay.

Swab me down.

No. Here.

Okay.

I got it.

Get the ball.

Swab it again.

Well...

Here goes.

[EXCLAIMING]

Get the canula.

Okay.

Got the IV?

Okay, Cap.
Let's get me out of here.

Now, Lopez, you bring in
the squad. Let's get going.

Let's go.

L.A., Engine 51. We're transporting
snakebite victim to Rampart Emergency.

ETA is 30 minutes.

10-4, 51.

Rampart requests an update
on patient's condition.

L.A., this is Engine 51.

Patient is experiencing
numbness around the mouth

and he's somewhat drowsy.

10-4, 51.

The venom's taking effect
awfully fast.

Some of it must have
gotten in a vein.

Time is the key factor now.

Well, 3 is all set up.

Good.

Carol, I'm ready
for the skin test.

What's that for?

We've got to be sure he's not sensitive
to the antivenin or it could k*ll him.

No reaction.

Carol, start the antivenin,
IV, 10 vials to start with.

That mean
he's gonna be all right?

I'd say he has an
excellent chance right now.

I'm gonna go tell
the other guys.

I didn't realize
how fond he is of Johnny.

I don't think Chet did either.

Well, it certainly isn't the
world's safest line of work.

That it isn't.

I think the closest time
you ever came to it

was when that girl trainee
was assigned to us.

Yeah, she really saved my life.

How does a nice girl like me
make a go of it in a place like this?

Well, it's like I told you before,
you just got to be patient.

We're not gonna have you
do anything you can't handle

and we're there to back you up.

When do I learn
if I can do it on my own?

When you have to.

Okay.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

Station 51, Engine 36,
Engine 127, structure fire,



Cross street, Ninth.
Time out, 1340.

[SIRENS WAILING]

We had some fire upstairs

and now I'm not sure
about downstairs.

Anybody still in the house?

Nobody's home downstairs,
but my sister-in-law's upstairs.

She's an invalid.

Which room?

Corner room in the back.

STANLEY: Okay,
go bring her out. Use your air masks.

SMITH: Those are two separate
residences. There's no stairway inside.

Okay. Kelly, you and I will go
in there with an inch-and-a-half.

Watch out,
we could get a backdraft expl*si*n!

Right around here.

Five seconds of fog,
whip it around in there and shut it up.

[SIREN WAILING]

Okay, hand her
down to me, all right.

[GROANS]

Get the defibrillator.

Right.

Hey! Hey! Over here!

Come on, on the double! Put the
ladder for me! The second floor is gone!

[BEEPING]

Okay, clear.

He's converted.

Engine 127, Engine 51,
come in and hit the attic fire.

Truck 127, come in
and open up the roof.

The O2.

Yeah, I know that.

He's got a pulse and
he's breathing on his own.

L.A., this is Squad 51. Respond
an ambulance to this address.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad 51.

Well, like you always say,
it goes with the territory.

Yeah, we had some close ones.

Like the time you and I
and Marco all wound up

in the hospital together?

[SCOFFS] Yeah.

Boy, just being there was
worse than getting there.

JOHNNY: Gentlemen,
gentlemen, gentlemen!

Well! Welcome to Rampart!

[CLEARING THROAT] Gentlemen,

I am in charge of recreation.
Also in charge of morale.

I am also in charge of laundry.

Gage, you're AWOL.

[CLICKING TONGUE]

Ugly, ugly-

Now, get back to your room.

Okay.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute.
It's okay. We were just talking.

And no insubordination
from you, bright eyes.

Well, are you gonna roll that thing,
or do I have to carry you?

I'm going-I'm going-

[EXCLAIMS]

I don't understand.
We were just...

He knows I have
a schedule to keep.

It's 1100 hours.
It's time for his bath.

Bath?

That's right. Bath.

In exactly 15 minutes,
I'll be back.

Back?

That's right, Steve Stunning.

You're next.

Well, I guess when
it comes down to saves,

I still owe you a few.

Like the time I got trapped
in that burning building.

I think
my partner's still in there.

Roy, John!

Listen, you stay right here. I
want you to tell those two men

exactly where you think
your partner is. Okay.

Kelly, you and Lopez grab a
two and a half. Hit that front door.

L.A., Engine 51. I want
a second alarm response.

Engine 51.

Hey, boys, we got
somebody in there, I think.

The last time I saw my partner,
he was down at the far end there.

We'll get him safe.

It doesn't look too bad.

[expl*si*n]

Johnny!

Johnny!

Hey!

Johnny!

Johnny!

Johnny!

Johnny, you all right? Yeah.

Yeah, I'm all right.

In here. The ceiling gave way.

[COUGHING]

Can you manage okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I can
take care of myself.

Go on and just take care of him.

We can't make it this way!
Let's go upstairs.

Sit down here.

Hey, come on, get that line
in here. Get over here.

Give them a hand here.

Okay, I'm gonna
give you this mask.

Breathe in now. Breathe in.
Hold that to your face.

Breathe in.

I want Lopez and Kelly here. I
want a ladder and an inch and a half.

Hold this in your lap.
Keep breathing.

Okay, Johnny, we just need
to get out of here.

[BOTH COUGHING]

JOHNNY: Yeah, let's go.

I'm all right. I can manage.

ROY: Room's gonna flash
any second.

Keep breathing.

Watch out.

Okay, up here!

[expl*si*n]

Well, I guess you expect me

to tell you how grateful
I am and whatnot.

Whatever seems natural.

Well, I am.

Grateful, I mean.

Gave me a chance
to get my shoes dried out.

By the way, I decided
to pass up that promotion.

What for?

Well, I can always take
another sh*t at it next year.

Maybe by then,
the rules will be changed

and you can still get a
promotion and be a paramedic.

Hmm.

Well, that's worth
another year, I guess.

Besides, you're gonna need
somebody to look after you.

[SCOFFS]

Hey.

Next year for sure, though, huh?

Well, it wasn't the next year,

or the year after that
for that matter.

But you finally
made it, Captain.

We both did.

Yeah, that we did.

Well, I guess I better
get going home.

Joanne and the kids, you know.

Yeah, well, I gotta go, too.

So...

Listen, now...

We are gonna be staying in
touch with one another, right?

Right. I mean,
just because we're not working together...

Yeah. That's exactly
what I mean.

It's just that...

You know what I mean.

Yeah.

I mean, it's not like we're
moving out of town or anything.

We're still here,
still in the same department.

We're still friends.

Yeah.

But, still...

Yeah.

Roy...

Yeah?

Come on, I'll tell you what.

I'll walk you out to your car.

All right.