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Emergency! is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television.Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing two situation comedy series, The Partners and The Good Life, it ran for a total of 122 episodes until May 28, 1977, with six additional two-hour television films in 1978 and 1979.
Squad 51 is a 1972 Dodge D-300 truck, one of three identical body-style rescue squad vehicles ("squads" or squad truck) that were used in the filming of the television series Emergency! Later models were retrofitted with 1972 model year grilles, so that the extensive stock footage filmed of the squad on city streets could continue to be used.
A crossing guard (Arthur O'Connell, in his final role) is run down, allegedly by Squad 51 en route to an emergency labor, and is investigated by the police in a second appearance by Lt. Crockett (James McEachin). The guard is later revealed to be a malingerer thanks to some careful detective work by Crockett.
Producer Robert A. Cinader saw Randolph Mantooth in a small role on The Bold Ones opposite Hal Holbrook that led to his decision to cast him as paramedic John Gage on Emergency! Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe were part of a paramedic team assigned to Squad 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. [11]
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Tighe was born on August 13, 1944, [4] as Jon Kevin Fishburn in Los Angeles, California, of Czech-Bohemian and Irish descent, the son of an actor. [5]When he was five, Tighe moved with his family from Los Angeles to nearby Pasadena, where he began acting at an early age, auditioning for juvenile leads at the Pasadena Playhouse. [3]
Engine 51 is known for its time in the 1970s TV show Emergency!. Engine 51 is actually two very different fire engines. Both Engines 51 sit in the Los Angeles County Fire Museum right next to the famous Squad 51. The museum is building a new facility that will house the Squad 51 in Carson, California, where the show was filmed. [citation needed]
Because of his dysfunctional relationship with his own parents, he sees and trusts Bobby as a father figure and the members of the 118 as his family. He convinced his sister Maddie to join the 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch, introduced Abby's mother's former caretaker Carla to Eddie Diaz, and has become a somewhat "co-parent" to Eddie's son Christopher.