Production: Mark VII, Universal Television Broadcast Network: NBC Time Schedule: Saturdays, 8 PM Airdates: Feb. 1972 (Pilot), Mar. 1972 (Season) Seasons: 6 (1972 - 1977) Post Season (Movies) 1977-1978   Emergency was an hour long show produced by R.A. Cinader and by the legendary Jack Webb. It featured the day to day events of a paramedical unit within the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the medical staff at a regional hospital, Rampart General. The show was trademark Jack Webb, the producer of "Adam-12" and the legendary "Dragnet" in terms of technical accuracy. The show featured stars such as Randolph Mantooth as paramedic John Gage, Kevin Tighe as paramedic Roy DeSoto, along with firefighters Marco Lopez, Tim Donnelly (as Chet "the Phantom" Kelly), Engineer Mike Stoker, Mike Norrell (as Captain Hank Stanley) the late Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early, the late Julie London as Nurse Dixie McCall, Robert Fuller as Dr Kelly Brackett. The show was filmed with the co-operation and enthusiasm of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the agency that oversees hospitals in the Los Angeles County area. The show was scripted to be as accurate as possible (even taking some episode situations based on actual incidents into it). The show was the brainchild of the late James Page who is considered by many to be the grandfather of the paramedical program in the United States. The medical equipment used was real rather than movie made. The defibrillator unit for example was an actual backup unit made available to the producers. Many attribute the growth of the paramedical system in the United States as a result of Emergency!. The paramedical system was in its infancy when the show debuted to North American television. The pilot (shown on January 15th, 1972) is based on events that occured that resulted in the paramedic program being established in Los Angeles County. The actual events surrounded the concept of having certified rescue personnel being lawfully able to complete basic life support including the use of drugs and life saving medical equipment. The legislation required for fire personnel in Los Angeles to be able to attend to a paramedic delivery system was called the Wedworth-Townsend Act. It was passed into law by then Governor of California, Ronald Reagan.                                                                                                               Next.../