Although today's television audience may find this show a little campy at times, it was very up-to-date and a real representation of emergency situations in the 1970's. Today our ambulance drivers are the EMT's, but back then they were two seperate entities. This show was one of my very favorites as a child, and still is today. I own the entire DVD set and still watch EMERGENCY! regularly, as good TV shows like this have seemed to vanish to make way for "reality" garbage and foul-mouthed politician-haters.

This is one show I got to watch at night as a kid, the other was The Rockford Files. I loved Emergency and still do today, a great show that the whole family can watch together. A lot has changed for E.M.T.'s and Paramedics since that show aired back in the day. Emergency was one of the first medical dramas I remember; and it seemed like everyone watched it during it's syndication. I remember when I was young my friends and I would pretend we were Gage and De Soto. Gage was my favorite, but both meshed together, and that's part of the reason why the show was successful. That and the reality of the situations; because not every rescue was successful.The show follows Station 51, a fictional company; but a real fire station in Los Angeles, CA.. It mainly follows station 51's Paramedic's John Gage( Randolph Mantooth) and Roy De Soto (Kevin Tighe). It also brings in station 51's firefighting crew, and one of them is a real firefighter. Mike Stoker who was lucky enough to be involved with the series. This show inspired me to want to become an E.M.T., eventually I went into Criminal Justice/Safety.I learned a lot watching Emergency, medical wise at a young age. I couldn't wait until it came on each week because it was so exciting, and action packed. Emergency led the way to other shows such as E.R., Trauma, Chicago F.D., to name a few. An Excellent show that has stood the test of time.THX, Kris L. CocKayne

At best, this TV show from 1972 was only marginally entertaining.At times it became quite monotonous and predictable as they desperately tried to make each episode's emergency rescue mission seem unique and interesting. But, in the long run, it all ended up seeming like the same old thing.This show was partly ruined by the 2 asinine characters John and Roy from Squad 51. These 2 goofs and their dumb and pathetic attempts at generating some humor (as weak as it was) were almost unbearable to watch at times.I do not recommend this show at all.

The beginning of the show, in the Wedsworth-Townsend Act, everything is quiet, your seeing the fire trucks, then you go up the pole, see all of the fireman and then, breaking the silence, the big loud fire alarm blasts waking not only you but also the fireman up. The fire trucks race to the scene and you can sense what the show is like from there. Johnny and Roy are one of the most memorable characters from the jokes to the rescues and then to serious matters, you can always know that they are ready for anything. The hospital always packs all kinds of scenarios from a lady getting stuck to a toilet seat to a doctor in Rampart Emergency dieing of a heart attack, the hospital always has something either unusual or something serious to show you. When squad 51 goes out on a rescue Johnny and Roy immediately start to provide the best medical care, they flip open the biophone, they get the information and they administer the drugs. After watching a couple of episodes of Emergency, you will never want to stop watching it. Buying Emergency! on DVD would be one of the greatest investments you ever made.