Where are the TWO Fire Trucks from the TV Show "Emergency" Today? I'll SHOW YOU!
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- Correction: TV Show ran from 1972-1979 (Dyslexia kicked in haha)
Where are the TWO Fire Trucks from the TV Show "Emergency" Today? I'll SHOW YOU!
I recently made a video showing the history behind the military truck seen on Hogan's Heroes. I wanted to find the original TWO trucks used on screen for the 1970's Classic Television show "Emergency." You won't believe WHERE they are and the condition they are in today. You may even be able to see them and stand inches away....FOR FREE. I'll tell you how!
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Rick, maybe when the Plague settles down and you revisit the museum, you could make a triple header of it, and visit both Station 127, where part of the show was filmed, AND the *real* Station 51 on the Universal backlot.
Let me know if you need a hand making arrangements with Station 51. Despite currently living in Phoenix (across the street from Mel's Diner!), I can help you connect the dots. Look in recent contest entries for my contact info. Cheers!
What the dinner looking like that was a good show
Been there. It's changed but you can still recognize it.
The original Station 51 was in Palos Verdes CA. It was closed and decommissioned when the show was released.
The station that was used for exterior shots was still an active station in the Carson area. It was actually LACF station 156. Still in service.
liked show but they had male porn star type names
There are SEVERAL mel's diners I've been ro ones inn san Francisco AND Reno
That show was the reason I became a Paramedic/Firefighter in Florida. I watched it every day after getting out of school. It was a great show.
Eddie, my brother also became a paramedic because of the show!
@@lyndee13 and possibly my nephew, Ashton..also😃....Maybe the show saved more lives than even what Rick mentioned !
@SmithandJones256 yes it was. I worked myself to death but loved helping people more than I did living. The job unfortunately caused me to get hurt and become disabled. Before becoming a Paramedic-Firefighter I became a Marine. Gomer Pyle USMC was instrumental in me becoming a Marine. Even though there were differences between the show and reality it still made a positive impression upon me and led me to join and become a Marine by going to Parris Island South Carolina for boot camp. That was in 1982.
@@lyndee13 truth be known I bet thousands of people became EMTs and Paramedics as well as Firefighters because of that show. Hundreds if not thousands of people were saved because of the influence of that show.
@@eddielane9569 WOW 😀
Star Trek, CHiPS, and Emergency were my Big 3 growing up. If we weren't watching them, we were outside playing them. Good times, those days!
My favorite 3 too.
Adam 12 also!!!
Put starsky & hutch in there and that was my childhood too. Have them all on dvd. Watch them often.
@@ADKMan Let's not forget Dragnet as well.
Ah yes, CHIPS, Thursday nights at 8pm eastern time on NBC if memory serves. I planned my schedule around it as a kid!🧐
Those poor guys never made it through a meal without having an alarm go off.
Especially Marco's Irish Stew
@Clifton Terrell being a volunteer firefighter emergency got me started and I also became an emt although did not get to paramedic due to on the job closed head injury being rearended by a tractor trailer however tones always seemed to go off at dinner time and yes sometimes you just got the first bite or not
Starsky and Hutch had the same problem!
Johnny was always talking with food in his mouth
@@TheNyarcangel I think Chet did most of the cooking during episodes, and from what the cast said, it didn't bother them that they didn't get a chance to eat it lol.
It hard to believe it been 45 years. It like it was yesterday, it never gets old.
I was born in 50's so it amazing how the cars changed their shape from 57 to now.
This show started when i started my firefighting. My dad, brothers and i watched it every week. I could never understand why they only wore their bunker pants when they were getting woke up outta bed!!!??? I know, bunker pants, bed, thus bunker pants got their name. It just seemed silly to use em only at nite. Loved the show. Still watch it. More entertaining now !!!!!!
they said we would be operating automobiles and flying them like from the cartoon the Jetsons . that would happen back in the 1990s what ever happened to that .
I was born in the 60's & this show doesn't get old is right.
@@doug9066 right. it still just seems likes a few days ago no matter how old it gets. Some shows just never lose that flavor to them.
The cars then had craftsmanship and style. Now, they are so similar is style, they've become generic. And the quality sucks.
I am a retired Paramedic, having began my career in 1977. We used to call “Emergency”. Training time. I’m disabled now and my sisters surprised me with the entire collection of Emergency on DVD. Thanks for sharing this. Emergency did a lot for a new profession, I met Randolph once, he is a guinuine man who cares for others which in my opinion is a characteristic that is mandatory for being a Paramedic, Thanks to all our first responders, you are hero’s. Blessings to all.
Being a “genuine man” doesn’t qualify you to be a paramedic. Maybe your should edit your post.
@@vstar7196 really? As a first responder I understood what he meant. Clearly, allot of training is required,, but always having to be right has never been a hallmark for those who gravitate to service to others. How about "Thank you for your service" or that really old standard,,, 'If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all'
Thank you and God bless had an older brother who was a retired fire fighter
Thank you for your service
@@vstar7196you are a complete fool
Emergency! was one of the MAJOR reasons I became a paramedic.
Emergency is why for the last 30+ years, I have served as a firefighter.
Now as an officer, I try to teach all I can to those under me. It does no good for me to keep it to myself.
Thanks Johnny & Roy!
It’s been a great career so far!
I remember as a kid my parents would watch this show back in the 1970s. I remember Adam 12 and Dragnet as well. Wish I could go back in time during my childhood days, but unfortunately that can't happen. Yep, the late 60s through all the 70s was my time as a kid growing up.
Me to, I'm 55 now, shows like Emergency, Adam 12, The Carol Burnett Show, M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files, Sanford and Son (last year I got my picture taken sitting in the actual pick-up truck from the show, it's in the exact condition it was in when the show was filmed), and of course All In The Family were the main staples of TV viewing when I grew up.
I'm 55, and I still watch Adam-12 and Dragnet episodes on TH-cam every night. I'm still waiting on some Emergency episodes to appear.... Good times in the '70s as a kid.
Yep! I’m 56. It was the best time to grow up for so many reasons. Heck, my kids now listen to music i listened to as a kid. Great memories!
Same here. Good times
Mine as well Wayne and it was THE BEST!!!!!!!!
hey Rick, I was a firefighter/paramedic for 26 years. The show Emergency is what made me want to be one. Im also a Ham Radio Operator and found out recently that Robert Fuller who played Dr Brackett on the show is also a Ham Operator. I actually got to talk to him on a radio net one night about 2 weeks ago. It was a fun experience. I loved the show and all of the equipment
Fuller was also great in Laramie, the 60's TV western.
I'm a ham too! De we2msu
Woot HAMs!
Cool Rick. KI5OP here. yip the radios. 11 meter to ham now. How its all changed so much. Even sirens and emergency lights.
I also grew up watching this show, i live in the uk and we cannot get this series would love to see it again.
My dad loved this show! Use to watch it with him. Only solidified my dream of becoming a RN, which I did. My parents were able to come to my pinning before my dad passed away. I am now retired & miss it. This show truly did help medicine outside of the hospital. Millions of lives have been saved due to this show. Thank-you for the video.
My favorite show, couldn't get enough of it! You stayed glued to your seat knowing the big one was coming, especially when those tones kept going and more companies were being called out. As a former volunteer fireman, I really appreciated a show dedicated to the men and women who put themselves at risk to help those in need. Thank you Rick!
They still show the repeats on COZI TV every weekday from 12-2pm ET
e815usa yep and I watch it
I WATCH EVERY DAY! 🚒🚑
Yeah they should be showing the incredible hulk
One of my favorite shows as a kid growing up in the '80s. I watch it every day on COZI now!
Yup ..... I NEVER miss it....
As a lifelong firefighter, I loved this show. One term we used to use was " this ain't Johnny Gauge kind of firefighting anymore"
I visited Universal Studios in 1978. During the tour, i was able to photograph Engine 51 sitting under a carport on the backlot. Still have that photo today.
Yep! I visited there in 1974 while production was on hiatus. The trucks were in the facade "Station 51" on the backlot. I remember they were *covered* in dust, and you could touch them (but not climb on/in them). On that trip, our tour was halted for filming a scene from Marcus Welby, M.D. Welby wasn't my favorite show (particularly for a 10-year-old boy), but was still so cool to see TV being made!
I was there in '86 and got pictures as well.
@@mikecowen6507 The facade station 51 was in a soundstage that was not open to the public. The engines were returned to L.A. County Fire Department when the show ended. The engines did not belong to Universal, but the squad did. Universal Studios had an EMERGENCY! show (which replaced the ADAM-12 show) on its tour that had a fake squad and allowed audience members to get on stage and play a paramedic or firefighter that was then edited into a real episode of EMERGENCY!
This show made me who I am. I was 5 when my mom told me that little girls didn't grow up to be firemen. This was in 1973. In 1987, imagine my pride when I walk in at home and showed Mom the Badge I had earned. By the time I was forced to retire in December of 1999 due to MS, I was a level 2 haz-mat, confined spaces, Emt, Paramedic, Firefighter, getting ready to take my engineer's exam. 3 state fire academies (ex was Navy and we moved around a lot) and I aced every one of them. I was a volunteer and paid full time A-shift on Charleston SC. When I first started there were no male/female standards. You either became a firefighter or you went home. I raised one shipboard firefighter, and all three of my kids grew up "owning" the fire stations as they were brought to me at work by their care givers. Best and hardest time of my life. Now to let my inner child leak out, I would be SO geeked to spend hours there.
I was a volunteer for 10 years. This show inspired me to become a fireman. The station they used in the show is at actual fire station, and it's still in service.
That’s so amazing of you!
@@ricknineg LACoFD Station 127 in Carson.
As a young teenager, I thought Julie London (“head” nurse) was just a middle aged woman with a clean complexion. When I saw the show a couple years ago I was like “Whoa, she’s HOT!”
I remember being absolutely astonished when I discovered her actual age during the show! She certainly didn't look it!!
Julie London was a great singer, had a sultry voice. I have several of her CDs. Loved her on ER.
Julie London was married to Jack Webb ('47 to '54) and Bobby Troup, who played Dr. Early ('59-'99). She was also a big hit singer with 32 albums. Very smokey sexy voice.
She was a beautiful woman
as a kid I always thought Dixie was so glamorous
For many years I have often wondered what became of the cast and what happened to the equipment witch ultimately led to my career as a First Responder/Firefighter for 10 years. Now retired I am still helping others in Search & Rescue and will continue as long as I can. Thank you for sharing this video that helped so many.
One of the best shows ever. A great time to be a kid.
I was obsessed with this show when I was a kid. My parents got me a peddle car firetruck when I was 4 so I could be John Gage. Thanks for posting this. Fantastic.
As a teenager watching this back in the day, the show influenced me to become an EMT (which wasn't a thing at the time either). I worked for Bowers Ambulance and went on calls with LA County Fire (stations 45 and 23 mostly). It was a joy working with them and for me, it was like being in my own episode of "Emergency" on a daily basis.
Great tv show! An interesting fact I found while reading about the show was that the character Mike Stoker was an actual fire fighter and used his real name as his character name. He did the driving of the engine on the show due to his real experience. He has now retired as a captain from the LAFD.
Kevin Johannes LAFD is the Los Angeles (City) Fire Department. LACoFD is the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Very well done! Kudos dude! I was 15 in 1972, and grew up with this series. This was an amazing find!
I grew up in Southern California in the 1970s, and one day in fifth grade, the local fire chief came in to talk about fire and rescue. He started his presentation by showing us the Emergency pilot. Jack Webb was such a huge supporter of California's firefighter/paramedic program that he had 32mm prints of the pilot sent to all the fire departments for educational purposes.
I grew up watching this show and it was and still is cool. I grew more appreciation for the fire service when it was discovered that my great-great grandfather Fred Sayers was on of the first recipient of the Scannel medal of honor for bravery from the San Francisco fire department. And those first medals were of 24k, solid.
Thanks for taking me back 45 years. I loved and lived this program as a kid.
I love this show and own the DVD collection. I think it still holds up pretty well all these years later. I'd love to see more behind the scenes details about it. :)
Hi Rick! Thanks for posting this. Emergency! was my drop everything, favorite TV show at that time. I still have a warm spot in my heart for it. I last saw the trucks in 1974 on the Universal Studios backlot when production was on hiatus. They were displayed in the facade "Station 51" on the backlot, and you could actually touch them!
from now on gearshifts will be known as "park reverse handles"
To funny 🙉
Don't forget the kanuder valve and the rotator splint!
It is a selector, gear shifts are for manual transmissions.
@@Rick-S-6063 I've always pronounced it the "prindle."
Careful though, you don't wanna wear out the flimflam bushings.
Watched the Emergency 1972 Premiere in 1972!! This show and Adam-12 led my brother and I to careers in Public Safety! We were CD-Civilian Defense Communications (Radio) Squad members, EMTs for a Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Fire Fighters in Volunteer Fire Depts, OEM, and have both had long careers in Law Enforcement!! Thank you Jack Webb. Thank you Robert A. Cinader.
I remember watching this show in the 70s as a youngster along with chips !!! Good old memories !!! Enjoy watching !!!!
Thanks for doing this video. The guys at the museum do a fantastic job. They actually have the other Engine 51 too, the Ward Lafrance. It normally sits in the space between the squad and the Crown model. Back in 2011 after they retrieved it from Yosemite, I had fun one afternoon helping strip it prior to restoration. Another amazing moment in your video is the white crew truck sitting near Engine 51. That is one of the real life trucks used by the Granite Mountain Hotshots right before 19 of them were tragically killed fighting a wild fire in Arizona in 2013. Heroes.
A horrible loss if the Granite Mountain crew. May they rest in peace.
Thanks so much for this, I loved that show! I grew up in the 70s and my parents and I always watched it. I still watch it if I get the chance. It's so weird thinking how revolutionary the idea of paramedics was at that time, and now those heroes are a part of our lives we couldn't survive without!
Used to watch this show every day with my dad. My mom and I went on to be dispatchers for Clinton County Department of Emergency Services/911. One of our local fire cheifs (retired) had the opportunity to meet Randolph and Kevin during the shows run. He said Randy was very excited to meet him, and Kevin had been woken by him from a nap. Thanks for sharing this Rick!
When my grandmother turned her ankle her friends were able to make a brace using tree limbs becaused they watched this show. I read the Dodge had a frame off restoration before coming to the museum The Dodge was one of the reasons I loved this show
Loved the program. I even ended up as a fire fighter. Operated an International heavy pumper and other various appliances over 25 years in the New Zealand Fire Service and Western Australian Fire and Rescue. Loved that Dodge.
Hey Rick thanks for posting this video. I was a big Emergency/Emergency one fan. Was wanting to be a paramedic when I was in H.S. just didn't have the smarts to actually go through it. I bet it would have been an awsome thing to be a firefighter/paramedic. I liked the Emergency One theme with the talking in the background. And loved the closed cab fire truck. Everyone if you are young enough to go through the training and it's your dream and your hearts desire to go through any type of schooling or training to follow your dream please don't let anyone stand or get in your way. You go for it. I'm 58 y.o. and thinking back on my life. There was so many directions I could have gone but just too chicken to actually go for it. You want to do something go for it. Stay healthy everyone we will get through this together.
Me too! I blame my parents for never being encouraging (wanting me to have a completely conventional life) but I should have done it anyway. My dream was to be a glass artist, but that required 7 years of apprentisship (sp) with no pay. Would have been hard, but it was doable
I’m a retired FF/PM in Ohio, who’s first interest in the greatest job in the world, was sparked by watching Emergency in the 1970’s. Thank you for this wonderful video and reminder of days gone by. Thanks again and be safe out there!
I am 51 years Young I grew up watching the show I really thought it was very realistic as a little kid and I thought it was really cool thank you for showing this video I often watch the show on Me-TV and I always wondered what happened to the trucks now I know thank you peace and God bless
The fictional Station 51 exterior shots were actually filmed at LACFD Station 127, which was located across the street from a chemical plant. Every firefighter had an SCBA next to his/her bed, just in case. The plant was occasionally visible when the camera rode on top of the engine. I was a firefighter/medic for 26 1/2 years. I do miss it sometimes.
Exactly right! 2049 E 223rd St. Carson, CA. Still looks the same except there's lettering on the front of the building now: "Robert A. Cinader Memorial Fire Station."
That wasn't a chemical plant: it was a Shell refinery. I used to go past there often. The fire syation is on 223rd street, which, going east, turns into Wardlow Rd., and runs into the west end of Long Beach Airport (I worked at the west end of the airport, and access to where I worked was via Wardlow)
At the turn of the century, that entire region had literally THOUSANDS of oil wells, and there were a lot more refineries than there are today.
Even when Emergency started production, there were hundreds more oil wells in that area, than today.
As a kid, I remember Signal Hill still being covered with rigs, into the early 1980's...think they're almost all gone now, replaced with buildings.
The Crown fire truck: Crown was as famous for school buses, as they were for fire trucks, and they were a L.A. based company...EVERYBODY used Crown fire trucks and school busses!!!
I was pleasantly surprised when I watched "Straight Outta Compton", as the film crew went into so much detail, as to even use restored Crown school busses! They also manufactured chassis for high-end motor homes.
As a side-note: after Emergency ended production, the fire trucks, as well as the "homebuilt" Squad 51, were actually used in active fire fighting service, for several years.
Crown closed their doors in the early '90's, I believe, but not sure why, but as a former passenger on their school busses, they built a damn good product!
I remember the 2 things that fix everything, D5W and lactated ringers.
Since the injuries were always minor. We never got to see blood or charred flesh or compound fractures.
Bender
I think the whole first year every patient got the same IV. Thay did give pain killers to the Fire Fighters when the tree feel on him. It was the brother of a famous actor that stared in a few episodes. ( Colby) I think his last name.
D5W is nothing more than Glucose & water...in other words, sugar water. It's still a staple to raise a person's blood sugar level, especially in cases of dehydration, such as in the case of heat stroke.
Yes...but Dr. Bracket mostly did the ringers, Dr. Early did the D5W and Dr. Morton was Ladicain Drip...most of the time.
Nurse McCall helped me.
My daughter and I had the opportunity to talk with Randolph Manthooth at a meet and greet after a convention in east Tennessee a few years back. I gave him a patch from my department , he said he collected fire patches . He was so down to earth. I'm about to retire from the fire service and I must say this show is responsible for a lot of us becoming firefighters and paramedics. Thanks for the tour.
I’m 24 but grew up on shows such as this one and it’s one of my favorites from that era! Love watching reruns with my dad! We also love Laramie with Robert Fuller in it, and also Barney Miller, Bonanza, Star Trek, and loadddss more. Love all of those shows! 💚 Emergency! was underrated for sure!
I was 7 when this came out & never missed a show the first few years.
They gave every victim a iv of ringers lactate
That and D 5 W.
And a lidocaine drip that helped deaden pain.
Jeff Pinter To funny, I have said the same thing, from a plane crash to a Bicycle reck, 2 Ringers lactate and transport as soon as possible 🤦🏼♂️🙋🏻♂️
And 5 milligrams of MS when they were in bad pain. 😂
@@markcheek5006 An AKG
I have been a firefighter for 23 years and I love going to fire museums every chance I get
MY FATHER WAS A PARAMEDIC, THIS SHOW GAVE ME THE REASON FOR GOING INTO THE FIRE SERVICE ! AS A FIREFIGHTER WITH 35 YEARS ON ,YES I LOVE TO SEE THE OLD RIGS ! THE TOUR YOU TOOK US ON BLEW ME AWAY ! THANKS AGAIN SIR , MUCH APPRECIATED ! 🙏
I just happened to be watching Emergency when I got the notification. This one of my absolute favorite shows. They use to show it on MeTV like 4 years but they took it off. I hope they put it back on, but in the mean time I'm going to watch them on DVD. Such an awesome show!
Great minds!
My favorite running gag was how they would argue about who was the better cook, and cook gourmet meals, only to be interrupted by an Emergency call as they sat down to eat
I watch it most days on COZI TV. I love this show. I am glad to find fellow fans.
you can watch the show for free on nbc's website fyi
EDIT never mind I just went and checked as it has been a while now the videos are listed but say they are no longer available. Curse you NBC!!!
Darn. Now I need to buy the DVDs. It was on Netflix a few years back, but now it's DVD only. I can watch this show over and over and over and over.
Love this video! I am a 33 year volunteer veteran of the fire service in N Y State. I too love going to see rebuilt fire equipment. As for station 51, you failed to mention that station is still active under a different number. You might enjoy going there to see it and the changes since the show was filmed. Thanks for this video. Keep them coming.
Watching this show, growing up, led me to being a medic/ firefighter and a career that I cherished for 27+ years! thanks for this video!!
I'm an Arizona retired Firefighter/EMT. National Registry EMT, also certified in Nevada. I love this kind of stuff and even collected matchbox cars of fire apparatus, helicopters, police vehicles. it was great, but I was injured in an ambulance rollover and wasn't able to work anymore. I loved this show.
Rick,
That was a lot of fun! Thanks for producing and sharing this video.
Turns out, both Adam West and Yvonne Craig were featured in episodes of "Emergency!" Plus, the opening theme music was composed by Nelson Riddle (of Batman fame...)
Best always,
Paul+
One of my favorite Emergency! episodes is the one with Adam West -- "The Bash"!
Rick, that was so much fun! I loved the virtual tour. I used to watch Emergency when I was very little and still remember it well. It made quite an impression on me. As always, just what I needed to brighten my day❤️
So glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up watching Emergency!
I absolutely loved that show.
I was amazed that they were able to send the EKG tapes to the hospital as they were driving. (And even talk to the doctors over the phone)
Thank you for this video!
One more thing, Mike Stoker was a real LA County Fireman that drove and run the engine. Sam Lanier was a real LA County fire dispatcher as well. Love the show !
Peggy Stoker,RN, Mike Stokers wife was my paramedic instructor at Harbor General Hospital. Was her first class,1974. Great lady🚑💨
michael finney The captain from the first season was also a real LACoFD captain.
Mr. Stoker was hired because he was able to drive the first engine, a manual transmission. When they got the LaFrance, he stayed on anyway despite it being an automatic.
Nice video. 👍🏻
I believe that the 1928 LaSalle used to be the one at a park in Montobella Ca. I used to play on it when I was a kid in the 1960s. I had heard it was taken away and put in a Museum. Thank you for sharing this.👍👍👍👍👍
I have to say if anyone wants to be a good paramedic or maybe a fireman should probably watch Emergency as a great training program. My dad was actually a volunteer firefighter in the 1950s and I want to be a fireman myself. In 2019 I became a medical assistant trainee in Los Angeles CA but due to lack of computer knowledge I was actually let go, not fired. Something about Emergency affected everyone who watched it on TV back then and still love watching it in 2021.
This show was inspirational . I realized just how groundbreaking this show was when I became a SWAT Team Medic . This show is responsible for communities launching EMT-paramedic programs. A true legacy to this show!
A friend of mine met Randy Mantooth recently. He was psyched
I would be!
He got more handsome as he got older
Randolph Mantooth, I will always remember that name. I loved that show.
I've had a crush on him for close to 40 years. :-)
Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency were some of my favorite shows. Jack Webb was a master of realism. Even his movies like the DI were spot on. Great stuff here! BTW, The Munsters was the greatest show of all time IMO. I know every line and still laugh like I’m 2 sitting on my late Uncles lap watching it on the old Zenith TV.
I am a retired fire Chief and this show is what made me want to become a firefighter. I also met Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth. So I hope to visit the museum someday and complete my childhood.. Thanks for sharing..
Awesome video, I always am thankful for the Paramedics and firefighters service. Emergency was a great show.🙂
I am absolutely used to love that show at one point you could find it on Netflix I don’t know if it’s still there or not but that was my absolute favorite show growing up
Not on Netflix. But it's on Cozi Tv 11am to 1pm CST. Or you could buy the dad's, or get them thru your local library!
Rick thank you so much for doing a 360 around the museum I see that the ward LaFrance must have been out having some restoration done on it the station where the show was filmed at was actually station 127 and you can go there in I think it is in Carson,CA. It was dedicated to R.A Cinader. Onward to 90 K subscribers
Hi Rick,
My brother, sister and I never missed an episode of EMERGENCY ! As a matter of fact, we still watch it today ! I will send them this video, they will love it.
Thank you so much for doing this video, awesome that these two trucks have been preserved. Oh, the memories.
I was born in 1971 and this show was a major motivator to me becoming a volunteer firefighter, EMT, paramedic and physician assistant. I met Randolf Mantooth and told him thanks.
Thank you so much! This is my favorite show
I loved this show! Very cool virtual tour of the museum!
What a cool show. One thing I noticed after I got older was that when they called the hospital from the mobile phone and spoke to the doctor, the doctor would advise the same treatment for everything.....from stubbing your toe, to head contusions from a car crash......:) Gotta love it.
I was a volunteer firefighter from 1985-1992 and, yes, it was because of the show "Emergency" I watched as a kid. I served in a somewhat rural area and the equipment that was used in the show in the 70's was a lot of what we were using into the early 90's. A lot of my friends also served as firefighters including one I recall having an "Emergency" lunch box back in elementary school. A great show and very influential!
Hey Rick
I was almost as excited you were seeing this equipment and really enjoyed the tour.
I remember watching the show as a kid and was a voluntary Firefighter for many years.
Looking forward to your video, when you visit the museum🙂🚒
Keep taking care.
As a kid, I had an Emergency! 'action figure' (I think it was 'Gage'). I used to see the cool Squad 51 toy truck in the Sears 'Wish Book', but I never got it. I also had a SWAT 'action figure'. I think it was 'Hondo'. Also, several Planet of the Apes figures. I believe these were all made by Mego. Most were lost over time, but I still to this day have 'General Urko' from the Planet of the Apes TV series that I personally hand picked in the store way back in the mid 70's. It's in pretty mint condition, but is missing the rifle.
Watched the show every week. It took awhile but I've been an EMT and volunteer firefighter now for 25 years. My phone has the station 51 tones when we get a call. Thanks for the video!
The volunteer fire department I was in had 3 trucks. #1 was a homemade pumper, #2 was an old gasoline transport changed to carry water and #3 was a 1942 Mack open cab firetruck.
I was later an auxiliary sheriff's deputy.
Just doing my civic duty!
Thanks for showing this and the other one. You the best!
Just FYI: the white Hotshot Rig parked next to Engine 51 is the Granite Mountain Hotshot Rig from Arizona. 19 of the 20 Hotshots were killed at the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013.
RIP to the hotshots
One of the curators of the museum pieces, Capt Joe Wyojeck, is the father of one of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost his life at Yarnell. RIP Kevin.
This is awesome. I freaked out once I realized you can go inside ! So cool ! My dad loved this show .. I wish I could have taken him to see this. He would gave freaked out. Lol great video !
Great tour, Love the show. I'm a Lt. with Va. Beach Fire & Rescue in Va Beach Va. Always loved the Fire trucks & Ambulance when I was a kid. 🚑🚒
When I was a little kid, (I was 5 when it started in 1972!) I never missed an episode! These guys were my heros!
It was many years later, when I realized they were Actors. By that time, I knew they still did a good job of showing what real First Responders face everyday. Good memories.
There was an episode, early on, where John and Roy lobbied for on-site medical procedures reserved for hospital personnel. Dr. Brackett was positively against it. But, John and Roy eventually got their wish. We watched this every weekend with our grandparents. Watching this all these years later, I pick up on what I missed: kinda lame in-studio shots as opposed to real-world location scenes, Julie London's apparent inability to commit lines to memory (she read her lines from cue cards), and the general of-the-era acting that passed as... acting. But, one never knew what would happen next, and that was the draw of it. I understand that Randolph Manotooth has been much involved with various firefighter squads and their causes over the years. Thanks for the museum tour, Rick!
Mike S I think the early seasons, Jack Webb was involved and he wanted acting similar to Dragnet acting. Once he went on to other projects, the Jack Webb style of acting faded away.
@@Kingscup20 Yes that is true. It was also helped that in S2 Mike Norell came on board as Captain Stanley, and he was an actor, rather than a Fire Captain (like Captain Hammer was in S1 - and Dick Hammer was not comfortable acting). So from S2 with the combination of Webb not being quite as involved, and the writers settling into the flow of the show, plus the cast settling in to character, with a Captain who was comfortable acting, the tone of th acting improved a lot.
But this truly was an ensemble show anbody was trying to be the "star".
Mike, the episode you describe is actually the pilot that set up the series.
@@mdbruffy Gotcha.
Another tidbit: The engineer, Mike Stoker, was a real LACFD engineer. His real name was Mike Stoker. He had done some commercials or something, and had the actors union card. His real life experience was a priceless addition to the show.
What's surprising is that Squad 51 kept its' 1972 identity through the whole run rather than getting updated grilles in 1974, 1977 and '79 to keep up with changes to the latest Dodge trucks.
Was a volunteer firefighter for two decades this is awesome. I got to meet Randolph at a ff conference. This video is awesome
Got my 40th Anniversary T Shirt when they had them out for sale.
The sqaud for a time actually served in the Antelope Valley out of Lancaster sta.33. So it actually served as a rescue sqaud. This was in the late 70's early 80's.
What street in Lancaster? I lived on J-2
@@foxtrot312 I haven't lived in Cali since 1995. I know it was near downtown area, but they have changed the city so much, I have no idea where it's at now. I was born in A.V. hospital 1958, and I live in Ohio now. Was there 8 years ago,, heck of a change.
Cedar Ave.
Show set the standard for community all across the country, everyone got on board and started building rescue squads like this.....one of the landmark best uses of TV ever...Jack Webb served us beyond anyone could imagine.
Hello Rick, my name is Tom, and I’m from Long Island, NY. I just wanted to say that my wife and I really enjoyed your 2 TH-cam videos about the show “Emergency”. Growing up in the 70’s, this was one of the shows we had to watch on Saturday nights. I too have an interesting fact that I wanted to share with you. My father worked for FDNY at Hook and Ladder 8 in downtown Manhattan in Tribeca. He too had “Open Cab” fire trucks back in the day along with “Open Tillers”. My father was a “Tiller man” for the trucks because he was a big man, strong enough to drive the manual steering on those type of trucks. But the 1 thing that really stands out, is the fact that my father’s firehouse was the actual house used in the filming of the movie Ghostbusters, and outside shots in Ghostbusters II. They used my father’s firehouse for the filming of both Ghostbusters movies. If you go to the firehouse today, there are all kinds of movie memorabilia inside the house, including the large light up sign that was outside the firehouse, and if you buy a FDNY Ladder 8 T-shirt from them, it comes with the Ghostbusters insignia on the front! I have a bunch myself. All FDNY firehouses have nicknames, and the nickname for this house is appropriately called “The Ghostbusters House”. If you Google FDNY firehouse nicknames, you’ll see that this firehouse, Ladder 8, shows up as “The Ghostbusters House”. Just a little Movie/TV trivia I wanted to share with you as well. Keep up the great videos.
Did you really just say Universal “took their arts and crafts skills” to make the rescue? My wife has a whole room full of arts and crafts stuff that cost me thousands and she ain’t never turned out nothin’ like that. 😂
Great video by the way. Retired FFEMT. We used to watch episodes of Emergency! at the fire house in between calls. That and Chips.
Hope to see this in person
Well to be honest with you, Emergency and another TV show called Sierra were the inspiration that made me a volunteer paramedic for 33 years. I am still certified but I am not active anymore. Thanks for this video, it brought back many good memories of the show!
Yes I'm with the VA. Beach EMS. In Va. Beach Virginia. This video was great. Thanks for sharing it. 🚑👍👍👍👍
On the plaque for the Dodge it says it was actually used unofficially on calls before the museum had a facility!
Very nice Rick - Thank you for the tour of the museum. I remember this show well. I am assuming Rampart General Hospital was either UCLA Medical Center or Harbor General in Torrance.
Yes and yes 😎
Joe Raio It was/is Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
And the station 51 is station 127. And they are 3 miles from each other.
Emergency was one of my favorite shows as a kid. We played Emergency when the show wasn’t on, as well.
So glad the trucks are still around!!!!
I call the shifter in my cars a "Prindle". (P R N D L)
Ah, _Green Acres_ , where Eva Gabor’s character pronounced it “prnindle” ...
I still do lol 😂
When I worked for GM in the 1980's, engineering called it that.
From this moment forward, I will call it "the prindle switch or lever". (pronounced lee-vur)
I had a huge crush on Randolph Mantooth
We all did! Lol
Me, too. I still do.
@@guessmyname6210 me too
I loved how cranky he was! He really spoke his mind, nothing fake about him
I named my first child Randolph. -mic drop-
The yellow Crown Fire Coach is Crown FC #1. It was built by Crown and toured the country as a sales prop to FDs around the US. When the tour was over it was purchased by the City of West Covina, about 18 miles east of FD headquarters. They painted it yellow. I went to HS and junior HS in West Covina so I would see this rig around town. The WC Crown is currently sitting in the workshop around the corner.
New to the museum is the 69 Chevy C10 ambulance that was crashed in season 3 , episode 21. It has been restored to nearly ready to respond condition. I was proud to have a hand in its restoration. During it's reveal, reps from Ferno-Ked were on hand and immediately noticed the gurney was not period correct and managed to dig one up for us in less than a week.
I'm a Volunteer firefighter and holy... like some of the old rigs look amazing, I really enjoyed watching this, keep up the great work.