Very nice tour, thanks for taking us a long. I grew up watching Emergency!, and I wanted to be a paramedic because of the show and ended up a nurse. Don't worry about not having every fact right about Station 51 or the actors and crew. I can't believe people are so critical of everything on TH-cam, I don't see them making videos like this. I am just glad you made the video, it is great seeing in the real firehouse. And thanks to the fireman giving the tour!
Mike Stoker was an actual firefighter which is why he was the one & only to drive the pumper truck with his experience for expensive equipment. Something I had learned in recent years. Still love the series.
The station's radio call sign KMG365 is the actual radio ID assigned to the LACFD by the FCC. Until the advent of automated ID, even the fire department was required to say the radio call sign over the air. Every station in the LACFD has KMG365.
Nice video. When I went years ago they were getting ready to redo the kitchen and that soda machine was not there. They had a lady Captain too. It was a 2 man Engine and 4 man ladder. It wasn't a quint back then either,but that was in 99 I think
+Clement Klima I am stationed at the Fort Wayne Fire Station 15 & my shift is B & I have been the fire department for 17 yrs & I have been a captain for 10 years of service & I love it too.I am going to stay in the Fort Wayne Fire Department as long as I can. I will retire at 75 years old.
Yes, Mike Stoker was a real-life firefighter on the show emergency! They had to have a real life firefighter for the show and one more real-life firefighter on the show.
There were actually two real firefighters on the show-Mike Stoker was the engineer (the original rig belonged to the LACoFD, which insisted a real firefighter drive it), and the original captain, Dick Hammer, who was a real captain with the LACoFD. He didn’t feel comfortable as an actor and left after the first season.
He drove the two Engines 51 during TV's Emergency!'s run: the 1965 Crown Firecoach open cab pumping hose wagon during its first 33 episodes and the 1973 Ward La France closed cab one during its last 89 episodes.
They the fire dept wanted a real fireman to drive the engine as far as the capt he was also a real.fireman but in the beginning he did not want to be on the show and act!
R Brilling, 'lousy on facts' is a nice way to put it, it was embarrassing. The guy with the camera kept referring to "The Movie." It was a television series that had a couple "Made For TV Movies." I had to bail out the video at the 6:00 mark. Stoker was a career firefighter with a SAG card. The producers needed an actor that actually could drive an engine! On days they needed to use the firehouse for filming, the engine and ladder crews were sent to nearby stations to cover from there. I never heard that about Hammer but I don't doubt you a bit. The guy that played Chet Kelly (ey?) was an actor that also had one spot appearances in Adam-12. Other than Stoker, the other five were actors. Mantooth and Tighe actually went through paramedic training before the show so they knew what the words meant in the lines they had. I couldn't tell you about the actors who played hospital staff. I thought I heard somewhere that the exterior, helicopter video shots of "Rampart" Hospital was actually UCLA Medical Center (which is 24 miles away from LCcoFD 127).
They all also went through firefighter training. Randolph Mantooth has said that by the third season, he and Kevin Tighe had become so familiar with ff/pm procedures and protocols that they were allowed to ad lib when filming the rescue scenes. Fireman Chet Kelly was portrayed by Tim Donnelly, who was signed to Universal Studios and had had small guest roles in other shows; his brother, Dennis Donnelly, was one of Emergency’s resident directors. Dr. Kelly Brackett was played by Robert Fuller, a very high profile actor at the time, best known for his roles in TV westerns such as Laramie and Wagon Train. Dr. Joe Early was portrayed by Bobby Troup, a songwriter/musician better known in jazz circles-he wrote the Nat King Cole classic, “Route 66”. He was married to popular singer Julie London, who played RN Dixie McCall. Ron Pinkard, a former medic in the military, played Dr. Mike Morton. On the firehouse side, Michael Norrell, who played Capt. Hank Stanley, was also a screenwriter and wrote four episodes of Emergency. (A few years later, he was nominated for an Emmy for one of his movie scripts.) Randolph Mantooth (Johnny Gage) and Kevin Tighe (Roy DeSoto) each directed multiple episodes.
@@35diamondgirl great facts which I can say are all true.as an emergency buff. Let me back you up a little bit.Julie london was aslo a successful jazz singer. And Bobby Troup was in the movie MASH (damn army jeep). AND I remember in the 90s wacthing an episode of NASH BRIDGES and seeing Michael Norell was the writer of the episode and I made the connection immediately and wondering if anybody else would make the connection also.
Good video. Mike Stoker was the real LACoFD Firefighter. He retired out of Station 106 as a Fire Captain with 30+ years of service. The other "real" fireman was Captain Dick Hammer, who played Captain Hammer during the first season. I've visited Station 127 three times over the past 20 years with different friends and family and had a gracious host two out of the three tours. On one visit, it was very apparent that they did not want visitors, or were just sick of people always showing up. I am a firefighter myself and can pick up on the little hints or excuses they might use to make it a quick tour. My feelings on it is if you're stationed there and/or you bid to work 127's, then that's just part of the gig. Fans want to see the ENTIRE station, not just the apparatus bay. They want to see the kitchen, dayroom, bunkroom, etc.. Some travel from great distances to see 127. For many, first laying eyes on it as they drive up is an event in itself. In my opinion, the best time to stop in for a tour would be 10-11am or somewhere between 1-4pm.
I’m a little surprised that the LACoFD doesn’t recruit volunteer docents to give tours, maybe during pre-determined set hours only, especially since they’ve made a point of publicly memorializing R.A. Cinador there. (There is a video on YT of the ceremony naming Station 127 after him. Randolph Mantooth, who played John Gage, was a guest speaker.) Every firefighter assigned to 127 knows to expect visitors, and one might think they’d at least have a written script or FAQ prepared so that questions could be answered accurately. Maybe these tours could be arranged in connection with the LA County Fire Museum, so that they would not need to be conducted by the firefighters stationed there.
Jean Gilliland LOL! I must’ve been reading your mind as I read the above two paragraphs. I was thinking the exact same thing in regards to museum. It’s a natural pairing.
The ff being spoken to unfortunately didn't have all his facts straight. "Station 51" was an entirely fictional construct during filming in the 70's. They used Station 127's exterior and vehicle bay for roll-out footage, but a constructed set for interior (kitchen/locker room/sleeping quarters). Since they were using the dept's actual tone system to send out calls, anything with "Station 51" could be safely disregarded by the rest of the stations, unless they were already on special duty for filming. The Universal Studios _real_ Station 51 came about decades later, as a suitable homage.
You are correct. My parents purchased a 1974 Nova at Cormier Chevrolet, and one morning (sometime in the mid 1970's) my brother and I accompanied my father to the dealer for car service. I suggested to my brother (I was about thirteen years old, and he was around eleven.) to go for a walk around the corner, and we encountered the station looking exactly like the one in the program, and as a firefighter drove in, apparently reporting for duty, I confirmed with him that it was the Emergency station, but it was not Station 51; it was Station 127. I still have the two 110 Kodak film prints, and negatives, that I took that day (I happened to have my Kodak "Hawkeye" 110 camera with me that morning, and I still have that little camera to this day.); one shows my brother in front of the station, and the other is of the refinery-type structures across the street visible on some program exterior scenes. I took the latter picture as additional proof that we had found "Station 51." We used to see, and chase, the real L.A. County paramedic squad from Station 52 located in South Gate, where we lived. (It is no longer located at the corner of Firestone Boulevard and State Street, as it was back then.) The fire engines we saw were manufactured by Crown, who also manufactured the school buses used by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Toby Cameron. You are correct in your facts. Although some episodes per season were filmed at 127. The "Old Engine" was filmed at 127. That was also the same episode they got their new pumper, the Ward. The easiest way to tell when they filmed at the Universal set or the real station, was the bays are bigger in the real station. On the right side there is an extra set of doors at 127.
That's one of my main goals I want to go visit that station 127 and also I want to go visit Station 8 where the pilot episode started which was station 10
Mike Stoker is a retired Los Angeles County Fire Fighter. he started as a regular new fire fighter and worked his way up to Captain. During the years of the tv series Mike Stoker was a Engineer or Fire Truck Operator (Driver). He never worked out of Station 127. Station 127 is the real building used for filming. It has never been numbered 51 except for the tv show. Mr. Cinader did not want some untrained extra to drive and run/operate the Engine. It was a big vehicle and a person should have training to know how to safely drive and operate the pump correctly. That is basically how Mike Stoker got on the show.
Nice vid, but this nice young f.f. who was born long after the show ended, had no clue about the show. As for the Universal Studios station, it was Station 60 until about 23 years ago when it was moved and rebuilt, they changed the number to 51 in honor of the show. The original Crowns Eng. 60 and it's twin Eng. 127 both played Eng. 51, depending where they were filming in the first 2 seasons, until the it was replaced in season 3 by the new Ward LaFrance. As for what he pointed out between the real station and set was correct. The set is a smaller version of Station 127. When you watch the show you can tell what was filmed at 127 and what was filmed on the set based on size (extra doors was a big clue).
I watched this show every day, My favorite was Johnny Gage he looks great even today. Thanks to them they were one of the first paramedics in the country. It's tp bad they took this show off because it was one of the best shows on the air.
The Adam 12 police stations were filmed at two different precincts. The Pilot Episode was shot at the North Hollywood Division and for most of the series thereafter, the Rampart Division at 2710 West Temple Street was used.
Mike Stoker and Dick Hammer were the real deal. Stoker got the nod, because he was qualified to drive the engine, AND, he had his SAG card. Captain Dick Hammer, wasn't that comfortable in front of the camera, and really was glad to leave the acting to the actors and go back to leading companies exclusively. The surprise in the cast, was when Michael Norrell came aboard as Captain Henry "Hank" Stanley. His portrayal of a seasoned, relaxed, and fairly squared away fire captain, was nothing short of brilliant. I've known quite a few fire officers in my career, and frankly, he nailed the role's portrayal just right. Really, the whole cast did a heck of a job. Marco Lopez, played by the actor of the same name, came across well as that generally quiet but approachable professional firefighter who knew his business. Tim Donnelly, who played Chet Kelly, did very well. Mike Stoker filled his role perfectly as the quiet and letter-perfect competent professional you want driving the rig, getting you continuous and dependable water, and serving as the back-up leader if Captain Stanley gets put out of commission. You saw that when the wire came down on a car they were extricating people out of, and shocked the daylights out of Captain Stanley, while also starting a brush fire. Mike picked up the microphone immediately, and took charge... calling dispatch for a brush response, getting help for his injured Captain, and getting water on the new brush fire. That's just what I'd expect of a " Firefighter Specialist" in LACoFD parlance, aka "An Engineer" or "Fire Apparatus Operator" in other departments. Randy and Kevin? The fact that after a bit, they pretty much helped set up the rescue scene shots, says a lot. The training they underwent before filming ever started, and their continued base touching with the tech advisers from LACoFD, made sure that the rescues were plausible, and as real looking as they could get away with.
guardduck25 Didn’t know that. I know Ron Pinkard was a medic in the military before Emergency. Randolph Mantooth has said that Pinkard was all business when shooting his scenes and that he ad libbed with the extras portraying the nurses quite a lot.
@@35diamondgirl Ron Pinkard was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman, and had plenty of experience working side by side with physicians. My guess is, that he channeled a lot of his personal experience working next to physicians, into his portrayal of Dr. Morton. You can see that calm, cool, self-assuredness in almost every medical scene he was in. I believe Randolph Mantooth said, "He was no bull---t!" in reference to Ron's portrayal, and having met a few doctors in my Fire/EMS time... I would have to agree. Pinkard nailed it, as did Bobby Troup and Robert Fuller in their respective roles. Julie London, turned out to be quite a gem as Dixie McCall, RN... In the storyline, she had experience in the military, and was a cracker jack emergency department nurse in every way. Julie definitely pulled that role off very adroitly.
How old is this firefighter? It was always Station 127 and never 51 even during filming. The coming and going of the various engines and squad during different weather and times of day and night along with exterior scenes were filmed here. Everything else station was filmed on the sound stage.
Then as today, the probys, boots or candidates, what ever you want to call them, are the one's to give the tours. The old salts don't want to be bothered.
Back in the 60's and 70's, this was normal, this was how the guys lived for 24 hrs., old school but spotless. Very little amenities. The stations today are built as show places.
Thanks for this good video. Disregard the purist whiners that have to say something if a fact or brick is out of place. I always wondered if this station was still in operation. Thanks again.
Back in the day, if your department was outfitted with Macks, you were living good. They were fine pieces of 'chinery. Back when I first go on, two brand new Mack pumpers had been delivered a few months earlier. I was fortunate enough to be assigned to a station with one of them.
Oh please...him and the whole show was corny as hell, and that's because of Jack Web being in charge of it. Remember his 'Facts mam, just the facts' show? Calling it Corny is being nice. He could never get out of the 1930's style of acting and directing.
Charles Rudish Actually, after the pilot, Jack Webb had no creative input. He never directed an episode after the pilot, and he never wrote a single script. Jack Webb owned the show and was instrumental in its development and convincing NBC to purchase the pilot, but he handed over control to R. A. Cinador once the show was picked up. Cinador was the real creator of the show (as revealed in the actual show credits), and he was the one who set the more lighthearted tone. I just finished a binge-watch of all 6 seasons, and I’d forgotten how much more humor was injected into it than in other shows associated with Jack Webb. One of the Webb practices that Cinador immediately tossed was the use of an old-school tool called a teleprompter, which fed the actors their lines during filming. None of the actors wanted to use it except for Julie London, and she stopped using it after the first two seasons.
Nice fan video, lousy on facts. Station 127 was never station 51 since "51" was a creation of Robert Cinader, the producer of Emergency. Also, Mike Stoker was the only regular firefighter on the show (other than Capt. Dick Hammer, the first station Captain. Hammer was a real LACo FD Captain with a SAG card. He was also a Marlboro Man.) Chet Kelly was portrayed by an actor. It's nice to see a fan video, but at least get your facts straight before you post videos.
Stanly was the capton stoker drover the engine gage and deSoto where paramedic's Kelly bracket Dixie McCall Joe early and Morten where doctor and nurses
that was my question also? I don't question the fact that this is the station used for the show but why did I see FDNY on the door of truck on the left ahhh 😊
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Very nice tour, thanks for taking us a long. I grew up watching Emergency!, and I wanted to be a paramedic because of the show and ended up a nurse. Don't worry about not having every fact right about Station 51 or the actors and crew. I can't believe people are so critical of everything on TH-cam, I don't see them making videos like this. I am just glad you made the video, it is great seeing in the real firehouse. And thanks to the fireman giving the tour!
If you ever watched the show, when there's a multiple alarm, right after station 51 is station 127 called.
The Chief that told Gauge to get a haircut was a real chief and an advisor to the show. the sleeping quarters was recreated on the studio film lot.
Mike Stoker was an actual firefighter which is why he was the one & only to drive the pumper truck with his experience for expensive equipment. Something I had learned in recent years. Still love the series.
The station's radio call sign KMG365 is the actual radio ID assigned to the LACFD by the FCC. Until the advent of automated ID, even the fire department was required to say the radio call sign over the air. Every station in the LACFD has KMG365.
Actually each station was assigned a different call sign
Nice video. When I went years ago they were getting ready to redo the kitchen and that soda machine was not there. They had a lady Captain too. It was a 2 man Engine and 4 man ladder. It wasn't a quint back then either,but that was in 99 I think
+Clement Klima I am stationed at the Fort Wayne Fire Station 15 & my shift is B & I have been the fire department for 17 yrs & I have been a captain for 10 years of service & I love it too.I am going to stay in the Fort Wayne Fire Department as long as I can. I will retire at 75 years old.
Hey I live in the Fort! Thanks Andrew to you and the rest of our First-responders for all you guys do each day!
Im a training Captain with l.
A. County Mike Stoker was my Capt at station 21 in Lawndale California
Mark Serrato cool
And what was he like as a boss? He seemed very mellow on TV.
Nice to see that a Mack fire truck is assigned to station 51(127).
I heard that Mike Stoker was the only real fire fighter in the show and he drove the truck on the show
Yes, Mike Stoker was a real-life firefighter on the show emergency! They had to have a real life firefighter for the show and one more real-life firefighter on the show.
There were actually two real firefighters on the show-Mike Stoker was the engineer (the original rig belonged to the LACoFD, which insisted a real firefighter drive it), and the original captain, Dick Hammer, who was a real captain with the LACoFD. He didn’t feel comfortable as an actor and left after the first season.
He drove the two Engines 51 during TV's Emergency!'s run: the 1965 Crown Firecoach open cab pumping hose wagon during its first 33 episodes and the 1973 Ward La France closed cab one during its last 89 episodes.
Yes Mike stoker retired as a captain plus he would bring the real badges for the other cast members each time they filmed
They the fire dept wanted a real fireman to drive the engine as far as the capt he was also a real.fireman but in the beginning he did not want to be on the show and act!
R Brilling, 'lousy on facts' is a nice way to put it, it was embarrassing. The guy with the camera kept referring to "The Movie." It was a television series that had a couple "Made For TV Movies." I had to bail out the video at the 6:00 mark. Stoker was a career firefighter with a SAG card. The producers needed an actor that actually could drive an engine! On days they needed to use the firehouse for filming, the engine and ladder crews were sent to nearby stations to cover from there. I never heard that about Hammer but I don't doubt you a bit. The guy that played Chet Kelly (ey?) was an actor that also had one spot appearances in Adam-12. Other than Stoker, the other five were actors. Mantooth and Tighe actually went through paramedic training before the show so they knew what the words meant in the lines they had. I couldn't tell you about the actors who played hospital staff. I thought I heard somewhere that the exterior, helicopter video shots of "Rampart" Hospital was actually UCLA Medical Center (which is 24 miles away from LCcoFD 127).
They all also went through firefighter training. Randolph Mantooth has said that by the third season, he and Kevin Tighe had become so familiar with ff/pm procedures and protocols that they were allowed to ad lib when filming the rescue scenes. Fireman Chet Kelly was portrayed by Tim Donnelly, who was signed to Universal Studios and had had small guest roles in other shows; his brother, Dennis Donnelly, was one of Emergency’s resident directors. Dr. Kelly Brackett was played by Robert Fuller, a very high profile actor at the time, best known for his roles in TV westerns such as Laramie and Wagon Train. Dr. Joe Early was portrayed by Bobby Troup, a songwriter/musician better known in jazz circles-he wrote the Nat King Cole classic, “Route 66”. He was married to popular singer Julie London, who played RN Dixie McCall. Ron Pinkard, a former medic in the military, played Dr. Mike Morton. On the firehouse side, Michael Norrell, who played Capt. Hank Stanley, was also a screenwriter and wrote four episodes of Emergency. (A few years later, he was nominated for an Emmy for one of his movie scripts.) Randolph Mantooth (Johnny Gage) and Kevin Tighe (Roy DeSoto) each directed multiple episodes.
@@35diamondgirl great facts which I can say are all true.as an emergency buff. Let me back you up a little bit.Julie london was aslo a successful jazz singer. And Bobby Troup was in the movie MASH (damn army jeep). AND I remember in the 90s wacthing an episode of NASH BRIDGES and seeing Michael Norell was the writer of the episode and I made the connection immediately and wondering if anybody else would make the connection also.
Looks like the station hasn't changed much in 40 plus years from the filming of Emergency!
Good video. Mike Stoker was the real LACoFD Firefighter. He retired out of Station 106 as a Fire Captain with 30+ years of service. The other "real" fireman was Captain Dick Hammer, who played Captain Hammer during the first season. I've visited Station 127 three times over the past 20 years with different friends and family and had a gracious host two out of the three tours. On one visit, it was very apparent that they did not want visitors, or were just sick of people always showing up. I am a firefighter myself and can pick up on the little hints or excuses they might use to make it a quick tour. My feelings on it is if you're stationed there and/or you bid to work 127's, then that's just part of the gig. Fans want to see the ENTIRE station, not just the apparatus bay. They want to see the kitchen, dayroom, bunkroom, etc.. Some travel from great distances to see 127. For many, first laying eyes on it as they drive up is an event in itself. In my opinion, the best time to stop in for a tour would be 10-11am or somewhere between 1-4pm.
To be fair I know how they feel, it's always 127s or 8s that gets the most "Emergency!" visitors
I’m a little surprised that the LACoFD doesn’t recruit volunteer docents to give tours, maybe during pre-determined set hours only, especially since they’ve made a point of publicly memorializing R.A. Cinador there. (There is a video on YT of the ceremony naming Station 127 after him. Randolph Mantooth, who played John Gage, was a guest speaker.) Every firefighter assigned to 127 knows to expect visitors, and one might think they’d at least have a written script or FAQ prepared so that questions could be answered accurately. Maybe these tours could be arranged in connection with the LA County Fire Museum, so that they would not need to be conducted by the firefighters stationed there.
Jean Gilliland LOL! I must’ve been reading your mind as I read the above two paragraphs. I was thinking the exact same thing in regards to museum. It’s a natural pairing.
and the dispatcher was real, He was Sam Lanier an LA Co dispatcher
@@35diamondgirl Cinader*
The ff being spoken to unfortunately didn't have all his facts straight. "Station 51" was an entirely fictional construct during filming in the 70's. They used Station 127's exterior and vehicle bay for roll-out footage, but a constructed set for interior (kitchen/locker room/sleeping quarters). Since they were using the dept's actual tone system to send out calls, anything with "Station 51" could be safely disregarded by the rest of the stations, unless they were already on special duty for filming. The Universal Studios _real_ Station 51 came about decades later, as a suitable homage.
You are correct. My parents purchased a 1974 Nova at Cormier Chevrolet, and one morning (sometime in the mid 1970's) my brother and I accompanied my father to the dealer for car service. I suggested to my brother (I was about thirteen years old, and he was around eleven.) to go for a walk around the corner, and we encountered the station looking exactly like the one in the program, and as a firefighter drove in, apparently reporting for duty, I confirmed with him that it was the Emergency station, but it was not Station 51; it was Station 127. I still have the two 110 Kodak film prints, and negatives, that I took that day (I happened to have my Kodak "Hawkeye" 110 camera with me that morning, and I still have that little camera to this day.); one shows my brother in front of the station, and the other is of the refinery-type structures across the street visible on some program exterior scenes. I took the latter picture as additional proof that we had found "Station 51." We used to see, and chase, the real L.A. County paramedic squad from Station 52 located in South Gate, where we lived. (It is no longer located at the corner of Firestone Boulevard and State Street, as it was back then.) The fire engines we saw were manufactured by Crown, who also manufactured the school buses used by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Toby Cameron. You are correct in your facts. Although some episodes per season were filmed at 127. The "Old Engine" was filmed at 127. That was also the same episode they got their new pumper, the Ward. The easiest way to tell when they filmed at the Universal set or the real station, was the bays are bigger in the real station. On the right side there is an extra set of doors at 127.
That's one of my main goals I want to go visit that station 127 and also I want to go visit Station 8 where the pilot episode started which was station 10
Mike Stoker is a retired Los Angeles County Fire Fighter. he started as a regular new fire fighter and worked his way up to Captain. During the years of the tv series Mike Stoker was a Engineer or Fire Truck Operator (Driver). He never worked out of Station 127. Station 127 is the real building used for filming. It has never been numbered 51 except for the tv show. Mr. Cinader did not want some untrained extra to drive and run/operate the Engine. It was a big vehicle and a person should have training to know how to safely drive and operate the pump correctly. That is basically how Mike Stoker got on the show.
He worked out of La Co Station #69 in Topanga Canyon
and Stoker has SAG Card as well
Nice vid, but this nice young f.f. who was born long after the show ended, had no clue about the show. As for the Universal Studios station, it was Station 60 until about 23 years ago when it was moved and rebuilt, they changed the number to 51 in honor of the show. The original Crowns Eng. 60 and it's twin Eng. 127 both played Eng. 51, depending where they were filming in the first 2 seasons, until the it was replaced in season 3 by the new Ward LaFrance. As for what he pointed out between the real station and set was correct. The set is a smaller version of Station 127. When you watch the show you can tell what was filmed at 127 and what was filmed on the set based on size (extra doors was a big clue).
I watched this show every day, My favorite was Johnny Gage he looks great even today. Thanks to them they were one of the first paramedics in the country. It's tp bad they took this show off because it was one of the best shows on the air.
The very first station 51 Captain was a real LA fire dept Captain.
The Adam 12 police stations were filmed at two different precincts. The Pilot Episode was shot at the North Hollywood Division and for most of the series thereafter, the Rampart Division at 2710 West Temple Street was used.
Mike Stoker and Dick Hammer were the real deal.
Stoker got the nod, because he was qualified to drive the engine, AND, he had his SAG card.
Captain Dick Hammer, wasn't that comfortable in front of the camera, and really was glad to leave the acting to the actors and go back to leading companies exclusively.
The surprise in the cast, was when Michael Norrell came aboard as Captain Henry "Hank" Stanley. His portrayal of a seasoned, relaxed, and fairly squared away fire captain, was nothing short of brilliant. I've known quite a few fire officers in my career, and frankly, he nailed the role's portrayal just right.
Really, the whole cast did a heck of a job. Marco Lopez, played by the actor of the same name, came across well as that generally quiet but approachable professional firefighter who knew his business. Tim Donnelly, who played Chet Kelly, did very well.
Mike Stoker filled his role perfectly as the quiet and letter-perfect competent professional you want driving the rig, getting you continuous and dependable water, and serving as the back-up leader if Captain Stanley gets put out of commission. You saw that when the wire came down on a car they were extricating people out of, and shocked the daylights out of Captain Stanley, while also starting a brush fire. Mike picked up the microphone immediately, and took charge... calling dispatch for a brush response, getting help for his injured Captain, and getting water on the new brush fire. That's just what I'd expect of a " Firefighter Specialist" in LACoFD parlance, aka "An Engineer" or "Fire Apparatus Operator" in other departments.
Randy and Kevin? The fact that after a bit, they pretty much helped set up the rescue scene shots, says a lot. The training they underwent before filming ever started, and their continued base touching with the tech advisers from LACoFD, made sure that the rescues were plausible, and as real looking as they could get away with.
Ron pinkard AKA Dr. Morton was actually studying to be a Doctor before Emergency
guardduck25 Didn’t know that. I know Ron Pinkard was a medic in the military before Emergency. Randolph Mantooth has said that Pinkard was all business when shooting his scenes and that he ad libbed with the extras portraying the nurses quite a lot.
@@35diamondgirl Ron Pinkard was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman, and had plenty of experience working side by side with physicians. My guess is, that he channeled a lot of his personal experience working next to physicians, into his portrayal of Dr. Morton.
You can see that calm, cool, self-assuredness in almost every medical scene he was in. I believe Randolph Mantooth said, "He was no bull---t!" in reference to Ron's portrayal, and having met a few doctors in my Fire/EMS time... I would have to agree. Pinkard nailed it, as did Bobby Troup and Robert Fuller in their respective roles.
Julie London, turned out to be quite a gem as Dixie McCall, RN... In the storyline, she had experience in the military, and was a cracker jack emergency department nurse in every way. Julie definitely pulled that role off very adroitly.
@@35diamondgirl Ron Pinkard was a Corpsman during Vietnam
this brings back great memories I grew up with emergency
I wanted the Snorkel truck 127
Really cool show. Watched it every sat night ,8 pm wrc tv channel 4. Launched the fire paramedic program for our country.
I didn't realize that the horse of Ladder 127 had a full pump panel on it.
That is actually a Quint, so it has water tank and Pumper as well.
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nice quick tour today thanks to the crew!
The captain and stoker were the only 2 real LA Co fireman maybe 1 more guy!
the only other authentic LA Co person was Dispatcher Sam Lanier
The actual station appears much bigger than the set.
The LACOFD is on the trucks too.
Did the firemen say that the B.p. Refinery gave the station or L.A.county fire dept the foam engine...
Surprised the FF on duty let you see the bunk room and crew quarters. Usually that's off limits for tours.
A Mack pumper?I'd do anything to have one in my driveway!
Beautiful station
outstanding video.thank you so much
The bricks in the sleeping Quarters were much smaller in the studio recreation.
The pilot episode was filmed entirely in the actual fire station the shots that they did Film. after the pilot they had a set built
Awesome, Thanks for sharing
No, it was never really Station 51.
There is a TH-cam video documenting the Adam 12 station as being destroyed.
Looks alot bigger than on the show, how many vehicles could they fit in the station
How old is this firefighter? It was always Station 127 and never 51 even during filming.
The coming and going of the various engines and squad during different weather and times of day and night along with exterior scenes were filmed here. Everything else station was filmed on the sound stage.
What year is the Mack mc pumper in this video looks like a 1980s rig
Station 51 is now located in universal studios
I feel sorry for the poor ff who was on the captains bad side to be stuck with having to give a dork the tour of the house.
Then as today, the probys, boots or candidates, what ever you want to call them, are the one's to give the tours. The old salts don't want to be bothered.
@@charlesrudish9147 You were in the Navy? Only sailors are called "salts" as far as I know. (I was USN also)
What's that old Mack used for?
That old Mack is Foam 127.
Billy Moskowitz They didnt have a foam when this was filmed, it was a backup truck, stupid bitch
So who took off the Mack's bulldog hood ornement?
OMG retro Firehouse cool!!!
Back in the 60's and 70's, this was normal, this was how the guys lived for 24 hrs., old school but spotless. Very little amenities. The stations today are built as show places.
~ Don't think you've ever watched the show, facts are not correct !
I might play as new john gage for the new Emergency show in indiana
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Thanks for this good video. Disregard the purist whiners that have to say something if a fact or brick is out of place. I always wondered if this station was still in operation. Thanks again.
I like
the Mack mc fire truck in this video
Back in the day, if your department was outfitted with Macks, you were living good. They were fine pieces of 'chinery. Back when I first go on, two brand new Mack pumpers had been delivered a few months earlier. I was fortunate enough to be assigned to a station with one of them.
I read somewhere that the actual Statuon 51 is near the airport
Universal Studios
La Co Station #127 is located at 2049 E. 223rd Street Carson, CA
I'v been there.
Lopez was a real firefighter aswell
No he was not
@@robertyoung3992 there were 2 firefighter/actors on engine 51 mike stoker and Marco Lopez
@@matt88876 wrong Lopez was not a firefighter
@@matt88876 wrong Lopez was NOT a real firefighter
Where was the Engine?
John Gage is the smartest firefighter in the Los Angeles County Fire Dept.
don't agree Roy never got into all these stupid hair brain sceam that Johnny got into. Roy was the smart one down to earth
Oh please...him and the whole show was corny as hell, and that's because of Jack Web being in charge of it. Remember his 'Facts mam, just the facts' show? Calling it Corny is being nice. He could never get out of the 1930's style of acting and directing.
@@charlesrudish9147 jack webb was the greatest
Joh gage is an actor playing a part in a tv show
Charles Rudish Actually, after the pilot, Jack Webb had no creative input. He never directed an episode after the pilot, and he never wrote a single script. Jack Webb owned the show and was instrumental in its development and convincing NBC to purchase the pilot, but he handed over control to R. A. Cinador once the show was picked up. Cinador was the real creator of the show (as revealed in the actual show credits), and he was the one who set the more lighthearted tone. I just finished a binge-watch of all 6 seasons, and I’d forgotten how much more humor was injected into it than in other shows associated with Jack Webb. One of the Webb practices that Cinador immediately tossed was the use of an old-school tool called a teleprompter, which fed the actors their lines during filming. None of the actors wanted to use it except for Julie London, and she stopped using it after the first two seasons.
Joshua
Nice fan video, lousy on facts. Station 127 was never station 51 since "51" was a creation of Robert Cinader, the producer of Emergency. Also, Mike Stoker was the only regular firefighter on the show (other than Capt. Dick Hammer, the first station Captain. Hammer was a real LACo FD Captain with a SAG card. He was also a Marlboro Man.) Chet Kelly was portrayed by an actor. It's nice to see a fan video, but at least get your facts straight before you post videos.
R Brilling
if you look on the building it says R A Cinador station 127
The building dedication came much later.
Tim Donnelly
People doing this who have no clue! What a waste!
Stanly was the capton stoker drover the engine gage and deSoto where paramedic's Kelly bracket Dixie McCall Joe early and Morten where doctor and nurses
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myka hudson hudson Get a room, you two ;)
Succumbing
wow,funny how the truck says " F.D.N.Y" and not "L.A.co.F.D."
That's a post-911 dedication. The actual LACoFD logo is further forward, on the cab's front door.
that was my question also? I don't question the fact that this is the station used for the show but why did I see FDNY on the door of truck on the left ahhh 😊
Thank you