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Capt. Spike Ryerson commands the squad of brave and hardworking firemen of Engine Company 23 in Los Angeles County. Like on "Emergency", the men often find themselves involved in rescuing people from dangerous situations--especially dangling from cliffs, skyscrapers, bridges, etc.
- 1974-1974
- 1 season
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
Capt. Spike Ryerson commands the squad of brave and hardworking firemen of Engine Company 23 in Los Angeles County. Like on "Emergency", the men often find themselves involved in rescuing people from dangerous situations--especially dangling from cliffs, skyscrapers, bridges, etc.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1974
Episode 1
Burst of Flame
Thu, Jan 17, 1974 30 mins
The team finds a suicide about to jump and they attempt to get a net under him in time. A high rise office building is on fire and the crew risks their life as they rescue those trapped.
Episode 2
Sentenced to Burn
Thu, Jan 24, 1974
A man caught in a mudslide needs the help of the fire rescue team. Then the crew head for a nearby prison where they are taken hostage while doing their job.
Episode 3
The Hottest Place in Town
Thu, Jan 31, 1974
While the men of company 23 are putting out a nightclub fire their station house is being robbed.
Episode 4
Trapped
Thu, Feb 7, 1974 30 mins
The crew go all out to save a man's new dump truck from fire. Then they are called to an excavation site for a tunnel project where lives are endangered by high gas levels.
Episode 5
Implosion
Thu, Feb 14, 1974
The men are tasked with rescuing a boy stuck in a heating duct system. Then they must free six people trapped in an elevator. An explosion at an oil refinery tests all of their resources.
Episode 6
The Treasure
Thu, Feb 21, 1974
Ryerson and crew are faced with the delicate task of freeing a pregnant woman surrounded by power lines. The men are called to a fire of a historic but crumbling mansion and are determined to save it.
Episode 7
Strike, Spare, and Burn
Thu, Feb 28, 1974
A hidden danger threatens Captain Spike Ryerson and his men as they battle a fire in a bowling alley. In an episode entitled ''Strike, Spare and Burn," the men respond to an alarm at an old theatre building which has been converted into a bowling alley. Unknown at first to the firemen, the building contains an extraordinarily dangerous part of its past - a film vault loaded with old nitrate-type film that will explode when the temperature reaches 120 degrees. The building once was a film exchange, and still contains films made of extremely flammable nitrate.
Episode 8
Tide of Terror
Thu, Mar 7, 1974
Sonny has a date gone wrong with his girlfriend. He is called with the rest of the men to save a young woman trapped beneath a pier amidst raidly rising waters.
Episode 9
No Way Out
Thu, Mar 14, 1974
The firemen aid a child who has fallen into a 10-foot-deep hole and must extinguish a fire threatening a chain of stores.
Episode 10
A Gift for Grumper
Thu, Mar 21, 1974 30 mins
The firefighters struggle to save priceless art from a museum fire, not realizing that their friend, Arson Inspector Frank ''Grumper" Barkham, is trapped in the blaze. Captain Spike Ryerson and his men struggle to save priceless art from a museum fire, not realizing that Inspector Frank "Grumper' Barkham of the arson squad is trapped in the building. In "A Gift for Grumper," the firefighters interrupt a meeting with "Grumper'' to respond to a fire in a girl's trailer. Afterwards they raced to the museum blaze, not knowing that the inspector, who is nearing his retirement, had arrived there first and gone upstairs.
Episode 11
Randall's Pride
Thu, Mar 28, 1974
Ryerson and his fire rescue team must rescue a young woman who has driven off a cliff. The next call involves a blaze at a racing stable and the men rush in an attempt to save the valuable horses.
Episode 12
The Watches of the Night
Thu, Apr 4, 1974
Ryerson and his men battle a blaze in a slum. Then a fire breaks out during a fashion designer's show.
Episode 13
False Alarm
Thu, Apr 11, 1974
The firefighters go about their duties with great concern for their leader tonight. Captain Ryerson is hospitalized for a possible heart attack, while his men save a young man suffering from drug overdose.