Emergency!: Behind the Scene

This book captures the essence of an important chapter in television history: coverage of the origins of the Emergency!, a dramatic series significant beyond entertainment. Emergency! followed the daily lives of a pair of Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters/paramedics, along with their colleagues at Station 51 and the emergency room staff of Rampart General Hospital. The book offers a behind the scenes look, packed with interviews from many of the medical and fire department technical advisors, cast members, writers, and other production crew members that worked on the series. more

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Posted: Jan-12-2009

Emergency! Benind the Scenes

This is a good book for any Emergency! fan. This book is a history of the show and shows what effect it had on paramedics and firefighting. I really enjoyed the book and especially the episode guide. True there are a few typos like characters names spelled incorrectly but don't let that stop...

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Posted: Oct-14-2008

Fun, but oddly edited.

Contains a lot of information I could care less about, and some information I really wish had been expanded on. Could have really used a more complete episode guide... for example, the guide entry for the episode The Mouse was begging for information on staging the plane crash fire that was not...

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Posted: Sep-17-2008

Behind the Scenes of early EMS

I expected another tired this is how we put together the show book on a show I watched in High School. What I found was a History of the Early EMS program from Miami Fire to LA City and County in the 1970's, and how one TV show broought what was happening on the streets of these cities to the...

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Posted: Aug-10-2008

Very informative, not a picture book.

Emergency!: Behind the SceneThis is a very interesting, informative book. If you are looking for a picture book with light reading, this will probably not be your "cup of tea." I enjoyed it!

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Posted: Jul-21-2008

Emergency! Behind the Scene

Although interesting, I would have enjoyed more of a "Where Are They Now? kind of thing. Way too much emphasis on the trucks, directors and such and less on the actors. Enjoyable if you are a really big buff of the show.

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Posted: Jul-14-2008

Emergency! Behind the scene

As a long time fan I enjoyed the book. It had a lot of info that went way beyond what I expected, BUT........ It failed to have MANY facts about the show that seemed at least to me more important. The book failed to cover the opening's theme history/changes, had very little on the sets used to...

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Posted: May-28-2008

Must have for Emergency! fans!

I had remembered watching this series when I was a kid. I watched an episode on cable and then ordered the DVD's. After really getting into it, I ordered the book and was very impressed. The episode guide is comprehensive. There are a lot of details about how the series was born, behind the...

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Posted: Apr-02-2008

This Book's For You!

I've read this book and as a writer/filmmaker, it gives me a unique insight into what it took to make a series of this type. On another edge, as a person who follows and admires the work of our firefighters/EMS, this is also an insight into what the early days of the Paramedic program were like...

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Posted: Mar-04-2008

this is a great book that gose with the Emergency tv Series

This Book is a great book to Read if you have the TV Series it tells you about the Show and Behind the Scene from the EMERGENCY! TV Scries,This Book is a book to have for any Emergency Fan and medical Staff with the EMS Systuem in Los Angeles County. I Rate this Great Book a 20.

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Posted: Mar-04-2008

Not Quite What I Expected

The first thing I noticed about this book is that the publisher, Jones and Barlett, is primarily a medical publisher -- they publish professional books for doctors, nurses and EMS workers. And indeed, in the preface, the authors write that they assume their readers to be primarily firefighters,...

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