Talk:Emergency!

Rampart General Hospital was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 10 January 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Emergency!. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Firefighting Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Firefighting, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to firefighting on Wikipedia! If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.FirefightingWikipedia:WikiProject FirefightingTemplate:WikiProject FirefightingFirefighting articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.

Animation Low‑importance

	Animation portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Animation, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to animation on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, help out with the open tasks, or contribute to the discussion.AnimationWikipedia:WikiProject AnimationTemplate:WikiProject AnimationAnimation articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Television Low‑importance

	Television portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.TelevisionWikipedia:WikiProject TelevisionTemplate:WikiProject Televisiontelevision articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Comics Low‑importance

	Comics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Comics, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to comics on Wikipedia. Get involved! If you would like to participate, you can help with the current tasks, visit the notice board, edit the attached article or discuss it at the project's talk page.ComicsWikipedia:WikiProject ComicsTemplate:WikiProject ComicsComics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

old comments[edit]

The "'gold standard' of Johnny and Roy" I removed. I work in emergency services and have heard of it, but there is "the golden hour" (the first sixty minutes from incident to, usually, surgery). I think the user has this mixed up. Paramedic and EMT classes usually mention Johnny and Roy at some point in the class. If this "gold standard" is correct, I would ask for a citation on it.Squad51 18:23, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe The Maro Lopez link is right you have him born in 1978 but yet he's acting in 1972.

Corrected link. Thanks. Fjbfour 05:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Game[edit]

There is a strategy game series called Emergency. Shouldn't there be an article about it? --Defender 911 23:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Love triangle section doesn't make any sense[edit]

As someone who only has very vague memories of the show from childhood, I don't understand the love triangle section at all. It looks like the section is mixing descriptions of the fictional story and the actors' real lives without distinguishing which is which. Don't assume readers are familiar with the show. --JHP 23:04, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have a good point. That paragraph was there before I adopted this page as one I watch carefully, and while it is essentially all true, I see where you are coming from. There wasn't really a "triangle", but the Webb/Londonw/Troup relationship is an interesting bit of trivia. Perhaps not interesting enough to be kept, though, as trivia sections on WP are an endangered species. I'll give this some thought, and perhaps see if I can work it in in a useful way other than calling it a "triangle". Unless, of course, another Wikipedian takes a shot at it first. Fjbfour 00:01, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I rewrote it and moved it to the end of the article to downplay its significance. Feedback welcomed. Fjbfour 18:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment on articles for individual television episodes and characters[edit]

A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion or exclusion of episodes and characters, as well as other fiction articles. Please visit the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline. Ikip (talk) 11:19, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First paragraph needs rewrite?[edit]

The first paragraph reads weird to me. The sentence "A show that starred Robert Fuller, Julie London and Bobby Troup, as doctors and a nurse, who helped saved lived of the many victimized patients." reads strangely with the surrounding text, and missing any reference to Tighe and Mantooth, who were often the primary stars. Doconeill (talk) 22:45, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cartoon series?[edit]

http://www.film.com/tv/emergency-plus-four/21329118

I knew that I recalled a cartoon series of Emergency. Since the comic book is mentioned, shouldn't this one be mentioned as well? CodeCarpenter (talk) 14:53, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency!#Spin-offs_and_crossovers Fjbfour (talk) 07:33, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I was looking for it in the wrong section. Glad to see I wasn't hallucinating! CodeCarpenter (talk) 13:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trauma[edit]

I'd say the currently airing series "Trauma" is the closest thing to a 'sequel' to "Emergency!" there's ever been on TV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 07:15, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TV Movies[edit]

Corrected the DVD release section to show that a set containing the movies would only have 6 episodes. Someone else had 9 in there.

There were 6 two hour long movies, which were each split up into two 60 minute programs for syndication after their original airings as movie of the week programs. Since the previous tv movie (The Emergency! pilot episode) is shown in it's original form in the season 1 boxset and isn't split up like how it aired in syndication, I think 6 is the safe number to have entered.

It's either going to be 6 or 12 (Depending on if they go with the uncut versions like they have so far, or the syndicated versions), 9 isn't a number of episodes that is even possible with this potential release. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.220.47 (talk) 21:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Calm Down!"[edit]

I think it should be mentioned that John Gage in almost every episode told someone to calm down. I wouldn't call it his catchphrase, but it would be nice to know how many times throughout the series he said it. Paula Bunion (talk) 06:19, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TV Movies[edit]

I see someone reverted it back to show 9 movies in the DVD release section. That's incorrect so please stop vandalizing the Wikipedia entry for this series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.220.47 (talk) 23:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

KMG365[edit]

Wasn't this the first TV series to depict paramedics? IIRC, that was a new concept at the time. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 00:52, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

With dispatch[edit]

I deleted this:

"The tones heard before the station alarm is activated are actual Motorola "Quik Call I" codes, used by LACoFD until the 1990s. At the time of filming, an LACoFD station's main base station radio was usually in "quiet" mode, so the crew on duty wouldn't have to hear every transmission over the fire channel at all hours. Although only two tones could be heard for each station dispatched to an alarm, the Quik Call system actually used two sets of tones (four total) to activate station alarms, and each of these tones was actually two frequencies sent together, similar to the DTMF Touch-Tone signals used in telephone electronic dial systems. When a dispatcher selected one or more stations to be "toned out", the Quik Call system would transmit the first set of tones which would unsquelch the radio at one or more stations and turn on their loudspeakers, closely followed by a second set of tones for each individual station which could be heard and which activated the intended station's alarm klaxon, generated by a Federal Signal "Vibratone" alarm horn. The second set of Quik Call tones which was specifically for station 51 were LZPZ-HZKZ, also known as 1 second of 794.3 Hz + 1084.0 Hz followed by 3 seconds of 582.1 Hz + 716.7 Hz (the third tone was the klaxon which was set off by Quick Call). The opening of the bay door and lights coming on with the klaxon was through a Motorola "Intrac" system, known as automatic switch control. Although we never saw the bay door close as they left, the Intrac had a timed relay which would automatically close the door a pre-programmed time after dispatch."

as ill-placed. I'm not sure where it does belong, but if somebody can figure it out... TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 02:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DVD/Netflix release[edit]

The color in these releases seems really... Weird. There's no notes on how the show was filmed. Are the weirdly bright colors to do with how it was filmed or restored? 76.21.107.221 (talk) 04:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Name Change?[edit]

I watched this show as a kid, and I could have SWORN that the original name of the show was "Emergency 51." I distinctly remember being upset that they suddenly change it to "Emergency!" after a year or two. Am I dreaming here? I can't seem to find any mention of this in this article, or on the IMDB website. Freaky. Can any other old-timers back me up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:644:8400:F742:98C4:7C11:F605:CCA6 (talk) 20:55, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I recall that, too. I think that was for syndication or reruns, to distinguish it from the OTA. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 03:58, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]