07x05 - What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing

[bunniefuu]

Welcome to San Francisco.

Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Boy, I didn't know
we were gonna be in for

that kind of
a civilian paramedic!

What happened?

MAN: He slipped, I guess. We can't
get a report, he's got the radio on him.

[SIREN WAILING]

FRANK: What's happening?

That could've been you
in that ambulance, you know.

But it wasn't, Pete.

LEE: Welcome to Fort Point. Please,
come in.

And may I warn you, this fort
was constructed over 110 years ago

and there are hazards not
present in today's buildings.

Fort Point was constructed
during the years 1853 to 1861,

to prevent entrance of a hostile
fleet into the bay of San Francisco,

though none ever attempted
it. [METALLIC TAPPING]

Just a little competition from
the bridge inspectors, folks.

Don't worry,
it's won't fall down.

The fort was designed to house


Now, that's a lot of firepower,
even by today's standards.

As you can see, the fort was
designed almost like a city in itself.

Although you wouldn't
have the same amenities

and the same kind of
plumbing and running water

that you would expect
from the old type thing.

Laurie.

Laurie Campbell!
Laurie Campbell!

[KNOCKING CONTINUES]

That's me.

[sums]

Laurie Campbell.

I'm coming.

Good morning.

Ah, yes, it was.

I didn't wake you, did I?

No. I've been up for hours.

I just thought I'd remind
you to pick up my laundry.

Mmm.

Pete, do I ever forget
to pick up your laundry?

But it was a great excuse to
see you before I go to work.

Mmm.

ROY: All right. Thank you.

Thank you, Fred.

OLSON: That's right. Okay.

Well, we'll get back to you
about that this afternoon.

Okay. Sure. Bye-bye.

Howdy, I'm DeSoto, this is Gage,
we're from LA County.

The driver said to report here.

Sure. We've been expecting you.

Welcome to San Francisco.

Thank you. Thanks a lot.

We've been looking
forward to this ride-along.

Well, we'll get you started
right after the Chief's briefing.

Chief?

Chief Casper. He wants
to welcome you himself.

You mean...

You mean the Chief Chief?

That's right.

We didn't really want him
to go out of his way like this.

That's the way the boss is.
Let me see if he's available.

Excuse me.

Boy, they are making us feel
right at home here, aren't they?

What do you mean right at home?

They don't treat
us like this at home.

Hey, Jerry, how was it?

Six runs,
couple of false alarms.

Pulled a guy out of
a locked toilet stall.

Pretty much routine.

Oh, when did locked toilet
stalls get to be routine?

Oh, hey, did you
bring the tickets?

Oh.

Scratch Judy and me.
In-laws decided to visit.

Oh, super.

You'll find out. Give it time.

Jerry it's had plenty of time. It's
just that time isn't the problem.

Laurie's a dynamite gal, Pete.

You better grab
while the grabbing is good.

That, my man, is easy to say.

You know, there's more to a decision
like this than just being a dynamite gal.

Yeah, I know.
The lady has to say yes.

Ciao.

Cute.

That's what I like to see,
guys, industry.

Back home we called it
housework.

Morning, Captain.

What do you say we get
the morning briefing done

before you guys fall out from exhaustion,
huh?

Hey, Cap,
I wanna tell you something.

If we do, I sure know which paramedic
person I wanna have come rescue me.

Watch it, pal.

Yeah, I know,
she's private property.

He hopes.

Don't let him bug you, Cap.

Oh, no, from polishing trucks
to polishing Cap's badge?

Rookie,
I'm ashamed of you. Hey...

Six months I've been out of fire college,
Cap, when they gonna ease off?

Mike, the day they ease off on you,
I'll start worrying.

Okay.

Let's see what the
ivory tower has to say.

Okay, fine. Yes, tell him I'll be
there in 15 minutes. Thank you.

As I was saying, I'm never too
busy to meet with fellow firefighters.

This is the way
we learn from one another.

Yeah. We appreciate
the hospitality.

That's a good point of view,
too, Chief.

You're gonna find
in San Francisco that

our city rescue/paramedic operations
are not quite comparable to yours.

The Fire Department handles
fire and also physical rescue.

The Department of Public Health
runs the paramedic ambulances.

It's true
they're not firefighters,

but they do a pretty good job.

Mmm.

Sounds awfully complicated.

Is it a good system?

Any system can be made better.

Sure, there are advantages if the total
operation was under the Fire Department.

But the bottom line
to success is people.

And people really
make things go.

Yeah. That makes sense.

But, you know,
there's one other thing.

I don't know whether you've
examined it or not, but in LA...

I've made arrangements with
Superintendent Butcher to take one of you

over to the
Department of Public Health.

I'd like to go with the ambulance crew,
if that's okay.

Well, I guess that leaves
me with the Fire Department.

John, I'm gonna put you into
Rescue Company Number 2,

with Captain Delaney
and his crew.

Perhaps they can learn
something from you,

and maybe you can learn
something from them.

Sure, I'm looking forward to it.

Maybe later on, you and I can get
together and we can compare notes.

Maybe we can.

Now, my aide, Olson, is making
arrangements for your transportation.

Great. Well,
thanks for everything.

Nice meeting you. Good
luck. Nice meeting you, too.

Nice meeting you. Good
luck. Hope to see you again.

Bye, now. Bye-bye.

In fact, maybe we can
have some lunch together.

I mean, if, uh...
Some other time...

See you later.

[METAL CLANKING]

LEE: And as you're
probably aware,

there's a tremendous interest
in preserving history in this area.

Therefore, the fort was declared
the Fort Point National Historic Site

by the US Congress
on April 16, 1970.

[SCREAMING]

[TOURISTS MURMURING]

INSPECTOR: Harry,
you all right? Harry!

Somebody get some help!

San Francisco Fire Department.

Yes, sir. What's the location?

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Still alarm,
Truck 16, Rescue 2,

Cliff Unit 1 to Fort Point,
a rescue operation.

Still alarm, Truck 16, Rescue 2,

Cliff Unit 1 to Fort Point,
a rescue operation.

Rescue and paramedics
will be there. Want to roll?

Wouldn't miss it.

[SIREN WAILING]

Control 2, CD. 1-A responding
to Fort Point rescue operation

with two ride-alongs.

[SIREN WAILING]

[HORN BLARING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Man.

Don't they believe
in sirens in this town?

I think somewhere in history,
somebody told them

it was a signal
to start playing chicken.

[sums]

Thought LA was bad.

Cap, put her up to the
cyclone fence and run it up.

Hey, Cap-

What happened?

He slipped, I guess. We can't get a report,
he's got the radio on him.

Sure could use your help, Cap.

That's what we're here for.

Okay, we'll take
a snatch block and line.

Wanna go with me?

He's one of my men.

You up to it? Up to it?

Been doing it a lot
longer than you, Captain.

Okay, McCoy,
when the cliff rescue unit gets here,

put 'em in the yard.

Okay, you got it, Cap-

[SIREN WAILING]

Hey, pal, it's your bridge,
why don't you show me the best way?

Captain Delaney wants you
to set up in the courtyard.

I'll guide you in, all right?

All right. Come on, this way.

Okay.

Bring it out wide, boss.

Hold it right there.

Go up the diagonal to here.

Up, cross over
to the main gusset.

I have a hunch you guys are
really gonna get your money's worth.

[SIREN WAILING]

Hurry up, you guys,
Harry's not moving.

I think he's hurt bad.

Don't worry,
we'll take care of him.

Folks, they'll likely be bringing
in some more equipment.

Perhaps we'd better
get out of the way.

Will you follow me, please?

Come on. Right this way, please.

We can watch from over there.

Gail? Yeah.

Meet firemen paramedics John
Gage and Roy DeSoto, from LA county.

Gail Warren,
Tom Winslow. [BOTH GREETING]

How are ya?

Pleasure to meet you. Pleasure.

I heard we were going to
have one of you riding with us.

Well, welcome to San Francisco.

Thank you.

Heads up, guys.
Here comes the line.

Let me give you a hand.

Here. Okay.

Okay, I got it. Easy, now, easy.

Okay, fine. Easy now.

DELANEY: Okay, McCoy.
Lower me down.

We have a possible neck injury.

Have a surgical collar ready.

I'll get the cervical collar.

Lower me down a little bit more.

That's it, that's it. Easy, now.

Okay, hold it right there.

Okay, we're secure.
Put us down nice and easy.

Here, why don't you
put the collar on him?

Boy, I didn't know
we were gonna be in for

that kind of
a civilian paramedic!

Brace his neck.

Okay, just get
this hat off here.

Okay, let's keep
his neck level, now.

Easy. Got it?

All right.

Right.

Okay, I'm gonna steady his neck.

Okay.

Got him, right there? Yup.

Okay, let's get that over here,
closer, please?

We're gonna lift on three,
now, fellas. Okay.

Hold it. Hold it. Okay.

One. Two. Three. Ready.

GAIL: Okay.

Right.

Okay, we got it. Yup.

Come on, let's go help 'em.

Okay.

Can I get this for ya?

Oh, sure.

One of you coming with us?

Uh, yeah, he is.

Well, I guess I'm
stuck with you guys, huh?

Guys, this is John Gage,
ride-along from LA County.

How you doing?
How you doing, John?

I have a hunch he thinks his
partner got a lot better deal.

Yeah, well, LA or San Francisco,

it doesn't make any difference,

it always hurts when you
get aced on by a partner.

[LAUGHS] That's the truth.

Am I up first?
Yeah, you ride in front.

[SIREN WAILING]

You're a very lucky man.

A little rest and I'm sure the
doctors will have you home pronto.

Nice setup you got here.

Yeah, well, it comes in handy.

After we get our patient to the hospital,
I'll give you the 50-cent tour.

All right.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Oh!

Sunday drivers.

We got the same problem
back home.

People just do not want to
listen to sirens.

Only here,
it's multiplied 20 times.

We got more hills,
the traffic, more everything.

By the way,
have you signed an accident waiver?

Yeah.

This is a nice rig.

Oh, yeah, the equipment's great,
and the crew, the best.

Let me ask you a question.

How...

How far do you go
with medical problems?

Well, we're certified EMT 1s,
that's basic first aid.

The paramedics
take over from there.

Yeah.

Paramedics.

I met one. Very nice.

[CHUCKLES] Oh, Gail?
Yeah, she's very good.

How are they? Women on the job?

Well,
they're fine on the medical end, but...

Sometimes, you have to do
the rescue for them first, huh?

Those are your words.

Those are my words.

What do you mean?
They're not your words?

Put it this way. There's four
women in the city system.

They really know their
business. It's just that...

Well, you never know
what they're going to get into,

whether they can
handle it or not.

[LAUGHS]

Well, I'll tell you,
I think that Gail can handle me.

She's one very nice lady.

Ha-ha. One very nice
married-type lady.

What?

Two kids. Her husband's a
professor over at Berkeley.

She's married to a professor?

You know, one of those kind
that are into a great deal of

super-secret esoteric academia.

The guy's so smart
he can't find his way to work.

Huh. And she's a paramedic?

Go figure it.

Our water rescue unit.

Everything you need for the water. Tanks,
wet suits.

Yeah. That's fast thinking.

[SIGHS] Who does
your water rescues?

Me,
the guys. We're all certified divers.

Is there anything that
you guys don't do?

[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, we're not paramedics,

but maybe someday.

Maybe, maybe.

Come on, let's have lunch.

Sure. What you got?

MIKE: Okay, okay.
We got the time here...

We got to move these out today.

Mike! Got a question.

Get those sacks of ammonium
nitrate in the shack down there.

We get some weather,
I'm out a lotta bucks.

Hey, look, I would have had
that job done a long time ago,

but your brother-in-law and that
pile of scrap keep getting in the way.

Mike, don't give me a hard
time. Do what you're told.

Okay, okay!

Harvey!

Harvey, it's been a week!

I know. I got slowed down, Dom.

You got slowed down.
You been slow all your life.

Look, so you let me
use your pier.

What should I do,
kiss your feet?

Harvey, you gotta understand,
what I'm letting you do is illegal.

I'm in for a big fine if the
Fire Department finds out

I'm letting you
cut up this thing here.

A couple more days,
just until I get the junk

that's worth something
outta this thing.

Harvey, you ever try just
getting a decent job?

I mean, you always got
a hustle going.

Two days.
Two more days, Dominick.

The things I do for my sister.

Okay, two days.
Two days and that's it!

I don't care what. Two days and
you're out on your ear, Harvey.

And this tub goes with you!

Big sh*t!

Hey!

Come on,
what am I paying you for? Let's move it!

Come on!

[WOMAN CHATTERING OVER PA]

LA's a different kind of a city. I mean,
it's crazy.

It's just as crazy
as it is here, I guess.

You know something?

I'm supposed to be
studying your operation,

and I haven't shut up
since I got here.

Look, I don't mind at all.

I'm just as interested in your
operation as you are in ours.

You like your job, don't you?

How can you tell?

'Cause you know
exactly what to do,

you know exactly how to do it,

and you care about your patient.

Well, isn't that
the name of the game?

Yeah.

But you got
a special kind of concern.

Oh. Thank you, kind sir,
I think that was compliment.

Think so.

[LAUGHS]

Well, what else
have you observed?

Come on, I love it.

Well, there is the obvious.

Oh, I knew you wouldn't be able
to stay away from that question.

Nope.

What's the answer?

[WOMAN CHATTERS OVER PA]

Well, fire fighter-paramedics
are a good idea in some situations.

There's some
advantage either way,

especially for the ladies.

Yeah. Go on.

Do you think I could get through
the fire academy with these muscles?

You flexing that?

Yeah, it's flexed.

There's no telling on that one.

I can tell you.

It was hard enough
breaking the ice with this outfit.

There's just no way.

WINSLOW: Roy?

I gotta go down and dispatch.
You wanna come along?

Sure.

Uh, well...

Thanks for putting up with me.

Oh, you were a real challenge.

All right. [LAUGHS]
See you later.

We'll be back in five minutes
unless we get something.

Fine. I'm gonna go
change in a minute.

[WOMAN CHATTERING OVER PA]

Oh, we had a fantastic vacation.

Gordon and the kids spent the
time taking the observatory apart.

And I spent my time
having a solar experience.

What's a solar experience?

Getting a suntan.

I should have guessed.

So, what's been happening?

You want a new update?
You've only been gone a week.

A lot can happen in a week.

Well, come on, talk. You can't
involve me and then shut me out.

I still love him,
if that's what you're asking.

But he's still obstinate, hard-headed,
and chauvinistic, right?

All of those.

He still wants to get married?

If and when I quit my job.

Oh, I know.
It's just too dangerous.

It's man's work
in a man's world.

Etcetera, etcetera.

You got it.

Well, no change.

Mmm-mmm.

You know, sometimes though, I wish Gordon
would say those kinds of things to me.

All clear?

[SIGHS] We're changing.

MARSHALL: I gotta change, too.

Joe.

Okay, 0 Kay-

Just don't take all day.

Even at work.

Him I can handle.

What makes Joe so different?

I'm not in love with Joe.
Simple.

It's true.

[WOMAN CHATTERING OVER PA]

Okay, it's all yours, Joe.

About time, too. Mmm-hmm.

Working with women. If they
ever find out about this back home...

Yes, yes. Hmm.

Hmm.

Poor, dear, abused boy.

He adores me, you know.

I think.

[CHUCKLES]

You must have
an interesting life.

I mean, at work and at play,
as they say.

As they say.

[sums]

Gail. What am I gonna do?

I'm a good listener,
but that's about it.

Well, you're married to Gordon.

He doesn't object
to you being a paramedic.

Laurie, I hate to tell you this,

but Gordon is not like
your Captain Peter Delaney.

Gordon travels somewhere between
here and the fourth dimension.

You know, black holes,
dynacubes, hyperspace.

Things only he and
my eight-year-old understand.

As a matter of fact, I'm not even
sure that he knows I'm a paramedic.

Or what a paramedic is.

You're kidding.

No, I'm not kidding.

[LAUGHS]

Well, I'm not gonna quit my job just
because Peter Delany says I should.

Marriage is a two-way street,
as they say.

And it's all right
with him, huh?

As long as you're still just...

Going together? Is that the
phrase you're looking for?

Well, as Pete says,
it's tolerable.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Oh, Roy DeSoto. Laurie Campbell,
your new shift ride-along.

Hi, Roy. Hi, how are you?

I thought a change of shift might
give me another point of view.

He sounds like Gordon.
Point of view about what?

Lady paramedics. What else?

Hmm.

[CHEERING AND WHISTLING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, do I know the right
place to bring you guys?

Yeah, Frank,
there's no place like this back home.

[GUFFAWS]

Well,
I didn't make regional manager for nothing.

Here's to Frank.
What do you say, fellas?

Hey, sweetie.
How about having a drink

for good old Frank here
and the guys?

[LAUGHING]

Hey, I'm new in town,
can you show me how to get to your house?

Oh, Frank!

Hey, sweetie,
you need a partner.

Where you going,
Frank? It's all right guys.

Frank, come on back here.

Hi, there, honey.

Want a little dancing partner?

Get lost. [LAUGHING] Oh,
get lost!

Hey, come on, Frank,
that's enough, come on.

Come on, sweetie,
let me show you how to really dance.

Take a hike.

Hey, Frank, come on. What
would your wife think? Come on.

[LAUGHING]

That's enough. Come on. Come on,
sweetie.

Buddy, they pay
to see me, not you.

That's enough, sit down,
will ya? Come on. Come on.

Frank,
come on. That's too much. Come on, Frank.

It's okay to have a good time,
but come on.

Frank, what is it?

Frank! Frank! What's the matter?

Somebody call an ambulance.

Hey, stand back, fellas,
give him some air. Come on. Stand back.

Frank!

[GROANING]

Frank!

[GASPING]

[BEEP]

DISPATCHER: Rescue 2 on air.

A resuscitation at 210 Market.

FIREFIGHTER ON RADIO: 10-4.
Dispatch. Rescue 2 on our way.

Okay, please, folks,
give us some room, back off, huh?

Clear out. Let's go. Get to the back
of the room, leave the building entirely.

Let's go.

How you feeling, pal?

A little weak.

Got this chest pain, you know?

Like a shortness of breath.

What's your name?

Frank Weber.

Okay, Frank,
I want you to relax.

I'm gonna give you
a little oxygen.

It's gonna make you feel better.

Just try and lie still, okay?

Okay.

[OXYGEN HISSING]

Got cardiac symptoms?

Yeah. He looks fairly stable, but I'll be
real glad when the ambulance gets here.

Listen, if you have
a BP cuff or anything,

I can start some vitals on him.

Best we can do now is just
give him the O2 and wait.

Excuse me, coming through.

How's he doing, Cap?

Well, he's got chest pains, shortness
of breath, he's not feeling so good.

We'll take care of him.

Excuse me, boys.

DISPATCHER: Unit 87. Unit 87.

A seizure victim at the
coffee shop at 2-4-1-7 Grant.

That's 2-4-1-7 Grant.

Unit 87 responding.

Harbor Emergency,
this is Unit 85 Paramedic 147.

Paramedic 147, this is Dr. DeRoy,
go ahead and transmit.

We have a 42-year-old male. He is
conscious and has shortness of breath

and had a syncopal episode
preceded by chest pains.

Blood pressure is 100 over 68.

Pulse rate is 90
and somewhat irregular.

Respirations are 20 and shallow.

Patient is diaphoretic,
and appears to be stable.

We are preparing to
transmit EKG.

Unit 85, we are ready to
receive an EKG transmission.

[SIREN WAILING]

I'm glad you're here. Man,
I didn't know what to do.

He started shaking and gagging.

Scared the devil out of all
the customers. He's right here.

Can we get a little room
back here, please?

Hi. Heard you had
a little episode.

Well, relax,
everything's over now.

So, why don't you let me
check you out a little bit, okay?

Well,
there's nothing wrong. I'm okay now.

I'm sure you are,
but why don't we be real sure, okay?

Harbor, Unit 85.
We read sinus arrhythmia.

Paramedic 147,
requesting permission for IV.

Unit 85, Paramedic 147,
Harbor Emergency,

start an IV of D5W,

TKO and prepare
the patient for transport.

And send me another EKG
script as soon as possible.



Stand by for second EKG
transmission.

Do you have
a history of seizure?

Since about 1965.

But it's been a long time
since I had one.

You're on medication, then?

Yeah.

Did you take it today?

Well, I did take it
this morning, yes.

How have you been
feeling recently?

Well, I'd had kind of, uh,
the flu for the past few days.

I guess I haven't been
eating too well.

Mmm-hmm.

That's probably what caused this,
this imbalance in your diet.

Kind of snuck up on you,
didn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, I guess it did.

Harbor, this is Unit 85.
We read sinus arrhythmia.


bolus of 50 milligrams, IV push.

And go ahead and transport.




ETA approximately


What do you think, John,
think he'll make it?

I think he looks pretty good.

Yeah. McCoy, put us 10-8.

Okay, well,
you're looking real stable now,

and chances are this
isn't gonna happen again,

but just to be sure,
why don't you drop in and see your doctor?

Do you have one?

Yeah, in fact,
he's just around the block.

Oh, well, now there's no excuse.

Why don't you drop in and
tell him what happened, okay?

Yeah. All right.

Thanks.

My pleasure. Bye.

Thanks a lot,
okay? Bye-bye. Bye.

Let me.

Sure. Yeah.

You know, you two
make quite a team.

Thank you. Thank
you. We think so.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

[SIREN WAILING]

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

FRANK: What happened?

Where are we? What
happened? Where are we?

Frank, be quiet. Relax.
We just had an accident.

You're gonna be okay. Just relax,
stay there, take some deep breaths.

You're gonna be just fine.

Okay.

I'll call for help. I'll
be right back. Okay.

All right. Deep breaths.

This is Unit 85. Unit 85.

DISPATCHER:
Still alarm, Engine 38.

Rescue 2 on air.

Traffic accident,
John F. Kennedy Drive and Stow Lake Road.

Repeating.
Still alarm, Engine 38.

Rescue 2 on air.

Traffic accident. John F. Kennedy
Drive and Stow Lake Road.

City Ambulance 85 involved.

KMA 526.

[SIRENS APPROACHING]

Joe. You okay?

Yeah. Dale's unconscious,
he's banged up his head.

Laurie, the patient's a cardiac and
real shaky. We got to get him out quick.

Doors are jammed.
Pete, get 'em open.

Bring me a pry bar
and the Porta Power.

Bring me a wedge. John,
give me a hand, would you?

There's another vehicle
involved. It's up around the corner.

Okay, McCoy, take Rhea,
bf tog the fig around the comer,

see what you can do
for the sedan.

Roy, give him a hand,
would you, please? Yeah.

Okay, Dale,
let's have a look at you now.

[SIREN WAILING]

Come on, man, step back.

Can you move?

I can't. I'm hurt.

GIRL: [CRYING]
Get us out of here.

Don't try and fight it,
all right? We're gonna get you out of here.

My shoulder's broken, man.
I just can't move.

GIRL: My ribs are broken.
We'll get you right out.

How is it, over there?

ROY: It's jammed.

Arley, we're gonna
need the jaws.

Folks, you wanna move back here.

We're gonna have some equipment.

Need you to move
all the way down, all right?

All the way down, please.
Thank you.

GIRL: Come on!

Okay, now listen to me.

Just try not to move, all right?

Just relax. We're gonna get you
out of here as soon as we can.

Okay, get that Porta Power
in here.

What is it?

What happened? Where are we?

What's going on?

Listen to me. Calm down.

No, but, I...

Good.

Calm down.

You're gonna be okay.

Don't lose me, huh, lady?

How's Dale doing?

He's been unconscious,
I can't tell yet.

Get some back up.

Nice and easy.

This is Unit 87 requesting at least
two more ambulances at this location.

DISPATCHER: 10-4, 87.

Get the wedge in there.

Got it.

Under there? Yeah.

Hold it.

[BANGING] What are they doing?

We're trapped in here,
aren't we?

We're gonna be trapped in here!

We're not trapped.

Shh. Breathe. Breathe.

[SIRENS APPROACHING]

Here we are. Just try to relax,
now, folks. Be right with you.

Got a gasoline leak.

Gasoline leak.

You go on with Dale,
I got back-up coming.

Okay. Got him?

Yeah. Let's go.

John, why don't you go with
them? Roy's on the other vehicle.

All righty. You got it.

You wanna grab his head.
Okay, here we go.

That could've been you
in that ambulance, you know.

But it wasn't, Pete.

Still no good. Not the
way she's wedged in there.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

Listen, if you want me to help,
you give me a holler, okay?

[BEEPING ACCELERATES]

He's in V-fib!

Joe, pull over. Paddles.

Here you go.

Hang on, hang on.

Joe, clear the way.

You let me know
if you feel any pain.

Aah!

What have you got, guys?

Cap, we've got the door open,
but there's no way

we're gonna get anybody out of here,
not the way she's wedged in.

Cap? This boy's in
a lot of pain.

Okay, let's get
the top off of this thing.

And bring some blankets.

I'm gonna check out
that ambulance. Good.

I'm gonna get the snips
for the jaws.

Okay.

Yeah, uh, we've got four
people trapped in that vehicle.

One's in a lot of pain.

You're the paramedic
from LA, right?

Yeah.

You're thinking meperidine
for the pain.

Yeah.

Sorry. Our docs haven't said
okay to hard dr*gs for us yet.

One. Two. Three. Four.

Clear.

[RAPID BEEPING]

No conversion.

Get some bicarb ready, will you?

Harbor Emergency, this is Unit 87,
Paramedic number 187.

The patient from Unit 85
is in our vehicle.

The patient
is full arrest V-fib.

We will insert airway
and ventilate.

We have defibrillated at 400
watt seconds with no conversion.

We are beginning CPR.

Request permission for bicarb.

Harbor Emergency to 87, push two
amps of bicarb and defibrillate again.



LAURIE: Come on, Frank. Come on.

Okay, guys, let's get
some beef on this roof.

Okay, men. All together. Lift.

Okay,
don't move. I don't want anybody to move.

I'll take the blankets off.
Stay under the blankets.

Okay, pal, hang tight.

Hit him again.

Okay.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four, hit him.

Clear.

[BEEPING SLOWS]

[SIGHS] He's in
sinus arrhythmia.

Let's go,
Joe. He's throwing a lot of PVCs.

Come on, Frank.
Come on, hang on.

Well, a broken leg,
a couple of broken ribs,

I'd say that group was
pretty lucky, huh?

Yeah. I hope the same goes
for that cardiac patient

they didn't let
get to the hospital.

[WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA]

How's Dale?
He's gonna be all right.

How's our heart patient?

Dead.

Just because someone
ignored a siren.

Well, let me put it this way,
I was a little doubtful,

but I've changed my mind.

Those women are good.

Relax, Roy. That's the tenth
time you've said that today.

I mean, they're not
superhuman you know.

I know. I know.
I'm just very impressed

by the way they do their job.

Did you ever stop to think

that they could get into
something that they can't handle?

I mean, they are still women,
Roy. They could get hurt. Hurt bad.

Pete, am I reading more into
this than just professional interest?

Well, Laurie Campbell and I,
we want to get married, except...

Except what?

I just can't
get used to the idea

of my wife
doing what Laurie does.

It's just... It's too dangerous.

Oh, wait a minute now.

You're still going out
with Laurie, right?

Yeah.

Gail, she's married, right?

[SCOFFS] To a civilian

who doesn't know where it's at,
as far as her job is concerned.

Uh-huh. Well, does knowing about
it make it any more dangerous?

No, but... What can I do?

I mean, Laurie is a big girl.
She makes her own decisions.

About everything.

Including my hang-ups.
Come on, I'll show you around.

All right.

Harvey. It's getting dark.

What I'm saying now,
is knock off for the day, huh?

First you tell me,
"Hurry up, Harvey."

Now I should stop everything?

What do you want from me?

I don't want people to
notice what you're doing.

Those torches
are like signal flares.

Will you stop, already?

You only gave me two days.

That's your problem, Harvey.
Knock off. Now.

No! Give me an extension.

No!

Okay, everybody. That's it!

Knock off. I want everybody
back at 6:00 am sharp!

I'll never get it done.

[MUTTERING] Brother-in-laws.

Never trust your brother-in-law.

Plain drunk.

A couple of detox days,
he'll be fine.

I'm gonna get some
supplies. I'll be right back.

Okay.

Something's on your mind?

Yeah, this is what,
five runs in two hours?

Boy, you're good.
You're really good.

Thank you. That's nice to hear.

But, uh, that's not it, is it?

No, not really.

Listen, I was wondering if...

You're a nice guy.

Oh, right.

I am really flattered. Mmm.

But right now,
my life is kind of committed.

What do you mean
"kind of committed"?

[CHUCKLES] It's a long story.

Do you want to hear it?

Well...

You might not have to, come on.

Ellen?

Ellen, hi.

I have a friend for you to
meet. This is John Gage.

He's a paramedic with the
LA County Fire Department.

[WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA]

That's nice.

Ellen Ankers.

Hi, how you doing?

Hi yourself.

So, I think you two can
get acquainted without me.

Bye.

[SIGHS] She's
really nice... She's...

Listen, um...

[STAMMERING]
We're gonna be in town...

I mean, I'm gonna
be in San Francisco

for the next couple of days.

And I was just wondering
if, you know...

I get off at 8:00.

You get off at 8:00.

Well, that's perfect.

That's perfect.

Get this report back to me as
soon as possible, would you?

Thank you.

Laurie!

Well, you weren't going to walk
by without saying hello, were you?

Oh, I'm sorry, d*ck.
I didn't see you.

[CHUCKLES] You're about
the only woman in this hospital

who doesn't notice me.

I know.
They're all wild about you.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

Look, for the 100th time,

why don't you come out
and have dinner with me?

I'm sorry, d*ck. I can't.

It's that fireman again,
isn't it?

You know,
I don't understand how you can prefer

a mere fireman to me.

Well, take your time.

Take my time, what?

Trying to understand.

Bye.

[WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA]

How'd you hit it off with Ellen?

[CHUCKLING] No problem!

Gonna have dinner
with her tonight at 8:00.

You're gonna miss the
busiest part of the night for runs.

Yeah, there's always tomorrow.

Hey,
listen. You guys gonna go by the hotel?

We could, why?

Well,
I was wondering if you could drop me off.

[SCOFFING] Goof off.

[sum-nus]

[CHUCKLING]

[HUMMING]

How're you doing, babe?

[DOOR OPENING]

What are you doing here?

I live here.

Well, you could have knocked.

[KNOCKING] [LAUGHS MOCKINGLY]

Very funny.

I thought you were gonna
ride out with Rescue 2.

I thought you were gonna
ride out with the ambulance.

Well, I was, but I, you know,
changed my plans.

[CHUCKLING]

[sum-nus]

[CHUCKLING]

You going any place special?

No, no place special.

You?

Well...

[CHUCKLING]

No. No place special.

Look, if you got something going,
I'll, uh...

No, no. That's okay.

Look, I just want you to have a
good time. This is San Francisco.

Why don't you just go ahead
and go on without me?

Are you trying to get rid of me?

Why do you say that?

What makes me say that?

Because it sounds like to me,
you're trying to get rid of me.

I mean, every word
you're saying...

Look, if you want to be alone,
that's fine.

Just tell me,
I'll leave you alone.

It's fine. It's okay.
[CHUCKLING]

Okay.

Okay?

Okay. I don't care.

I don't care.

Just remember, Roy.

You're a married man.

[CHUCKLING]

[WHISTLING]

Well, being a paramedic isn't as
exciting as most people think it is.

Not all the time, anyway.

I mean, sometimes we eat,
and that's pretty boring.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

I think it'd be fascinating.

Just like you are.

Listen, you could
be a paramedic.

Up here, anyway.

Mmm-mmm.

Uh-uh, it wouldn't be the same.

Besides, I don't think
it's very feminine.

If you know what I mean.

Mmm. Well, um...

In your case,
I know what you mean.

You are so sweet.

Here's to San Francisco.

And femininity.

[sum-nus]

Johnny, you just make me
so warm and tingly all over.

That's the wine.

Uh-uh.

It's everything.

You are the nicest, sweetest,

most exciting man
I think I've ever met.

[CHUCKLING] Come on,
don't carry it too far.

No, I really mean it. You're
just not like all the others.

All the others?

Well, yeah,
you know the kind that...

Well, you know.

Oh. Yeah,
it's a real bummer, huh?

Oh yeah. There's something
that seems to be much more

solid about you. More permanent.

[STAMMERING] Say
what? More permanent?

Mmm-hmm. I can
see it in your eyes.

Oh, you can see that in my eyes?

Yeah, you know
the eyes tell all.

Well, um...

What exactly
do you see in my eyes?

I see you and me, Johnny.

[STAMMERING] Is that right?

I am so HAPPY-

I just wish this could go on
forever and ever and ever.

Forever and ever.

I've never felt
like this before.

I know what you mean. Sure
is getting hot in here, isn't it?

You are such a kidder.

I know, boy, I'm a real kidder.

Oh, Johnny.

Here's to the start
of something wonderful.

Yeah, here's to tonight.

We sure have had fun haven't we?

[CHUCKLING]

Here's to us, forever, Johnny.

Forever.

Forever.

[CLEARING THROAT]

I told you guys. 6:00.

Is it 6:00?

No, it's not 6:00. It's going
on 7:00. Where ya been?

Okay. Charlie,

take those astern,
we're gonna cut all that stuff off there.

Frank, when you're finished
with that winch back there,

I want you to get your
tanks and bring 'em below.

We're gonna get all that junk
outta the main engine room.

Mike and the rest of you guys,
get those barrels up. Now, let's move it!

Come on. Let's go.

All right, you guys,
you heard him.

He's trying to muscle us,
don't worry about it.

You two guys, go down below,
take care of the barrels.

Help me with the winch.

Oh, boy, what time do you have?



That's what time I have.
He's late.

Yeah, well, maybe he's
working up the energy

to give us a great,
big departmental tour.

Yeah, I suppose.

Well,
how was your evening last night?

It was okay.

You wanna know how mine was?

Yeah. How was your evening?

[LAUGHING] Don't ask.

Okay.

Huh?

I said, "Okay, I won't ask."

Oh, I didn't mean don't ask,
I just said, "Don't ask."

It's just a manner of speech.

Don't you wanna know
how my evening was?

Shotgun!

You had shotgun... Hey,
morning, how you doing?

ROY: Howdy. How are you doing?

Well, pretty good.

DOMINICK: Hey! Come here.

Hey!

What are you guys
doing over there?

Get that stuff outta here.

Hell» are you guys crazy?

Watch what you're doing.

Harvey!

Charlie!
Come on and finish this.

What is it now?

Tell your g*ons to keep
away from my merchandise.

They're gonna damage something.

They're gonna cause trouble,
and they're gonna cost me money.

Dominick,
I'm doing my best, okay?

Twenty-four hours, Harvey.

You got 24 hours to
get this scow off my pier.

I can tell time. What do you think I am,
an idiot?

What's so funny? Get it done!

Come on,
the rest of you guys, move it!

Boy, am I bushed.

Yeah, it's been a long day.

[GROANING] I never
was much the tourist type.

Yeah, I never learned so much

in such a short period
of time in my whole life.

I'm gonna go take a shower.

Hey! Hey, Roy?

Got something going?
No, nothing special.

Are you going out?

Yeah, for a while.

Oh, good, I'll go with you.

Nah. It's okay.

You don't want me to go?

It's okay.

You sure?

It's okay.

[DOOR CLOSING]

Didn't want to go anyway.

[SHOWER RUNNING]

Huh. Wonder where he's going.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

Oh, hey, Ellen. How you doing?

Good.

A home-cooked meal?

Oh.

Oh, no.

I'm just eating a donut.
I'm not really...

Huh?

Sure, I'd...

I'd love that.

When?

[sum-nus]

Sure, I'd... Okay.

All right.

Okay, see you then.

Yeah.

[BLOWING KISSES]

Look, I gotta go. Bye-bye.

Oh,
boy. How did I get myself into this?

So, the question remains,
are the manifestations of Doppler effect

concerned with velocities
in the line of sight?

GORDON: Well,
in the spectra of celestial bodies,

you have to consider
the source of light.

PHILLIP: When it
approaches the observer!

Exactly.

I see.

That's how we get the stars
radial velocities then.

I would say that.

And, you know, you developed
an interesting theory before.

Uh, excuse me. Would
anyone like some more coffee?

Yes, me.

Mom?

Can I be excused?

[LAUGHS] The
conversation's over her head.

Not that.
I'm just kind of bored.

Uh. Maybe you two would like
to watch some television, huh?

Can't. I'm using the picture tube
to test a new dynacube design.

Oh,
really? Have you worked out an approach?

Yeah. You should
see it, Dad, I...

Uh, maybe later, huh?

Okay, Mom. Come on, Julie.

See you later, kids.

Gail, they're wonderful.

If you say so.

Gail tells me you two want to get married,
but can't.

Gordon!

What? Uh, did I miss something?

That is what you said, isn't it?

Uh, not exactly. I...

You see, Gordon,
there's nothing actually stopping us.

Well, that's good.

Pete wants me to give up my job.

Hmm. Makes sense, I guess.

You see there? He's on my side.

Gordon, I'm a paramedic,
what do you mean, "That makes sense"?

That's right, Peter.

Gail and I have a
perfectly good relationship.

Yeah. And the kids,
they're happy.

Let me ask you
something, Gordon.

You worry about
Gail a lot, don't you?

Oh, yes. Yes, I do.

She never gets
the proper iron intake.

Have you been taking
those vitamins like I told you?

Gordon, we're talking about
the dangers of the job.

Dangers?

That job's not dangerous.

Is it?

What do you say we all
go in the living room

and have an
after-dinner drink, huh?

I'd say yes. Good idea,
good dinner.

A good dinner.
It was really nice.

[LAUGHS]

Hey, get to it.
We got a lot to get done.

Morning. Hi, John.

You guys are
trading off again, huh?

Yeah, I kinda decided

the less I show up at the hospital,
the safer I'll be.

I get the feeling that Laurie
introduced you to Eager Ellen, huh?

Eager Ellen? [CHUCKLING]

All right.

Eager Ellen.

[LUNCH WHISTLE BLOWING]

Hey, Charlie!

Hey, Charlie!

Come on, lunch!

[WHISTLING]

Hey! Bob, Frank.

Lunch! You guys coming up?

MAN: All right. All right.
As soon as we're finished.

Yeah, I'm gonna go eat. See ya.

[MEN CLAMORING]

Stay away from there!

[ALARM RINGING]

DISPATCHER: Engine 13,
Engine 16, Engine 28.

Truck 13, Truck 16.

Division 1, Battalion 1.

Hose Tender 1.

Rescue 2.

Fire-boat 1.

Pier 5, Embarcadero,
opposite Pacific Avenue.

An expl*si*n on ferry.

[SIREN WAILING]

Anybody out there?

No, thank God,
they were all on their lunch break.

You run the pier?

Yes. Yes. The chemicals.
There's chemicals out there.

All right.

I want a run down
on every chemical

that's laying on that pier,
you got that?

They're all right here. Good.

Get your people out in there
and you get in there yourself.

Dave!

Start evacuating that floating
office there, the Klamath.

Control 2, Battalion 1.

Code 3 traffic.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Go ahead, Battalion 1.

Second alarm, Pier 5.

Also dispatch
underwater rescue unit.

Check. Will do. KNA 526.

Second Alarm, Box 905.

Pier 5, units due.

Engine 2, Engine 38,

Engine 41, Engine 1,

Truck 2,

Battalion 3, Battalion 4,

CD 1,

Water Rescue Unit 1,

KNA 526.

Engine 13, lead a large line
out onto the pier.

All units, Pier 5 fire,
Battalion 1.

No apparatus onto fire pier.

Make leads from the street.

Hose Tender 1, Battalion 1,

set up opposite the
ferry boat at Pier 7.

Engine 16, Battalion 1,

move out on Pier 7

supply Hose Tender 1 from draft.

[SIREN APPROACHING]

Rescue 2, Chief.

Hi, Pete.

TREGARTIN: Well, the owner
says there's no people out there, but...

Wait a minute,
we've got firefighters down.

DELANEY: Let's go guys!

All units, Pier 5 fire,
Battalion 1.

Respond with
breathing apparatus,

FIREFIGHTER:
Give me a hand here.

[FIREFIGHTERS CLAMORING]

Get this guy to the warehouse.

Come on, let's go!

[SIREN WAILING]

[CROWD CLAMORING]

[GRUNTING]

Hey, Paul!

Okay, I got you.

[GRUNTING]

Let's lift him up here, huh?

[GROANING]

H's my leg.

I think it's broken.

[GROANING]

Okay, take it easy.

We'll get you taken care of.
Give me a hand, get him up.

All right,
let's get him out of here.

Get the landing boats into
operation on the north side of the pier.

Let's get staffed
for under-pier fire.



All right.

Chief.

Ferry boat's fully involved,
we got fire under the pier.

Chemicals in containers
all over the pier.

They're exposed to the fire.

The owner says that we've got acetone,
nitric acid, ammonia nitrate,

and enough organic phosphate to
wipe out half the people in this city.

Those Engine 13 firefighters were
downed by toxic fumes already.

CASPER: What are you doing
about evacuating that floating office?

TREGARTIN:
It's in the works, sir.

CASPER: I'm going to set up a
forward command post on the roof.

I can see better from up there.

In the mean time,
you take care of things down here.

But first,
call for a third alarm

and then request the Police
Department to respond immediately

in order to evacuate
this entire area.

Right.

Let's go, Fred.

TREGARTIN: Code 2, Battalion 1.

Third Alarm, Pier 5.

Dispatch police units
to evacuate entire area.

Code 3 traffic.

It's smoke inhalation for sure.

They've been
exposed to nitric acid.

Pulse is about 110.

Easy.

Respiration is about 32,
shallow and random.

That was about five minutes ago.

LAURIE: Do you know
if there was a forward fall?

Uh, I don't believe so,
not this one anyway.

Breathe deep, okay?

Okay, breathe deep.

Okay, be sure
and tell the doctor

he may have been exposed
to nitric acid fumes.

Get permission for an IV.

You got it. Okay.

FIREFIGHTER: Hey! Man down!

You guys keep fighting the fire,

I'll take care of him.

Okay, easy, fella. I got you.

How many more
can we expect, Pete?

I don't know, Laurie.
If those chemicals go,

all the hospitals in town
won't be enough.

What's the situation here?

FIREFIGHTER: Some boxes
fell on his head.

He's got a pretty
good bump there.

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Hey, Pete! Pete!

Grab his legs.

[MOANING]

Relax, pal,
the paramedics will get to you in a minute.

Two guys. Did you get 'em out?

Hold it, what two guys?
And where?

There's two more guys
down below in the engine room.

Let's go. Guys!

LAURIE: Can you help out?

Fire-boat 1, CD 1.

Fire-boat 1, CD 1.

Fire-boat 1, get in
closer on the lee side.

And start using
those fog screens

on the containers
in areas B and C.

Winslow, you got one on the end.

DELANEY: How you doing, pal?

MAN: I'm hurting.
Get me outta here.

Hurry up. There's fire
coming outta that hole.

All right, relax,
pal. We'll have you out in a minute.

How you guys doing upstairs?

FIREFIGHTER 1: There's one here,
Captain. We'll get him out.

DELANEY: Well,
bring him on outta here.

Come on back and help us.

Let's get everybody
off this thing.

Here's a piece of pipe.
You can use it to pry with.

Just a little smoke inhalation,

we'll have you out
on the next trip.

Smoke inhalation, flash burns,
I can take care of that.

Put him on an O2 right away.

Well, looks like you got
the rest of the day off.

[YELLING]

Hey, you guys! Give me a hand!

Grab the hose.

Okay, I got it.

Okay, guys. Let's pull him up.

Come on, all together now.

Pull! Pull!

FIREFIGHTER 1: Get the hose!

FIREFIGHTER 2:
Get him to treatment!

You guys get out of here,
this place is gonna blow.

Get out!

DELANEY: Careful, this way.

Hurry up you guys,
that fire's coming through!

[GRUNTING]

FIREFIGHTER: I got his legs.

You got his legs? Yeah.

There's a big hole
in the area, watch it.

Okay, he's ready for transport.

[EXPLOSIONS]

Fire-boat 1, CD 1.

Fire-boat 1, CD 1.

Fire-boat 1,
start using your tower water jet

on the main body of the fire.

[MAN GROANING]

FIREFIGHTER: Give me your arm.

Watch it, he's slipping here.

Let's go! Let's go!

[expl*si*n]

Help!

Let's get him
over by the ladder.

[FIREFIGHTERS CLAMORING]

Hey, stay still.

You're okay.

You're okay.

Let's get a Stokes over here!

Gail, can you take over?

Hi.

[SIREN WAILING]

[FIREFIGHTERS CLAMORING]

Command Post 1, CD 1.

Command Post 1,

the fire is contained,

but not as yet under control.

Stand by for
assessment of injuries

and extent of damage.

Well, we'll catch you all
a little later.

DELANEY: Hey, John Yeah?

Thanks.

It's okay.

Hey. Lady. You qualified?

[CHUCKLING] Qualified enough
to see you get to the hospital.

Hey, no way... [GROANING]

You're going to the hospital.

Any other questions?

Take a new set of vitals, okay?

You sure take charge, don't you?

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Command Post 1, CD 1.

Command Post 1,

this fire is now under control.

[WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA]

Well, they wouldn't
let you out of here,

so we decided to come on down
and say goodbye to you here.

Well, the reason I haven't
been released is right here.

Anyway, it was great
having you guys here.

Yeah, well,
thanks for having us.

I guess you'll
take good care of him?

Oh, you can count on it.

Well, we'll catch you later.

See you guys.
Okay, see you later.

Take it easy. Bye.

Mmm? Laurie.

I've been thinking about us
since I've been in here...

Hmm, what about us?

Well, about your job and
everything. It seems that...

I've been doing some thinking
about your job, too, Pete.

Mine?
Yes, I realized it yesterday.

It is far too dangerous.

It's 20 times
more dangerous than mine.

So, what about it?

Pete, I can't possibly
consider marrying a man

who risked his life
every time he went to work.

You what?

Believe me.

Now I understand
how you feel about my job.

It is really terrible,
always wondering...

Oh, come on Laurie,
you're just... No! Pete, it's okay.

You were absolutely right.

Considering our jobs,
marriage is out.

Until we find other lines
of work for both of us.

Both of us? But, Laurie,
there's thousands of guys in firefighting

who are married.

You're kidding?

You mean,
just like in paramedics?

You...

[CHUCKLING]

Oh, it hurts when I laugh.

Well, then don't laugh.

One hundred more feet
and home free.

Yeah,
just as long as I can get out the doors.

ELLEN: Johnny?

You're gonna stay here.

I am not staying...
You're gonna stay here.

I want you to stay here.
ELLEN: Johnny!

Hey, how you doing?

You weren't leaving without saying goodbye,
were you?

No, we weren't leaving. No,
we were looking all over for you.

Where you been?
We gotta catch a plane.

You gonna introduce me?

Ah, yeah.

Uh, Roy,
this is Eager... This is Ellen.

And, uh, Ellen, this is Roy.

He's my partner.

Thank you for
being so nice to me.

Oh...

I've got a surprise for you.

Oh,
you do? What kind of surprise you got?

My sister lives in LA,
and she says I can stay with her.

Is that right? Well,
when is that gonna...

This coming weekend.

This coming weekend?
I'm so excited.

We can be together again.

Yeah,
that is exciting. Well, boy.

Sure, and I've made all
kinds of plans for us. You did?

I thought that, first of all,

we could go to Disneyland.