05x10 - Simple Adjustment

[bunniefuu]

[DISPATCHER ON RADIO]

You finally made it,
huh? I've been holding lunch for you.

Hey, Roy. Do you have that
little girl with the broken arm?

It was right after
that heart att*ck.

No, you've got... Thanks. You've
got her on the back of the fall victim.

Hey, you guys didn't
hear the magic words?

Kelly's cookin'. Lunch is ready!

Oh, yeah? What do you got?

Station 51's favorite!
Fireman's stew!

What? Leftovers again?

Oh! It isn't
exactly leftovers...

Not exactly leftovers,
fireman's stew?

All right! Roy, come on.
We gotta do the log.

No matter what this fire-fighting
gourmet is threatening to feed us.

You mean, it takes two
of you to write one log?

I thought every paramedic
had to read and write.

We've been gone since 8:15 this
morning. We haven't been back.

We've had seven runs in a row. We've got to
take all those runs and put it in this book

before we get another one.

Roy, what is "bre-clear"?

Bleeding ulcer.

Bleeing ulcer, it's on the other side of
the overweight woman with hyperventilation.

No, wrong. It was right
after the dog bite.

You sure?

Kelly, what is holding up
lunch? When that stew gets cold...

The Marx Brothers
are writing in their log.

Hmm. You know, you guys go through
this every time you have multiple runs

without getting back here. There's
got to be a better system than that.

Well, you know how
it goes some days.

We can barely get the victim into
the ambulance, we call in available,

and dispatch sends us
out on another one.

[SIGHS] Yeah. Cap.

He's driving.
I'm looking at the map.

It's a wonder we get
anything written down.

Well, since it's your log, why don't you
guys think of an improvement on this system?

You could discuss it now.
Over lunch!

Aw, Cap...

Yeah. Let's go. Come on!

[sums]

All right, but nobody
touches these papers!

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Station 51. Motorist
reports car over cliff on Hancock Drive.

One mile north of
La Mirada intersection.

Time out, 1308.

Station 51. KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[HORN BLARING]

STANLEY: L.A. Engine 51 at scene.
Respond a tow truck to our location.

Squad 51. Let's move on
down the road.

DISPATCHER: Engine 51.


[SIRENS WAILING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:


toxic chemicals are stored
in a tanker.

Use caution.

KELLY ON RADIO: Squad 51,
this is Rampart. Can you send me some EKG?

JOHNNY ON RADIO:


We're sending you a strip.
Vitals to follow.

Pulse is 160. The victim
is in extreme pain, Rampart.

[INTERCOM BEEPING]

This patient is in V-fib.

Rampart, we have lost the
victim's pulse. Beginning CPR.

[RAPID BEEPING]

We're defibrillating victim,
Rampart.

Rampart, we've defibrillated
victim. Decent sinus rhythm.

JOE ON RADIO: Administer 2 amps
sodium bicarb and insert an airway.

KELLY ON RADIO: Start an IV,


DIXIE: Squad 51, continue monitoring
Vitals and transport immediately.

JOHNNY ON RADIO:
We're on our way, Rampart.

Can I get wire cutters?

Cap, we got a woman
trapped up here.

Marco, you and Mike
get some ropes.

Ma'am,
we're the fire department. Can you hear me?

No.

Cut from the bottom,
John. That fence maybe holding up the car.

Okay.

Kelly, as soon as he
gets a hole in there,

grab a piece of that fence up there,
we'll shore this up.

[ALL GRUNTING]

It does not look
very steady to me.

[DISPATCHER ON RADIO]

I'll check the other side.

Okay, she's got a carotid...

Looks like she's pinned under
that wheel pretty good.

Cap, this post is right
next to her chest.

Okay. We got to do something
right now. John, let me get in here.

Roy, let's try to let the top down.
Can you get to the latch over there?

Okay.

[GASPS]

MARLA: Help. Try again.

Somebody. All right.

MARLA: Help. STANLEY:
No. Hold on for a second.

[COUGHING] Hang on a sec.

We can't risk her.

If we mess with this car anymore,
we're likely to lose her.

We'll have to wait till
the tow truck gets here.

Let's just get some more
shoring under this thing!

[MOANING] Come on, Kelly.

Take it easy. Don't move around,
okay? You're gonna be okay.

We're gonna get you
out of here. It's okay.

Marco, can you get
a drug box, trauma box?

Better get
a cervical collar on her...

Yeah.

Tow truck's here!

Kelly, grab a hold of
the end of that cable.

Bring it down on the
left-hand side of the car, pal.

Stoker, pull the rig in so the cab
is directly under the front of the car!

Johnny.

All right, now. Just take it easy,
okay? Try not move around, okay?

Try not to move around.

Good.

[SIREN WAILING]

[MAN ON RADIO]

[GRUNTS]

Take up your slack!

Be still. Be still.
Just be still, okay?

[GROANING]

Cut it!

All right, ma'am. We almost
got you out now. Okay.

I'll go around on the other
side. Are you okay? It's all right.

Marco, cut the rest of this
wire. Peel this fence back, pal.

Grab hold of that latch
over there, Roy.

Gotta get this top down.

[CRYING]

Okay. Okay. We
almost got you. Got you!

Okay. There we go. There.
You're almost home now.

All right.

I'll just gonna get up
underneath her here.

ROY: I got her up here. Let me
know when you got her weight and all.

Okay, there. Don't move your neck,
okay? All right. I got her.

[GROANING]

I got her up here. All right.

STANLEY: You guys got her? Yeah.

JOHNNY: Okay,
let's swing around this way. Yeah.

You guys need any help?

Yeah, I got it, I got it, Roy.

Okay. All right. Just lay
your hands down. Okay?

[SIREN WAILING]

Marco...

All right. Lay your leg
down. There we go.

All right. Thanks.

Okay. Rampart. This is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

Rampart. We have a female
victim here about 25 years of age.

She was trapped inside
of an automobile.

At the time we got to her,
her face was ruddy and bluish in color,

now it's pale.
She's cyanotic and diaphoretic.

Ambulance is here right now.
Stand by for vitals.

[MOANS]

Okay. Where exactly
does it hurt?

My shoulder. It goes all
the way through to my back.

Let me check you out here,
okay? You tell me where you feel pain.

Anything there? No.

[YELLING] Oh, God.

Okay. Just relax.

Rampart, patient is guarding her abdomen,
and there's tenderness

in the left upper quadrant.

She's breathing on her own.

Eighty over 60.

BP is 80 over 60.
Pupils are equal and reactive.

Pulse is 120.

Respiration's 24.

Pulse is 120 and
the respiration's 24.


for type and cross.

Then start two IVs,
Ringer's lactate and dextran.

JOE: Prepare to use
your anti-shock trousers.

Anti-shock suit. I'll get it.

One IV lactate Ringer's,
one IV dextran. Type and cross.


get her into the suit.

I'm worried about
abdominal bleeding.

And transport as
soon as possible.



Get Room 3 ready
and prepare an OR.

We should be ready to do a peritoneal
lavage as soon as she arrives. Okay?

JOHNNY: How're you doing?

Better. Okay. Good.

All right. Close it off. Okay. We're
going to take you on a ride, okay?

We're gonna take you to
Rampart Hospital. You'll be all right.

Ready? Ready? All right.

Malcolm, we're gonna have to get her
on oxygen as soon as we get in, okay?

John...

Okay. I'll meet you
at the hospital.

[GROANS]

L.A., Squad 51 available.

DISPATCHER: Squad 51.

Roy, what you just did...

I've got it! I've got it!

Got what? All I did was tell the
dispatcher we were available.

You used the mike!
You used the mike!

So?

So, we stop writing down
our runs and we use the mike.

Ah!

Doctor, he was fine a few minutes ago,
and then all of a sudden

he just sort of left reality.

Look. Will you just listen to what
I'm saying? Just listen to me, okay?

All right,
look. We get a tape recorder, right?

We get a tape recorder and we put it here,
up underneath the dash.

Then we get a mike and we just put
it here. We just drape it over this one.

And then when we get a run,
we take the mike, we record into it,

and then when we
get back to the station,

we play it back
and we've got it all there!

I'm scared.

What?

Sounds like a good idea.

And I'm agreeing with you.
That scares me.

But it sounds like a good idea.

It does?

Yeah.

All right. We're gonna
have to get to work on it

as soon as we get back
to the station, okay?

[MAN ON RADIO]

[LAUGHING]

JOHNNY: Where did this
wire come from?

Oh, sh**t!

Is this... For crying out...

Can you move that light
over here where I can see?

ROY: Yeah, sure.

Yeah. This is a good idea.
I'm really proud of you.

JOHNNY: Oh, man! This electrical
system must've been put together

by some amateur.

Hey! Hey! I'm all for renovation
and I know I suggested

that you find a way to improve your system,
but what is this?

This is a really good idea. This is
gonna be a credit to our station, Cap.

Please don't immobilize
the Squad.

I can't focus that part that
close. Rotten piece of junk.

[CHUCKLING] What did he say?

He said, it should be just
about ready anytime.

It better be.

JOHNNY: Oh, man! Did you ever find that
electrical diagram? I can't do anything with this.

Yeah, here. Maybe I could help
you in some way, you know...

JOHNNY: You got to be
kidding me. I can't read this.

Hey, I got odds from Station
Seven. Five to three, that never works.

Does your job as a bookmaker
prevent you from getting that tape there?

Here you go. Hey,
if you guys need any help,

my sister once took a course
in home electrical repair.

[JOHNNY MUMBLING]

MARCO: Huh?

He says thanks,
but he's doing fine.

Well, I'll go and see
what Chefs doing.

Ow!

You know... I think... Oh...

You Okay?

Yeah. I'm fine. What happened?

Well, I think I crossed
the wrong wires or something.

Did you hurt your head?

I don't think so.
I didn't burn it, did I?

No. Are you sure
you are all right, though?

Yeah. I'm fine. I'm fine.

Try the lights, huh?

Oh! We've blown a fuse.

Watch out for that drill. Oh,
no. The whole thing is gone.

sh**t. We got fuses in here,
don't we?

Yeah, I think we do.

Yeah. There they are.

Oh! You know something? I think
I know exactly what I did wrong.

I was looking at it backwards,
you know. I was upside down.

Look at that.
See, that's how it reads.

sh**t!

But this time I'll get it right.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad


212 Mulberry. Cross Street,
Hutton Drive. Two one two, Mulberry.

Time out, 1545.

Squad 51. KMG 365.

[SIREN WAILING]

[PEOPLE CLAMORING]

Thank God you've come. I
couldn't have lasted another minute.

Okay, look. Why don't you sit down over
here while I just take your pulse, okay?

All right. She's gone crazy.

She's absolutely gone crazy.
You gotta stop her. This is terrible.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

What is she doing in there?
They'll take care of her.

That's what they're here for.

[SCREAMING]

Firemen! I love firemen!

She's talking to you.

All right. All right...

Maybe if we, kind of, surround her,
maybe we can calm her down.

This is for you, crow face!

[LAUGHING]

All right. Now, ma'am,
we're here to help you.

So, what we want you to do
is just calm down, okay?

Just settle down. You're gonna
be okay. We're here to help you.

Now, what seems
to be your problem...

You're cute. I'm gonna
give you a great, big kiss.

Ma'am, if you don't
wanna cooperate...

You're cute too!

He's cuter than I am!

If you don't cooperate,
we're gonna have to call the police.

Now, ma'am. Settle down, okay? Settle
down! You're all right. You're okay, okay?

Ruthie? Is everything
under control?

Yeah. She's gonna be fine now.

I got you, crow face!
I did it! I did it!

Ma'am. All right, settle down!
Settle down!

You're gonna be okay.
I feel like a nap.

[EXHALES]

You're gonna be okay.

You're cute!

Yeah. You're cute.

ROY: I'll get the drug box.

Ma'am, come on,
keep talking to me.

[MOANING]

All right.
I'll get on the landline.

Okay.

L.A., this is Squad 51.

DISPATCHER: Squad 51.

Can you send an ambulance
to our location?

DISPATCHER: Squad 51.

Rampart. This is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

Rampart. We have a female
patient with approximate age...

How old would you say she is?
Forty-ish.

Okay,
Rampart. She's approximately 40 years old.

About 5'5",
about 140 pounds, stand by.

Has she ever done anything
like this before that you know of?

Never! She's always
so good-humored.

I have 51,
I'll put on the speaker.

Rampart. Patient has undergone
radical personality change.

She was aggressive, hyperactive,
and she is now stuporous.



Stand by for vitals.

BP is 160 over 105.
Pulse is 130.

Respiration's 30. Pupils are
responsive. She's diaphoretic.

Rampart. Vital signs, BP,


Respiration is 30.

Pupils are equal and reactive,
and she's diaphoretic.

Do you know if she's been
on any medication?

Has she been on any
medication that you know of?

Oh, she's been trying to lose
weight. She's been fasting.

Rampart. She has been fasting.

Twelve days. Not a bite.

Rampart. Information is
twelve days without food.

Twelve days!

Is she on any
kind of medication?

Has she been seeing a doctor?

Well, she read this book,
A Guru's Guide to Fasting.

Until this morning she didn't take
any pills. But she got so hungry...

Ma'am! Is she on
any kind of medication?

Well, one of her customers,
Mrs. Alshuler.

I remember, Ruthie was giving
her a lovely shampoo and set,

gave her some of
her diet pills. Amfe...

Amphetamines? Uh-huh.

How many?

Mrs. Alshuler gave her four.
Ruthie took them all.

Rampart. Information is, the victim,
without doctor's supervision

or prescription,
took four amphetamines. All this morning.

Draw a blood sample,
then start an IV with D5W.

Draw a blood sample, IV D5W.

Administer 50 ccs of 50% glucose.
Transport as soon as possible.



[SIRENS WAILING]

Can't get a vein.

You wanna go in
the back of the hand?

Yeah,
I'll use a 21 butterfly. Okay.

Uh, there's the ambulance.
Do you need me?

No, no, I can get it.

Okay. People, we're gonna
need all the space we can get.

Do you think maybe you can move
into some of the back rooms back there?

Okay, thank you. Excuse me.

Excuse me just for a second.

Will she be all right?
She's such a sweet girl.

Yeah, we're gonna
take her to Rampart.

That's a very good hospital. She's
going to be fine. Don't worry about her.

May I go with her?
I feel like family.

Sure. If you want to.

Oh, I'm more concerned
about Ruthie.

Okay, good. Why don't
you step over here

and let these people work? We'll
wait for them over here, okay?

Mmm-hmm.

ROY: Put this in there.
Under her shoulder.

Ruthie was right
about one thing.

You are cute.

In here. Dr. Early's waiting.

Okay.

Mike, get another blood sample to
the lab for a repeat blood glucose,

CBC and a toxic screen, stat.

Right.

Caroline, you want to start
another IV, normal saline?

Dix. How's that little girl
we brought in this morning?

Just great. All right.

Well, I hope she's as lucky.

She's real... sweet,
for want of a better word.

She called him "cute."
That's before she sat on him.

You know, he's always had a
weakness for the subtle type.

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS] Oh, Lord.

Hmm. Joe.

JOE: Yeah?

Dextrose stick shows glucose
about 60 mg percent, little less.

And the ketone is
strong on ketone bodies.

Well, her vitals are improving.

Any diagnosis yet?

No, I need a complete series of
tests including glucose tolerance.

She's manifesting symptoms
associated with hypoglycemia and ketosis.

But I'd say the radical personality
change came from the amphetamines.

Amphetamine poisoning?

I'm afraid so.

People never learn.

What happened?

You took some very
powerful pills.

Your body couldn't tolerate
them so it fought back.

Everything got out of balance.

I'll call the lab.

And a certain paramedic that
wants to know about Ruthie.

Cute.

JOHNNY: All right.

I think... Yeah. Just one
more wire and it'll be all set.

Think it's safe to be
standing this close, Cap?

Yeah,
if he goes he's gonna take us all with him.

Look, we got a
good thing going here.

JOHNNY: Okay. All right. There.

What, no fire works?
No explosions?

[LAUGHS] I think it's all set.

Give it a try.

Okay.

You know, it's really quite easy,
gentlemen. All you do is just...

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad 51,
man unconscious at 2014 Ocean View.

Cross street, Wanda Park. Ambulance
is responding. Time out, 1727.

Squad 51, KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Back here!
Back here, please hurry!

[WHIMPERING]

JOHNNY: What is it, ma'am?

[STAMMERS] We were having
a barbecue for my father.

He said things were getting dark. He
fell over, he couldn't move his right side.

And then he passed out.

You say he couldn't
move his right side?

We called his doctor, but he wasn't
in. His service gave us your number.

He have a history of illness?

No. He just moved in with us. He's
been having such a good time, and now...

Pulse is 100.
Pupils are equal and reactive.

ROY: Respiration's 20.

BP's 145 over 90.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.
How do you read me?

Go ahead, 51.

Uh, Rampart, we have a male,
approximately 60, 65 years old.

Uh, he's unconscious.

[SIRENS WAILING]

This family says that he had a loss
of vision, slurred speech and paralysis

before unconsciousness.

He is warm and diaphoretic.

Uh, we will put him
on 6 liters of O2.

JOHNNY:
Vital signs are 145 over 90.

Pulse is 100, respiration's 20.
Pupils are equal and reactive.



Give him 50 ccs of 50% dextrose
and send me a strip, will ya?



Uh, we're gonna have to
put him on oxygen.

Can you get our oxygen
out of the front bay

on the right hand side,
right next to the cab.

Okay, give me a minute.
Here, I'll get it.


normal sinus rhythm.

Continue monitoring vitals and
transport as soon as possible.



Go ahead, let's get going here.

Ma'am, we'll be taking him in the
ambulance now to Rampart emergency.

If you'd like to
go along, you may.

No!

Pardon me? Not Rampart.

Century Pavilion.

Ma'am, Century Pavilion,
it's rush hour.

It's gonna take us 45 minutes
to get your father there.

And see, if we went to Rampart,
we could be there in less than 10.

I'm not gonna have my father
taken to a charity hospital.

You take him to the Pavilion!

Ma'am, you don't understand.
He needs to get

to the hospital right away.
He's in serious condition.

I have worked very hard all
my life to give my father the best

and I am not going to have
him taken to a charity hospital!

Ma'am, see if you can
understand what I'm saying.

Rampart is a very good hospital.

Now, just because
it's a public hospital

doesn't necessarily mean
that it's a charity hospital.

Take him to the Pavilion
and you take him now!

What would my friends think if I
put my father in a charity hospital?

Okay, fine.

Uh, Rampart, this is
Squad 51. How do you read?

Yeah, go ahead, 51.

Uh, Rampart, the, uh,
victim's relative says that

she does not want him
taken to Rampart General,

she wants him taken to Pavilion.

We've already explained
the time factor to her.

KELLY: 51, is the patient's
doctor on ca}! At the Pavilion?

I don't know where
his doctor is!

She doesn't know, Rampart.


can I talk to the patient's next of kin?

No, I will not speak to him.
You take him to the Pavilion now,

or I will sue you for
malpractice or incompetence or...

JOHNNY: All right.

[MOANS]

Can you hear me?
Can you hear what I'm saying?

Yes, yes, I've heard
everything you were saying.

You wanna go to Rampart?

Yes.

Right now.

Rampart, the victim has given us
permission to take him to Rampart.

KELLY: 10-4, 51.

Let's go.

You wanna come?

Yes.

WOMAN ON PA:
Dr. Parker, Outpatient Area.

Dr. Parker, Outpatient Area.

Hi, Roy.

I heard about your dilemma. I
guess he came to just in time, huh?

Yeah.

Doc, isn't there anything
we can do when they want us

to transport a patient clear across
a district, for no good reason?

Look, once we've started treatment,
you really can't abandon the patient.

I guess we have to
listen to the relatives.

I mean, we got 25,000 people in
our district. They're without service.

I know, it's not fair at all.

And it's dangerous
to the patient.

You know she wanted us to take
him on a 45-minute ambulance ride?

Look, I'm with you 100%, Roy.

But until the regulations change I'm
afraid we're gonna have to live with it.

Yeah, or die with it.

Let's take a coffee.

All right.

Boy, after a rescue like that all I
wanna do is take a nice, quiet ride

back to the station, have


for a shower, and relax.

Yeah.

You know, it's a good idea
you told him how busy we were.

Hey, you know, now's a good
time to test out our new invention.

All right. Give it a try.

You know something?

I really believe that this invention
is going to give added hours

to paramedics every day just by
eliminating needless paperwork.

It's gonna be a
real breakthrough.

And it's so easy. A child
can operate this thing.

Look, all you have to do is
just push the button, right?

Squad 51.1727 hours.
Responding to man unconscious.

MAN ON RADIO: Unit calling
L.A. What is your message?

L.A., Squad 51, disregard.

Squad 51.

How'd you do that?
I don't believe you did that.

You just wired the tape
recorder right into the radio.

I don't believe you did that.

Oh. Well, that's...

That's no problem.

That's just a simple adjustment.

[WOMAN CRYING]

Ruthie?

What's wrong?

I didn't want
anybody to hear me.

I'm sorry if I disturbed you.

Why are you crying?
You're gonna be just fine.

How can I ever go
back to the salon?

How can I face those ladies?

And Miss Bernadette.

If you follow a sensible diet
instead of trying to crash on pills,

you'll never have
that problem again.

But you don't understand,
I remember.

I remember all those
awful things I did.

Chasing Mrs. Peters with a hose,
and throwing the cold cream.

Ruthie, you were sick.

Your friends will understand
it wasn't your fault.

But Miss Bernadette. I called
her all those awful names,

ripping off her wig.

Did they tell you
what Miss Bernadette did?

No.

She came here in
the ambulance with you.

And waited until
you were all right.

She's coming tomorrow
morning to visit you.

She did all that?

Uh-huh. She told me you were
the best operator she's ever had.

She did?

[GASPS]

Then she's not gonna fire me.

No. She said
you were like family.

You have a lot
of friends, Ruthie.

They all wanna help you.

I think I'm going to cry again.

No, you're not.

You're going right to sleep so you'll
look your best tomorrow morning.

Like family?

Like family.

Sleep well.

Oh, yeah, I talked to
Joanne about our invention,

putting the recorder
in the squad.

JOHNNY: Oh, yeah?

She says that it could influence
paramedic training for years to come.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

You know, I've always said that she's
a very bright and perceptive young lady.

Yeah, well, she also
said that it's possible

for an inventor to be
too far ahead of his time.

Uh... You know, Roy...

Maybe you shouldn't be talking
about our inventions with civilians.

You know, with, uh, people who don't
understand the complexities of our...

[ALARM SOUNDING]

Business, you know?

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Station 51,
Boat 110, Station 236,

Engine Eight, Truck 127.

Unknown type fire
at marine salvage yard.

4220 Dock Street. Cross street,
Harbor Boulevard.

Time out, 1014.

Station 51, KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

L.A., Engine 51, we have smoke showing
from a ship fire. Respond Foam 127.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Engine 51.

All units responding
with Engine 51.

Engine 51 reports smoke showing at
a ship fire. Battalion 14, did you copy?

Battalion 14, 10-4.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

Foam 127, assist Engine 51
at ship fire. 4220 Dock Street.

Cross street,
Harbor Boulevard. Time out, 1020.

I'll get the trauma box. Okay.

What do we got here?

We've got an oil fire. Started in the
engine room when one of my men

torched through a pipe filled with
hydraulic fluid. He's burnt pretty bad.

Anybody else hurt?
Anybody still in there?

Everybody's out of the engine room,
but two men are trapped

in the galley on C
deck just above it.

Okay. Get all the rest of your
men off of that ship, all right?

L.A., Engine 51. We have a
further report on this incident.

We have an oil fire in the engine room,
one burn victim removed,

two workers still
trapped below deck.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Engine 51.

Battalion 14, did you copy?

Battalion 14, 10-4.

Chet, Marco! Start a two-and-a-half into
the superstructure on the starboard side.

But don't go below
till I give you the word.

Engine 236, Engine 51. Start a
two-and-a-half into the portside.

Rampart, we just administered the IV.
The patient is now regaining consciousness,

still in pain.
Pulse is now up to 160.

JOE: 51, give him 75 milligrams meperidine
IV. Transport as soon as possible.

ROY: 10-4, Rampart.

How does it look?

Oh, he's stable now, Cap.

He's got second-degree burns
on about 20 percent of his left leg.

And he's got second degree
burns on the left side of his face.

Doesn't look like
he's inhaled fire or smoke.

You requested an ambulance?

Yeah, we did.

Okay. We'll fill in Squad 116
and let them transport.

I want you and Roy to get your air masks,
lights, and oxygen

and come below with me.
We've got two men trapped.

Okay.

Cut it? Yeah.

[SIRENS WAILING]

We've got an oil fire
in the engine room.

I don't know if it's spread to the
tanks in the boiler room below or not.

But we're gonna need
every line available to hold it.

All right. I want you
to take over for me.

Have Squad 116 relieve
my paramedics back there,

and you better request
another ambulance.

We've got two workers
still trapped below decks.

Right.

Boat 110, this is Engine 236.

We have an oil fire below decks.
Hit those portholes with your monitors.

What's the best way
to the galley area?

Right past here, it's the first stairway,
then the three levels below.

Tend these lifelines
for us, guys.

[ALL CLAMORING]

This must be the
stairway to the galley.

Ain't empty.
I'm gonna need your help.

STANLEY: All right,
let's empty it.

Roy, as we lift,
pull the victim out.

Right.

Get him out! Heave!

I've got him, Cap.

Get the other one, Roy.

Okay.

Okay, Cap, I got him.

STANLEY: Let's get
these guys out of here.

Okay, let's pull up the slack.

ROY: Cap, we gotta try
to hold it down.

Okay. They're all coming up now.

Battalion 14,
Engine 51. This fire has spread to C deck.

I'm going back in
with two more companies.

Bring that two-and-
a-half and follow me.

We need one more
two-and-a-half in here!

Rampart, we've extricated both
victims and we're transporting now.

JOE.' 1041,51.

Are they gonna be okay?

Well, they took in a lot of smoke,
but I think they're gonna be all right.

We're gonna take them
down to Rampart.

I'm calling their families.
What can I tell them?

Tell them Rampart's a good
hospital. They'll do all they can.

Thanks.

Are you sure you want
everyone in here?

Maybe, the first time
you should do it privately.

No, Cap. I want
everybody in on it.

You don't understand,
this is a terrific idea.

You wanna watch.
Here we all are. Good luck.

"Good luck"? That thing
isn't gonna blow up, is it?

Go on. You know they
laughed at Bell and Watson.

They laughed at
the Wright brothers.

And they'll probably
laugh at Gage and DeSoto.

Gentlemen, can I have
your attention, please?

On this tape recorder
is all the information.

All I do is push the button
and then fill in the blanks.

DISPATCHER: Engine 36,
Squad 12, unknown...

What?

1305, Overland Avenue.
Department C. Cross street, Pacific.

No, wait a minute. Maybe
if I just rewind it a little bit...

John,
do you know what you've done? What?

This time you wired
the radio into the recorder

and you picked up
every dispatch L.A. put out.

If I can just rewind
the thing and...

What is the matter?

You know, Gage,
I liked it better when it caught fire.

Wait a minute, guys. Wait a minute,
Cap. If I can just...

Do you know how to
make this... How do you...

How do you stop... Do
you know how? What?

DISPATCHER: Battalion 14,
that fire is in the city.