06x21 - Limelight

[bunniefuu]

You two sure were
gone long enough.

Yeah. Well,
you know how some of those meetings are.

[IN RASPY VOICE] Ah. It wasn't a
meeting. That was an endurance test.

[COUGHING]

Hey, Gage, what happened
to your voice?

[GROANS]
That last fire I was in.

I sucked some smoke and, boy,
it sure did a number on me.

It wasn't the smoke. It was
arguing with Brice that did it.

You know something? This
is the second time... No, the...

This is the third time this
week that man has lectured to us

for two and a half hours.

Plans to improve the fire department,
no doubt.

It's not the plans. It's the
trivia that gets you down.

Boy, I swear.

He not only memorizes
the regulations,

but he memorizes the commas and
the periods and the exclamation points.

And then, he repeats it all
back to you at the meetings.

I swear, man,
he's gonna drive me crazy.

That'
be a short ride.

Restrain yourself.

Let's just have some
lunch and forget.

Just like Henry does it,
right? Eat and forget.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Station 51...

How about us just
not eat and forget?

One mile east of Law.

Franklin Ranch Gate,
one mile east of Law.

Ambulance is responding.
Time out, 1207.

STANLEY: Station 51. KMG 365.

[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.

[SIRENS WAILING]

I don't think you should move her
until the fire department gets here, sir.

Just take it
easy now, okay? Okay.

No, don't move her.
Don't move her.

Try not to move her. You might
break her arm or something.

You shouldn't move her, sir.

What have we got?

This is a contractor.

He was kind of blacked out when I got here.
His daughter was operating the loader.

He's been giving me
a pretty hard time.

All right. Hey...

[ALL CHATTERING]

It'll be okay, Emmie.

We'll get her out.

Settle down for a second.

JOHNNY: When you go to take her out,
make sure

she's got a cervical
collar on her, okay?

All right. Come on. Come on.

Plus the rain softened up this dirt.
We can't touch her till we tie this off.

JOHNNY: Come on.

Stoker, get a cervical collar off the
squad when you're done, will you?

LA Engine 51. Respond additional
squad and ambulance to this location.

DISPATCHER.' 10-4, 51.
Sir, what's your name?

There you are.

What's your name?

Gold. Gold. Gold?

You gotta get Emmie. Mr. Gold...

Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Gold. Come on. Just
settle down, okay? You just calm down.

Look, you're not doing yourself any
good or your daughter any good, okay?

Just settle down. Let
the firemen take her out.

Calm down. I want to try
and get a respiration on you.

Hey, try to slow that breathing
down. That's not good for you.

Come on,
slow the breathing down.

Just think about each breath
as you take it. Try to slow it down.

All right. You're
doing real good.

Doing real good.

Cap, there's a gas leak. I
better get the battery cable.

Okay.

Kelly, you better bring a resuscitator
down here if we get some gas fumes.

Watch out. Watch out.

Okay.

Kelly, why don't you
go down below?

There's some wood and
rocks and stuff down there.

Maybe you can give a push
when we get ready to extricate her.

Rampart, this is County 51.

KELLY: Go ahead, 51.

Rampart,
we have a male victim here, age 45.

Victim has blacked out as a
result of injury to his daughter.

The patient is non-cooperative.

Experiencing extreme anxiety.

He's conscious and coherent
at this time.

The vitals are... Blood
pressure is 180 over 120.

Pulse is 120.
Respirations are 30.

Pupils are equal and reactive.


show any evidence of trauma

or does he have any history
of cardiac problems?

No apparent trauma, Roy.

Rampart, there's
no apparent trauma.

We still have some more
history to get at this time.

We're gonna be
patching the victim in

and transmitting
to you an EKG strip.

It'll be a lead two.



I'll get 4 ready.

Okay.

ROY: Rampart, this is County 51.

Go ahead, 51.

My victim has
a history of hypertension.

He's still very uncooperative.

There's nothing we can do
here at this time.

Did you receive
the strip we sent?


a wide QRS complex,

with intermittent
second degree AV block.

Could be Stokes Adams att*ck.

Transport immediately and keep me
advised of any change in his condition.



We'll break down communications
and load up in the ambulance.

Calm down.

All right. Did you
hear all that? Yeah.

Okay. I'll guide him in.

All right.

Just settle back down. Hold on.

Hey, come on. Settle down.

I can't leave her.

Hey, Mr. Gold... Johnny!

GOLD: Leave me alone!

VINCE: Mr. Gold,
settle down. Hold on.

ROY: Hey, come on. Settle down.

GOLD: I can't leave her!

VINCE: Hey, Mr. Gold,
settle down. ROY: Johnny!

Come on, now. Hey,
hey. All right. Come on. Come on.

Come on. You're okay.
What happened to him, huh?

He just got up and started
moving. He wanted to go?

Hey, come on,
now. You're gonna have to calm down.

See, they're almost getting
her out. Now calm down, okay?

Come on. You gotta
get on this gurney now.

Gotta get Emmie.

Come on. Come on. We're never
gonna get you to the hospital at this rate.

She's gonna be fine. They're
getting her out. She's gonna be fine.

Just lie down and relax.

That's it. Hey, calm down. Okay?

Calm down.

Strap him in. All right.

Hey, Roy, come here.

Can you hang on to him, Vince?

Yeah. We got him.

You know, if we take him away,

I think he's just gonna
flat go crazy on us.

Yeah, I think you're right.

Tell you what. Do you wanna...

Do you wanna just keep him here,

and then when we get her out,
we'll take 'em both in?

He'll calm down that way.

Sure. It's worth a chance.
Okay. I'll tell the Cap.

All right. I'm gonna load up.

All right.

Hey, Cap-

We're gonna cancel
the other ambulance.

We're gonna take him in
with her when you get her out.

I think it's better.

LA Engine 51. Cancel
additional squad and ambulance.

DISPATCHER.' Station 51.

Marco. Yeah.

Afternoon, Dr. Brackett.

Brice.

Just wanted to give you a report
on that incident this morning.

We explained the regulations to
them and they understood completely.

That's good.
Thanks for taking care of it.

No problem.

In fact, I was just
saying to Bob

it might not be a bad idea

if we got a memo out to the
various news organizations in town

and let them know
exactly what our policy is.

Yeah. That is
a pretty good idea.

I'll give that some thought.

Be glad to help any way
I can. Just let me know.

Okay. I'll do that.
Thanks again.

That's what we need
those regulations for.

What was that all about?

A news team was covering
that rescue this morning

and they tried to bring
their cameras into the ER.

Brice didn't even know
they were behind him.

Caused a little bit
of a problem.

So, I had him explain
the regulations to them

and tell them why
they weren't allowed in.

Bet he did a good job.

WOMAN ON PA: Stat. ident
doctor in Treatment Room 3.

Room 4.

How's he doing?

He's calmed down
now that she's conscious.

Here's the MICU form.

Vitals are almost normal.
She's in pretty good shape, too.

Okay. Thanks. Yeah.

Later.

I want a 12-lead EKG
and vitals on him.

Hi. Hi, I'm Dr. Brackett.

I just want to check you over a little,
Emmie.

You got a pretty
good bump there.

Yeah. I guess I was
kind of lucky, at that.

It wasn't your fault, hon.

How's your head feeling?

It's okay, Dad. Take it easy.

After all,
you left the driving to me.

KELLY: She's going to be all
right. And I want you to relax.

I'm gonna take a look
at you in a minute.

Do you need me, Kel?

Yeah, Joe. Check out the CNS status here,
will you?

She's got a bump.

I want chest x-rays

- and routine bloods.
- Got it.

How does your head feel?

It hurts.

I bet it does.

Do you feel
sick to your stomach?

No, my stomach is okay.

Mary, I want a complete
skull series on her.

You're going to be just fine.

How's my father?

I think he's gonna
be just fine, too.

Dr. Brackett's taking
good care of him.

Okay.

Right bundle with a lash
and first degree AV block.

Probably was
the Stokes Adams att*ck.

We better admit and get that
hypertension under control.

Mr. Gold, we're
going to admit you

and get you
checked out completely.

I wanna get that high
blood pressure under control.

And you also may have a problem
with the conductive system in your heart.

We'd like to
evaluate that thoroughly.

[MUMBLING]

Now I just want you to relax.

Your daughter's fine,
and I'm sure you will be, too. Okay?

Okay. Thank you, Doctor.

Okay. You just
take it easy. Yeah.

Somebody help me, please!

My boy sh*t himself.
Please, help me.

He's in the car
and he's really hurt.

Get a gurney out here.

He was playing
with his brother's g*n.

I told him 1,000
times to get rid of it.

Look what happened to him.

I didn't know what to do.

Okay, just take it easy, son.
Let me look at it.

I brought him right here.
Can you help him?

He can hardly breathe.

Okay. Okay. Let's
get him into 2.

Just take it easy.
Just take it easy.

He'll be all right.
He'll be all right.

Into 2.

[SOBBING]

Oh, please help him.
NURSE: Take it easy.

Okay, that's good, that's good.

[MUMBLING]

Get him in. Get him in there.

What sort of
a g*n was it, ma'am?

It was one of those
air g*ns you pump up.

I told him not to
play with it. Okay.

Is he gonna be all right?

It's too soon to tell. I'll
let you know in a minute.

Come on. Let's go.
Come on. I told him...

I told him... Come
on. Come on. It's okay.

He just won't listen.
Come on. Okay.

KELLY: Start him on O2
and patch him.

[BOY GROANING]
MIKE: What do we got, Kel?

I didn't have time to see much.

A small entrance wound,
left side of the sternum.

Apparently he sh*t himself
accidentally with a pellet g*n.

Let's get this shirt off.

[GROANING] It hurts!

Easy, son. Easy.

What's your name, son?

Earl. All right,
Earl. You just take it easy.

Draw routine blood,
type and cross for 10 units.

Start an IV with Plasmanate.

Pulse is 140 and thready.

BP 110 over 70.

BP is now 90 over 60.


Looks like
pericardial tamponade.

MIKE: Lntubating. Set
up for pericardiocentesis.

I want a 16-gauge IC needle
on a 50 cc syringe.

Keep monitoring that EKG.

Somebody alert OR to set
up for a possible thoracotomy.

[HEART MONITOR FLATLINING]
Asystole.

No BP.

Okay. I'm going to
have to open that chest.

Thoracotomy tray.

Now, what's happening to the...

Turn it on.

Prep him. Thank you,
Mike. Two, three, four.

Take it. One, two, three...

NURSE: Four.

MIKE: One, two, three,
four, five.

Good. Keep that rhythm.

Okay.

Let's go. Let's go.

Right here. Yes.

Okay.

Suction.

Do you wanna just pass it through here,
dear?

Retractors. Retractors.

Come on with that suction.

Okay.

There we are.

Okay. There's a small
problem. Tamponade.

I'm gonna open the pericardium.

MIKE: All right.

Second Kn*fe.

Let me have a clamp.

Another clamp.

Another one.

Retractors. Retractor.

Oh, that's... Okay.

Suction. Right
there. Right there.

That's good. That's good.

MIKE: Okay, place it... Okay.

MIKE: Can I get a 'stat?

Good.

MIKE: One more. KELLY: Sponge.

Okay. Sponge.-

Look. I see it. I see it.

Pick-ups.

Abrasion of the right ventricle.

Sponge. Sponge.

Attaboy. That's
good. That's good.

That's a good-sized one. Got it.

More suction.

Suture. Suture.

NURSE: We've got
a rhythm, Doctor.



[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

Let me...

Pick it up... trim
that. I can't... Yeah.

Okay. I can get it.

I want one more.

Yeah. That's good. Okay.

Pick it up for me.

Thank you. Uh-huh.

Cut it.

Okay. Okay. That should do it.

All right. Let's get some
blood for arterial blood gases

and get him up
to OR to close him.

It probably looked spectacular,

but it was really
a very routine run.

Well, guys, what are
we gonna have for...

[SHUSHING]

BRICE: I'm sorry, but we're not
permitted to discuss a victim's condition.

All right, Well,
thank you very much.

County Fire Department
Paramedic Craig Brice,

whom we saw earlier,
speaking about a spectacular rescue.

That concludes the News
Witness Report for today.

This is Marilyn Smith
at Rampart Hospital.

Well, what did he do?

It's not what he did.
It's how he described it.

Yeah, his modesty
would make a camel barf.

Marco, come on.

I thought we were going to
see an instant replay

of him starting an IV
on the guy.

You got to admit,
the guy works with a flourish.

Did you see Bellingham trying
to get away from the camera?

The cameraman kept following
him. Got him in the whole time.

Was it...

Was it a good rescue,
or... What was it?

Well, it was some car
in one of the canyons.

Just turned over
and slid about 10 feet.

Nothing... No big thing.

They had to use the jaws
to get the guy out.

He had a bump on his head.
They started an IV. That was it.

And that's newsworthy?

How did that make the news?

Well, the TV crew was going to the
brush fire where the accident occurred,

so they decided to wait for
Bellingham and Brice to arrive.

Oh, that's great.
Did they do a good job?

Not any better than
anybody else would've.

Why don't you eat your
hamburger? It'll make you feel better.

The TV crew was just sitting there,
waiting on him, huh?

Ready for the fearless firefighter
to perform his feat of daring.

Pass me the mustard,
or the ketchup, or...

The red stuff.

When's Morton gonna get here?

I'd like to have some lunch
before this tape review.

I don't know. He said
he'd be right down.

You got the sports page there?

Yeah. Right there.

What's he got? Do you know?

I don't have the slightest...
Oh, yes. It was some...

Some bright idea Brice's got
on the tape review this afternoon.

He wants to go over the tapes

on that back hoe incident
last week.

For what?

[SCOFFS] "For what?"
You're asking me?

You're asking me what
Brice has got on his mind?

I don't know what
he's got on his mind.

The man is a mountain of trivia.

Give that man a simple situation,
within five minutes, he'll...

Uh, Roy...

Brice has got his
picture in the paper.

ROY: Hmm. What, that TV thing?

No. He's got his picture
in the sports page.

Look at this.

It's amazing. Look.

They show him running here. They don't
mention his name, but it's about that...

That Fireman's Olympic thing.

He runs. He ran in
the marathon last year.

They probably just put that picture
'cause it went well with the story.

Yeah? Well, Why'd
they use his picture?

It's a good picture.

Yeah. It may be a good picture,
but big deal.

Sorry to keep you guys waiting.

I had to get some
of these things copied.

What is it?

Well, these are transcripts
of some of the runs

which we thought would
be useful in the tape review.

Now these transcripts here
have a space here for comment,

and the idea is,
is to study these,

make comments about the
procedures that they went through.

The idea here is
for you to study them

and to make a critique of
some sort before the meeting,

so we don't waste a lot of time
listening to the transcripts of the tapes

during the meeting.
You understand?

Yeah. Yeah. Doc, I understand.

But when are we gonna
have time to do this?

I mean, the meeting's
in a couple of hours.

Yeah. But that's not until 1:00.

Great. We can eat
while we're reading.

Good. Good.

[CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY]
Good? Good.

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Jackson...

John, Roy, did you see Brice
and Bellingham on TV last week?

Yeah,
we did. We tried to miss it though.

Yeah? Really? I
thought he did a fine job.

As a matter of fact,
I'd never seen him work before.

But good gosh,
that TV coverage was good.

Yeah. See you
later. See you later.

See you later.

Am I going crazy or something?

What do you mean?

Is Brice the only human
being on Earth now?

I think he'd probably
like to think so.

Brice. Everywhere you go
I hear that name. Brice.

Hey, Brice is on the committee.

Brice is on TV.

Hey, guess what?
Brice is in the newspaper.

Brice is even in
the sports page.

Give the man another 10 minutes,

and he's gonna be
running this hospital.

That's 'cause he
volunteers for it.

If you volunteered,
you could be a hero, too.

Nah. Thanks.

Brice. Even the sound of
his name drives me up a wall.

I mean, Brice. Rice. Mice. Lice.

I'm becoming
allergic to his name.

[RADIO BEEPING]

DISPATCHER: Squad 51,
stand by for response.

Yeah. Well, you're probably gonna have
to wear ear plugs through that meeting.

Squad 51,
woman collapsed. 2200 Church Street.

Cross street, Hilldale. Ambulance
is responding. Time out, 1143.

ROY: Squad 51.10-4.

[SIREN WAILING]

BOYS: Here they
are! Here they are!

[BOYS CLAMORING]

Walter! Come here, Walter.
Come here, Walter.

Let me go!

Leave him!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey, did somebody here
call the paramedics?

BARRY: Yeah. It was...

FRED: Yeah,
Erika. She's in there. She's sick, I think.

Let me go, Fred! No!

JOHNNY: Hey,
you can't touch that.

Hey, will you get your hand
off that and get over there?

No! No! No! Let me go!

Hey, show us where she's at.

Oh, get in there! Come on.

Fred...

Get in there...
Hey, quit your...

Erika, she's been taking care
of us while our folks are gone.

All right, look,
quit shoving one another,

or I'm gonna be treating you
in a second. Now cut it out!

She's from Sweden.
She goes to UCLA.

All right, thank you very much.

All right, look. Ma'am,
what seems to be the problem here?

Hey,
hey... Give me that hat. Now look...

Hey, would you cut it out?
Hey, look... Now look...

You'll be doing her a great,
big favor if you wouldn't push...

Hey, will you give me
that helmet?

Give me that thing. I'm telling you now,
cut it out.

Yes,
ma'am. What seems to be the problem?

Those boys...
I can't seem to breathe.

Yeah. Okay. Look, have you...

No! JOHNNY: Hey!

Will you quit pushing
around? You can do this lady

a great, big favor... Shut up!

Now, you come here, and don't you tell
me to shut up. I'm bigger than you are.

Do you have any pain anywhere?

No real pain.
I'm just numb all over.

[BREATHING HEAVILY] I mean,
my hands are numb. My feet...

Those kids...
I can't believe it.

Hey, you guys. Why don't you go outside,
all right?

Okay.

Pardon me. What were you saying?

I'm really very healthy.

Hey! Give me back my helmet!

Yeah. Okay. Uh...

And get out of here!

Do you have any pains at all?

No real pain. I'm just
numb all over. My hands,

my feet...

These kids... That dumb dog...

I've never seen
anything like it.

All right. Try to calm down.

How long have
you been like this?

Oh, about...
I guess about an hour.

Yeah. And then, it got real bad.

Okay.

I just didn't know
what to do with those boys.

All right.

Boys don't act like this
in my country.

How old are you?

I'm 27.

Okay. Are you on
any kind of medication?

[PANTING] No.

All right.
Just settle down, okay?

Just try to settle down.

ROY: Why don't you just try
breathing into this bag, all right?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Just calm down. Just calm down.

You want to grab her pulse?
I never did get it.

ROY: Low pulse here.



Pulse is 140.
Respiration is at 35.

Are you feeling better now?

Okay. You just keep breathing
on the bag. Mmm-hmm.

I think you're gonna be fine,
ma'am. I don't see any problem.

Would it be okay if we
just took you to the hospital?

I mean, would you like to go to the
hospital just to check yourself out?

Oh, sure. That'd be fine.
I mean, I feel better.

This is the quietest
it's been since I arrived.

It's about the quietest
it's been since I've arrived.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Yeah, it is quiet.

It is awfully quiet, isn't it?

I wonder what this is?

What in the world are you...

I tried to stop them.

Yeah, yeah.
I'm sure you tried to.

Hey! You're gonna k*ll that dog.

Now, get over there, will you? Hey,
will you get... Get over there!

Get out of there.
Now, stand over there!

Now, get over here
where I can see you.

Get over there now!

Look. I'm gonna
smack you now. Just...

I'm gonna tell you one more time. Now,
you just stay right there. I mean it.

[SIREN WAILING]

Get in front of me. Go on,
go on. Come on. Get in front of me.

[WHIMPERING]

Why did you let them
do that to you for?

FRED: I'll show you where it is.

JOHNNY: Hey!

BOYS: I want to help!
Come on, I want to help!

[BOYS CLAMORING]
JOHNNY: Get out of there.

Hey, you... All right.
All right.

Hey! Hey! I want to help.

All right. Let me have that.

All right. You can help.
You can help. You can help.

All right.
But don't hang on to it.

All right. You can't ride. No,
you can't ride. Let him ride!

FRED: I want to ride.

BARRY: I want to ride. Come on!

[BARKING]

[BOYS SHOUTING]

JOHNNY: Don't act. Push.

Hey! All right. Now,
settle down. Get over there.

Just go over there
and quit fooling around.

Don't you push me now.
I mean it.

What we'll do is check you in to
Rampart General Hospital, all right?

Is that okay? Okay. That's fine.

Settle down now.
Let them do their work, okay?

Okay. Why don't we come
over here and we'll...

Those boys are like
wild animals.

All right. Here.
Come on over here.

You're not gonna believe this.
They had all of our equipment out.

Hey, will you settle down?

They had a BP on the dog's neck.

Hey, now. Cut it out,
will you? Cut it out.

ERIKA: Hey, somebody ought to call
their parents. The number is by the phone.

Okay. Okay. Don't
worry about a thing.

We'll take care of it. Now,
cut it out. Look...

Oh, hi, fellas.
Can I be of any help to you?

Yeah, Vince. You sure can.

[CLEARING THROAT]

These boys here,
their parents have to be called.

The phone's right over there and
the phone number's right next to it.

We'd help you, of course,
but we've got to take this lady in.

Hey, no problem.

Okay. See you later.

VINCE: Hi, fellas. How are you?

"We have the girl out now. She's
conscious and pupils are equal..."

Excuse me. "Equal and reactive."

"We'll finish patient
assessment in the ambulance."

"We're ready to transport at this
time. Our ETA is four minutes."

And then Early said, "10-4, 51."

Now, that seems like a pretty
straightforward run, don't you think?

Yeah, it's real straightforward.

Look, I'm gonna get something to eat
out of the machines. You want anything?

Roy! What are you doing?

Look, we're late already.
Come on, let's get in there.

Wait a minute,
wait a minute, wait a minute.

This is just
a tape review meeting.

I mean,
it's not like we're on charges or anything.

All right. All right. Any other time,
I'd agree with you.

But Brice is in there, and undoubtedly
he's got something cooked up.

Now, come on.

Hey, you're paranoid.

You're paranoid. This is an
educational thing going on here.

It's voluntary. Okay. Fine.

Anybody but Brice.
Now, come on. Ready?

I really think this is
something we should bring up

at the next
base station meeting.

Good idea.

We got the transcriptions.

We can start running down
some of these new drug problems

we've been running into
using these as examples.

Other hospitals seem to be
interested in the transcripts, too.

I was just talking to an
administrator at Western

and she thinks she wants to use the
transcripts for her own tape reviews.

MIKE: Well, it's really a
first-rate system, Brice. It really is.

Well, we're sorry you're late. We
didn't think you were going to make it,

so we've already
covered your run.

[CLEARS THROAT] Yeah,
well, what do you think?

Well, we all agree that your
handling of the situation was okay.

Frankly,
I was a little dubious of your decision

not to transfer
the patient immediately.

But the paramedics
seem to feel...

Yeah, well, that's probably
because you weren't...

[STAMMERING] That's
probably because you... Thanks.

That's probably because
you weren't there.

And had you been there,
you would have known that

Roy and the officer
had their hands full.

[CLEARS THROAT]

And he did have
Stokes Adams, and...

But he is okay. I mean,
he is going to need a pacemaker,

but, I mean, at least he's not
dead in some pit some place.

BRICE: That was exactly
our point, Gage.

Those of us who
work in the field

appreciate the soundness
of your and DeSoto's decision.

I was not criticizing,
John. Especially after the point made here.

I was then, I am now in full agreement
with your handling of the situation.

Oh, well, thanks.

Actually, I was going to bring up
something that Bellingham and I had

which was similar,
but yours was so much better that...

[CLEARS THROAT] Right. I think
we can go on to the next issue here.

Certainly. I'd just like
to conclude by saying that

I think this is a situation that
we all face fairly frequently

and we should bear it in mind.

Yeah.

Why don't we get on
to the next transcript?

Yeah. Right.

I chose this next issue
because it is

more and more happening,
more and more important to understand

that the problems that are coming
up with defibrillation are getting

just really bad. Yeah.

Getting rushed defibrillations,
we're not using the chemicals...

[RADIO BEEPING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad 16,
stand by for response.

Engine and Squad 16, Engine 143,
Engine 51, Battalion 14.

Structure fire, 843 Georgina.

843 Georgina. Cross street,
Lincoln. Time out, 1443.

Squad 16, 10-4.

As I was saying, the Heart
Association feels, and very justly so...

[SIREN WAILING]

Hank.

Fire started from an expl*si*n.
We don't know the cause.

Looks like this place is used
to store old cardboard and PVC.

There's bales of the stuff in
there. Most of it is torched off.

PVC, huh? Yeah.

Now get your rig around
the back. Cover the exposure.

You got it. Let's go.

Chief, we got another problem.

Some guy's using the back room
of this place to run a gambling outfit.

I think we got most of them out,
but we're gonna need some more help.

Yeah, I know, but I looked
like a real idiot. I felt like an idiot.

Yeah, well,
you were a little emphatic.

And Brice,
can you believe his action?

[MUTTERING]

It sounded like
he was on the run with us.

And me, dropping the papers.
Oh, I felt like a fool.

Yeah, you were a little
defensive. I wouldn't worry about it.

But you were a little defensive.

I can't believe Brice. I mean,
he's the most unpredictable man I know.

Look, will you just...
Just forget about Brice.

I try to forget about Brice.
I really do.

I try to forget about him.

Every time I think of him,
I try to forget about him.

[CLEARS THROAT] But then,
I pick up the paper

and I look on television and I see his big,
grinning face looking at me.

[SIGHING] You know what I mean.

Yeah, I know what you mean,
but do you?

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad 51,
assist Station 16 at their incident.

Structure fire, 843 Georgina.

843 Georgina, cross street,
Lincoln. Time out, 1507.

[SIREN WAILING]

I got him, Cap.
Brice is still inside.

There's a lot of smoke in
there. He's got the last one.

STANLEY: Let's get
that line up here.

Okay, Brice is still in there.

He's got another victim
he's bringing out.

What is that?

Squad 16, HT 51.

Squad 16, HT 51. Do you copy?

Battalion 14, HT 51.

We've had a cave-in here. We've lost
contact with one firefighter from Squad 16.

Could stand some more
manpower back here.

All right. 10-4, 51.

Squad 51, Battalion 14,
assist Engine 51 in the rear.

[FIREFIGHTERS CHATTERING]

Gage, DeSoto, over here.

Bob, have a couple
of lifelines here.

That's good.

Brice is having some
trouble with his man.

The guy didn't want to come out. He
was looking for his money or something.

His money? What do you mean?

They had a crap game going
inside. That's where the victims are.

Tie it on the inside there.

Come on, give me a hand.

They got a crap game going?

Yeah. They've got a crap game going
inside. That's where the victims are.

All right.

Bob, here you go.

Are you tied up? Yeah.

Let me get my gloves on first.

Squad 16, HT 51.

Do you copy, Brice?

Squad 16, do you copy?

Brice?

JOHNNY ON RADIO: HT 51,
Squad 51. We see a way past.

We're gonna go in and see if we
can locate them. You heard from them?

Negative on that, HT 51.
And watch your heads.

The crews working above you
say the ceiling looks real bad.

JOHNNY: 10-4. We're watching.

Give me the hose.

Brice, do you read me?

They must be almost
out of air by now.

I know it!

Hank! Hank!

Yeah, Chief.

You made contact yet?

Not yet. Brice's radio
must be out of order.

Squad 16, HT 51, do you copy?

BRICE: In here!

[MAN COUGHING]

In here!

[COUGHING]

[ALL CHATTERING]

[MAN CONTINUES COUGHING]

Some more water in here.

[COUGHING]

Engine 51, HT 51. We've got
them and we're heading out.


out here to assist you.

Yeah, they're on their way out now.
They're coming out right through here.

Chief McConnike has informed me
that they will be coming out this entrance.

And here they are now.
They're coming out...

Obviously,
tired and grateful. And they're helped...

Oh, by fireman Craig Brice.

You see, they are having a little
difficulty getting through the entrance,

getting out to safety.

All the victims are out of
the building at this time.

Mr. Brice,
have all the victims been evacuated?

Yeah, that's everyone.
Everyone's out.

Well, it's a relief to know that
everyone is safe and accounted for.

We understand at one point
they lost communication.

ROY: Are you jealous
that was it?

JOHNNY: For us? Yeah.

[JOHNNY COUGHING]

Gage, DeSoto, I appreciate
what you did in there.

Things were a little
marginal for a while.

I'll see the Chief
gets a full report.

I'm gonna go get checked out.

[COUGHING]

Well, I don't know. Did I hear right?
Was he... He was thanking us, wasn't he?

Yeah. He did seem a little
grateful. Especially for him.

Did you hear what he said
about giving the Chief a full report?

[JOHNNY LAUGHING]

Look, don't be so hard
on him, will you?

He's got his own problems,
but he's an all right guy.

ROY: What? What is this?

All week long,
you've been on some sort of Brice-o-phobia,

and now you sound like you're
gonna start a fan club for him.

No. No.

In fact, I'd say
I just became more aware

of his weaknesses, that's all.

You know, I think I just got
everything out of perspective, that's all.

Out of perspective, huh? Yeah.

That's... That's pretty
heavy. Out of perspective.

Roy, look at it this way.

I just got so wound up in the fact
that he was getting all the publicity

that I...

I just lost perspective, that's all. I
just lost sight of who he really is.

You know, that's kind of easy to
do. I mean, if you really knew Brice...

[CHUCKLING] I mean,
really knew Brice like I...

You know, those guys have got to
be crazy. I can see gambling in Vegas,

but that dirty hole?

Well, you didn't drop in there under
the best of conditions, you know, Marco.

Not exactly.

You know, I bet you that's the closest
Brice has ever been to a crap table.

[LAUGHING] I believe it.

Hey, Cap,
you should have seen it.

There was this huge pile
of rubble on top of the table

and there was Brice
underneath the table.

[LAUGHING] Under the table.

Yeah. I've got to ask him what
kind of a crap game he was playing.

Yeah, and when he tells you,
I want to know what he said.

[CLEARS THROAT] Guys,

I think that Brice showed very
good judgment in what he did.

Had he not been
under that table,

him and his victim
could have d*ed.

Did he get hit in the head
today? What's wrong with him?

Smoke from the PVC pipe
hurt his throat.

[PHONE RINGING]

Also caused him
severe brain damage.

[LAUGHING] Very funny.

LA County Fire Department.
Captain Stanley. Brice did a good job.

That's all I'm saying. Brice
always does a good job, Gage.

It's just the way he does it. Oh,
yeah? Terrific.

Thanks for calling, Max.
Yeah. We'll turn it on.

Hey, our fire. It's on television
right now on the news.

All right.

REPORTER ON TV: Fought
the blaze for nearly two hours

before bringing it
fully under control.

The fire was the scene of a harrowing
rescue for fire department paramedics,

who rescued 12 men
from the burning structure.

[CLEARS THROAT] There.
That's us right there.

No, no. That's somebody else.
It's got to be somebody else.

That's the other side
of the building.

However, ignoring the hazards,
the paramedics and other firemen

entered the flames to rescue
the trapped card players.

At one point in the rescue, several of the
firemen became trapped inside the building.

We were, of course, unable to get the
film of the rescue party reaching them.

But here, you can see them
being helped...

That's us. There we are.
Right there.

A tired and grateful
group of men these are

as they are helped to safety
by fireman Craig Brice.

Mr. Brice,
have all the victims been evacuated?

Yeah, that's everyone.
Everyone's out.

[SIGHS] Well,
it's a relief to know that...

That lousy jerk.

Well, you finally made it on TV, and I
have to admit, you never looked better.

[IN RASPY VOICE]
Ha, ha. Very funny.

Never sounded better, either.