Rescue 911
1989
📺 7 Seasons
🎬 185 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
DramaDocumentary
Rescue 911 is an informational reality-based television series that premiered on April 18, 1989 and ended on August 27, 1996. The series was hosted by William Shatner and featured reenactments of emergency situations that often involved calls to 911.
Though never intended as a teaching tool, various viewers used the knowledge they obtained watching the show. Two specials, titled "100 Lives Saved" and "200 Lives Saved," were dedicated to viewers who had written to CBS with their stories on how the knowledge they obtained watching the show allowed them to save the life of someone else. At least 350 lives have been saved as a result of what viewers learned from watching it. The show's popularity coincided with the widespread adoption of the 911 emergency system, replacing standalone police and fire numbers that would vary from municipality to municipality. The number is now universally understood in the United States and Canada to be the number dialed for emergency assistance nationwide.
Seasons
Season 1
Boy swept away in flooded arroyo (June 10, 1988. Albuquerque, New Mexico); Skydiver is knocked unconscious (April 18, 1987. Coolidge, Arizona); Robber takes grocery store employee hostage (August 1, 1987. Elkhart, Indiana); Documentary of New York City firefighters (July 4. New York, New York); Seven-Year-Old girl helps deliver her mother's baby (May 16, 1989. Bartow County, Georgia)
Season 2
Peeping Tom in apartment complex (October 9, 1986. Gainsville, Florida); Girl saves sister from fire (November 29, 1989. Dallas, Texas)
Season 3
Toddlers trapped in sinking car (November 30, 1990. Conroe, Texas); Man lies unconcious on subway tracks (September 7, 1987. New York, New York)
Season 4
Teen pinned under truck (October 17, 1991. Stillwater, Oklahoma); Rescue 911 episode causes to family to realize there is a gas leak in their house (December 19, 1989. St. Louis, Missouri); Siblings aid their choking great-grandmother (March 10, 1992. Salcedo, Missouri); Teenager accidentally shoots himself (September 24, 1991. Fairfax, South Carolina); Boy calls 911 when his father falls down the stairs (April 20, 1990. Indianapolis, Indiana)
This episode also includes letters from viewers who were able to save lives or prevent accidents using what they had learned from watching Rescue 911. These included a woman who found a faulty wire in her child's bedroom after seeing a episode of Rescue 911 dealing with fire safety; A woman who performed CPR on her husband when he had a heart attack in a swimming pool; A father who did rescue breathing on his daughter after she drowned; A boy who called 911 when his mother was attacked by hornets; And a man who delivered his wife's baby and knew
Season 5
Truck crash frees 10 million bees (June 4, 1990. Douglas, Georgia); Suicidal woman takes hostages so police will shoot her (July 21, 1992. Beaumont, Texas); Dog trapped in dryer vent (Christmas Holidays. Tualatin, Oregon); Mother finds her baby girl face down in the bathtub (June 10, 1991. Walla Walla, Washington)
Season 6
Windsurfers save a couple when their boat capsizes in a frigid lake (March 8, 1993. Columbia, South Carolina); When a toddler falls ill, responding firefighters discover a family has been poisoned by carbon monoxide (November 4, 1992. Colorado Springs, Colorado); Man finds wife near her wrecked car (June 23, 1992. Napoleon, Indiana); Man falls into gorge (June 29, 1992. White River Junction, Vermont)
Season 7
Plane loses power in the dark (March 28, 1995. Albany, New York); Teenagers in car t-boned by school bus (December 9, 1994. Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Drugstore robbery (December 9, 1994. Fresno, California); Girl trapped in plaster body cast (September 25, 1989. San Jose, California)
Crew
Director
Mary Hardwick, Nancy Platt Jacoby, Jim Milio
Writer
Paula Deats, Jean O'Neill
Producer
Arnold Shapiro
Network
CBS
Production
Arnold Shapiro Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions
Keywords
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