Firehouse

5.0

1974•22m

Firehouse is an American drama/adventure series that aired on ABC television series in early 1974. Somewhat derivative of Emergency! and the recent best-selling novel Report From Engine Co. 82 by FDNY fireman Dennis Smith, the series was set in Los Angeles at a small inner-city fire station. The five-man crew of Engine Company 23 was led by Captain Spike Ryerson, played by James Drury, fresh from his starring role of nine years on the western series The Virginian. A dramatic series which focuses on Engine Company 23, a group of firemen who put their lives on the line by fighting fires each day. These men are constantly involved in such human dramas as rescuing an old man from a roaring inferno, confronting the landlord of a firetrap tenement and restoring life to a woman overcome by fumes.

Seasons

2 Episodes • Premiered 1974

1. Burst of Flame

Captain Spike Ryerson and his firefighters successfully rescue a suicidal person with a net, only to be immediately dispatched to a fire in an office building. There, they find two window washers stranded on the roof and six employees trapped in an elevator on the 23rd floor, where the fire is centered. Myers and Caputo attempt to reach the elevator, but Caputo is incapacitated by smoke. Simultaneously, Ryerson and Dalzell arrive by helicopter, rescue the window washers, and discover the only access point to the fire is via the window washing scaffold.