First Responders of Television

"From the first live telecast of an actual fire in 1938, to such weekly television series as Rescue 8, Emergency!, Saved, and Rescue Me in the US, and international favorites of England's London's Burning, Germany's Medicopter 117, and Japan's Burning Flame trilogy, this book offers detailed coverage of the many First Responders of television. Over 150 dramatic and comedic programs from around the world are discussed, including the helicopters, aircraft, and boats utilized, as well as the hospitals from which they filmed."