First responder dramas tap into something universal: our fascination with heroes who race against time to save lives. Whether it’s a firefighter pulling someone from a burning building, a paramedic ...

When Johnny's policeman friend is injured in a car crash, the paramedics can't reach the hospital because another squad is using the biophone. A child with a mysterious malady turns out to be drunk.

For most Americans it started on Jan. 15, 1972, the night Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto of Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Squad 51 snatched nurse Dixie McCall from the jaws of death. In saving ...

There is a week set aside for just about everything. This past week was no different, it was EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week. For those of us who grew up with the role models of Johnny and Roy, ...