Emergency Call — Season 1
True stories. Actual calls. Real Heroes.
About this season
This daring, hour-long documentary series chronicles the first few crucial minutes of emergencies told through the lens of America’s heroic 9-1-1 call takers.
Episodes (10)
1. Take a Deep Breath
Aired 28 September 2020 • 35 min
A woman's car is stolen with her child in the backseat. A terrified 9-year-old performs CPR on her grandfather. Teenage hikers fend off a potential bear attack. A man is lost in the woods with barely any battery life left on his phone.
2. Conductors of Chaos
Aired 5 October 2020 • 35 min
A mother of three chokes on a spatula. A teenager is attacked at a bonfire party in the wilderness. A 2-year-old goes missing. Two women get stranded on the highway after their car is involved in back-to-back hit-and-runs.
3. Close to Home
Aired 12 October 2020 • 35 min
A badly injured teenage girl whose description matches that of a fellow dispatcher's daughter. A woman hides from her drunk and enraged husband. A veteran threatens self-harm. A man falls two-stories down onto a boat dock.
4. Crime spree
Aired 19 October 2020 • 34 min
5. Headset Heroes
Aired 26 October 2020 • 41 min
6. Texting Trouble
Aired 4 June 2021 • 41 min
7. Planes, Trains and Mircowaves
Aired 11 June 2021 • 41 min
8. Held Hostage
Aired 18 June 2021 • 41 min
9. A Grizzly Mystery
Aired 25 June 2021 • 41 min
10. Cliffhanger
Aired 2 July 2021 • 41 min