About this season
Rescue 8 is a syndicated American action drama series about Los Angeles County Fire Department Rescue Squad 8. It premiered in 1958 and originally ran for two seasons with syndicated reruns continuing for almost a decade thereafter. It starred Jim Davis as fireman Wes Cameron, much later cast as Jock Ewing on CBS's Dallas, and Lang Jeffries as the fireman Skip Johnson. Nancy Rennick and Mary K. Cleary each appeared in twenty-four episodes as Patty Johnson and Susan Johnson, the wife and daughter, respectively of Skip Johnson. The series was produced by Screen Gems, with directors Dann Cahn and William Witney. Rescue 8 produced seventy-four half-hour episodes. The real Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 8 is at 7643 West Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Rescue 8 shows more physically oriented rescues than the later, similar television series Emergency!, as firemen were not then trained as paramedics but acquired the expanded role in the early 1970s.
Episodes (39)
1. The Ferris Wheel
Aired 23 September 1958 • 30 min
2. To Bakersfield
Aired 30 September 1958 • 30 min
3. The Cliff
Aired 7 October 1958 • 30 min
4. The Subterranean City
Aired 14 October 1958 • 30 min
5. The Cage
Aired 21 October 1958 • 30 min
6. The Crackup
Aired 28 October 1958 • 30 min
7. The Ammonia Trap
Aired 4 November 1958 • 30 min
8. The Chasm
Aired 11 November 1958 • 30 min
9. The Steel Mountain
Aired 18 November 1958 • 30 min
10. Find That Bomb!
Aired 25 November 1958 • 30 min
11. The Cave-In
Aired 2 December 1958 • 30 min
12. The Bells Of Fear
Aired 9 December 1958 • 30 min
13. Danger! 20,000 Volts
Aired 16 December 1958 • 30 min
14. The Scrap Iron Jungle
Aired 23 December 1958 • 30 min
15. Calamity Coach
Aired 30 December 1958 • 30 min
16. Secret Of The Mission
Aired 6 January 1959 • 30 min
17. Trail By Fire
Aired 13 January 1959 • 30 min
18. High Hazard
Aired 20 January 1959 • 30 min
19. Rubber Gold
Aired 27 January 1959 • 30 min
20. Flash Flood
Aired 3 February 1959 • 30 min
21. Initiation To Danger
Aired 10 February 1959 • 30 min
22. Disaster Town
Aired 17 February 1959 • 30 min
23. A Handful Of Vengeance
Aired 24 February 1959 • 30 min
24. Five Fathoms, Dead Or Alive
Aired 3 March 1959 • 30 min
25. Children Of The Sun
Aired 10 March 1959 • 30 min
26. International Incident
Aired 17 March 1959 • 30 min
27. Nine Minutes To Live
Aired 24 March 1959 • 30 min
28. No Tresspassing
Aired 31 March 1959 • 30 min
29. Three Men In A Vault
Aired 7 April 1959 • 30 min
30. The Walking Death
Aired 14 April 1959 • 30 min
31. Tower Of Hate
Aired 21 April 1959 • 30 min
32. Danger In Paradise
Aired 28 April 1959 • 30 min
33. Hour Of Rage
Aired 5 May 1959 • 30 min
34. If The Bough Breaks
Aired 12 May 1959 • 30 min
35. High Pressure
Aired 19 May 1959 • 30 min
36. One More Step
Aired 26 May 1959 • 30 min
37. Left Hook To Hades
Aired 2 June 1959 • 30 min
38. The Trap
Aired 9 June 1959 • 30 min
39. Death For Hire
Aired 16 June 1959 • 30 min