Series Description

The Rescue 8 TV show was a 30 minute action series that was produced by Screen Gems and aired in syndication. It was about a two man rescue team of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Each week they would rescue citizens from potentially deadly situations which often also endangered their own lives.

Rescue 8 Cast

Jim Davis .... Wes Cameron
Lang Jeffries .... Skip Johnson
Nancy Rennick .... Patty Johnson

Rescue 8 Trivia

While Rescue 8 was mostly about saving people in precarious situations, occasionally it would show a bit of the guys' personal lives. Often, Skip Johnson's wife Patty would become concerned about the level of danger involved in her husband's job.

Even though it aired nearly 15 years earlier, the Recue 8 TV show is often confused with a very similar series titled, "Emergency!". One major difference between the two is that firefighters were not trained as paramedics at the time Rescue 8 aired so their rescues were those more physical in nature. The recues on "Emergency" tended to be more oriented towards the giving of medical attention.

The real life Station #8 in Los Angeles is located at 7643 West Santa Monica Bloulevard in West Hollywood, California.

Most of Rescue 8's episodes were based on actual case files of the L.A. County Fire Department.

Jim Davis is probably better known today for his role as J.R.'s dad, "Jock Ewing" on the series, "Dallas".

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1. The Ferris Wheel (9/23/1958)
2. 102 To Bakersfield (9/30/1958)
3. The Cliff (10/7/1958)
4. The Subterranean City (10/14/1958)
5. The Cage (10/21/1958)
6. The Crackup (10/28/1958)
7. The Ammonia Trap (11/4/1958)
8. The Chasm (11/11/1958)
9. The Steel Mountain (11/18/1958)
10. Find That Bomb! (11/25/1958)
11. The Cave-In (12/2/1958)
12. The Bells Of Fear (12/9/1958)
13. Danger! 20,000 Volts (12/16/1958)
14. The Scrap Iron Jungle (12/23/1958)
15. Calamity Coach (12/30/1958)
16. Secret Of The Mission (1/6/1959)
17. Trail By Fire (1/13/1959)
18. High Hazard (1/20/1959)
19. Rubber Gold (1/27/1959)
20. Flash Flood (2/3/1959)
21. Initiation To Danger (2/10/1959)
22. Disaster Town (2/17/1959)
23. A Handful Of Vengeance (2/24/1959)
24. Five Fathoms, Dead Or Alive (3/3/1959)
25. Children Of The Sun (3/10/1959)
26. International Incident (3/17/1959)
27. Nine Minutes To Live (3/24/1959)
28. No Tresspassing (3/31/1959)
29. Three Men In A Vault (4/7/1959)
30. The Walking Death (4/14/1959)
31. Tower Of Hate (4/21/1959)
32. Danger In Paradise (4/28/1959)
33. Hour Of Rage (5/5/1959)
34. If The Bough Breaks (5/12/1959)
35. High Pressure (5/19/1959)
36. One More Step (5/26/1959)
37. Left Hook To Hades (6/2/1959)
38. The Trap (6/9/1959)
39. Death For Hire (6/16/1959)

40. Suitcase Fireman (9/23/1959)
41. The Rock Prison (9/30/1959)
42. Fool's Gold (10/7/1959)
43. Paid In Full (10/14/1959)
44. Dangerous Salvage (10/21/1959)
45. 3 Mile Bomb (10/28/1959)
46. Not For Glory (11/4/1959)
47. Forced Landing (11/11/1959)
48. Smash Out (11/18/1959)
49. Runaway (11/25/1959)
50. The Third Strike (12/2/1959)
51. Pitfall (12/9/1959)
52. Heat Wave (12/16/1959)
53. The Birdman (12/23/1959)
54. The Collision (12/30/1959)
55. Leap For Life (1/6/1960)
56. The Squatters (1/13/1960)
57. Backfire (1/20/1960)
58. High Explosive (1/27/1960)
59. Add A Pinch Of Death (2/3/1960)
60. Ten Minutes To Doomsday (2/10/1960)
61. Square Triangle (2/17/1960)
62. Ti-Ling (2/24/1960)
63. Lifeline (3/3/1960)
64. High Lonely (3/10/1960)
65. Comeback (3/17/1960)
66. Quicksand (3/24/1960)
67. Breakdown (3/31/1960)
68. School For Violence (4/7/1960)
69. The Devil's Cavern (4/14/1960)
70. 13 Stories Up (4/21/1960)
71. Deep Danger (4/28/1960)
72. I Don't Remember (5/5/1960)
73. Second Team (5/12/1960)