Emergency Call (1991 TV series)

This article is about the 1991 syndicated television series. For 2020 American network television series, see Emergency Call (2020 TV series).

Emergency Call is an American informational reality-based television series that originally aired in syndication from 1991 to 1998. After its last original episode, Telco Productions, the production company headed by series producer and host Alex Paen, continues to distribute repeats of the series, and it is currently carried by the online streaming service Nosey, which itself is distributed by Pluto TV.

Emergency Call
Also known as	Emergency with Alex Paen
Genre	Docudrama
Presented by	Joseph Campanella (1991–92) Ron Allen (1992–93) Alex Paen (1994–98)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Alex Paen
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	1991 (1991) – 1998 (1998)

Overview

The series featured firefighters, police rescue teams, and other rescue personnel at work while in action and at home discussing their jobs. Actor Joseph Campanella was the program's first host, replaced in the second season by Ron Allen. In 1994, series producer Alex Paen become host. In 1996, the program was retitled Emergency with Alex Paen and the episodes that had aired with the other hosts were re-edited with Paen as the host.^[1]