When the station tries to watch a news report on the firefighters, John and Chet blow up the television receiver after attempting a repair which Dixie inadvertently suggests to John and Roy. The firefighters rescue a man from a burning manhole; Dr. Brackett receives an aquarium he had not ordered, and later, he has a toxic reaction to a catfish bite. Dr. Morton treats a man with a bleeding peptic ulcer. The paramedics later help a man who had glued his own eyes closed and rescue a man trapped in his home from a mudslide caused by a gas explosion.

A young worker gets his arm caught in a record machine; Dr. Brackett and Dixie go on-site to aid the boy. A communication mix-up between Squad 51 and Rampart reveals issues with transmissions between two squads and a discrepancy in how a patient was treated. Dixie and Dr. Morton treat a young violinist, who had injured his arm and has a fear of needles. Two underage boys get a car trapped on the roof of a house. In the field, a woman attempts suicide by OD'g on sleeping pills but refuses aid until she passes out; in the hospital, as Dixie relays to Roy and Johnny, after hearing it from Dr. Early, she dies. Chet literally sets a pair of skis on fire. A man is trapped underneath a car, which then explodes in their garage with Roy and Johnny inside.