Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Firehouse' from 1970-1982:
- Bill Overton as Cal Dakin (1974)
- Brad David as Billy Dalzell (1974)
- James Drury as Capt. Spike Ryerson (1974)
- Michael Delano as Sonny Caputo (1974)
- Richard Jaeckel as Hank Myers (1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Firehouse':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
January 2, 1973: Firehouse
W: Frank Cucci D: Alex March
With Scott Smith (Battalion Chief), Bobby Johnson (Bartender), Otis Day (Oldest Boy), Ty Henderson (Bobby), Mwako Cumbuka (Clarence), Alma Beltran (Spanish Lady).
Tensions arise when a formerly all-white firehouse gets its first black fireman.
January 17, 1974: Burst Of Flame
Season 1, episode 1
W: Robert Pirosh D: Don Weis
With Joan Van Ark (Cynthia), Melissa Newman, Charles Robinson, Heidi Vaughn.
Debut of a series focusing on the working men of a fire department. James Drury returns to a weekly series as captain of Engine Co. 23. In the opening episode they succeed in getting a net under a "jumper" and rush to an office building fire.
Season 1, episode 2
W: William Levinson D: James B. Clark
With Julie Mannix (Claire), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Franklin).
After rescuing a man from a mudslide, the men from Company 23 put out a prison fire only to become hostages of the convicts.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Booker Bradshaw, David P. Lewis D: James B. Clark
With Howard Hesseman (Hanley).
While the men of Company 23 are putting out a night club fire, their stationhouse is being robbed.
Season 1, episode 4
W: S.S. Schweitzer
With Robert Donley (Scola), Joaquin Martinez (Keegan), Joe Di Reda (Mike Stenock), Don Dubbins (Mills), Karen Carlson (Diane Harding).
After saving a man's new dump truck from fire, Capt. Ryerson and his men rush to a tunnel project endangered by high gas levels.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Walter Dallenbach
Capt. Ryerson and his men race against time to save six people caught in an elevator.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Robert Pirosh
After saving a pregnant woman trapped by downed high tension wires, the firemen rush to a decaying old mansion on fire.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Charles A. McDaniel, Fenton Hobart Jr.
With Richard X. Slattery (Ben), J. Pat O'Malley (Richards), Luana Anders (Dawn).
Capt. Ryerson and his men respond to a fire in an old theater building where a vault filled with explosive nitrate film threatens the entire neighborhood.
Season 1, episode 8
W: John Groves
With Mary Frann, Fritz Feld (Marcel), John Perry (Mike).
After an ill-fated dinner date with his girl, fireman Caputo joins his colleagues to help rescue a woman trapped under an ocean pier.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Robert Pirosh D: Christian Nyby
With Tammy Harrington (Ellie), Woodrow Parfrey (Barber).
Capt. Ryerson and his men save a youth from being buried alive and fight a laundry fire.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Cornelius Ballard D: Christian Nyby
With Dan Tobin (Peters), Kenneth Tobey (Barkham), Anne Beesley (Gracie), Brooke Bundy (Judy), Myron Healey (Howell).
Arson inspector Barkham becomes trapped in a museum fire.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Booker Bradshaw, David P. Lewis, Fenton Hobart Jr.
With John Gruber (Mitch), Charlotte Stewart (Bobbie), Roger Davis (Farrell).
Capt. Ryerson and his men save a girl who has driven her car over a cliff, then rush to a stable fire threatening to destroy valuable racehorses.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Jean Holloway
With Lisa Lu (Mrs. Song), Rudi Gernreich (Fashion House Propietor).
Captain Ryerson and his men battle a blaze in a slum apartment, then rescue partygoers when a top dress designer's opening night fashion celebration is marred by fire. Rudy Gernreich, designer of the topless bathing suit, makes a cameo appearance.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Robert Pirosh
With Nora Heflin (Sandy), Peter Haskell (Gurney).
Smoke inhalation sidelines Captain Ryerson and temporarily leaves Company 23 with a new leader. He is a maverick from the fire prevention squad, and his performance is under the tough scrutiny of the men.
Season 1, episode 14
Capt. Ryerson and his men rescue a boy stuck in a heating duct, and then battle a spectacular oil refinery blaze, where storage tanks are igniting and shooting off like missiles. (Last show of the series.)