''Emergency Call'' is an American informational

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-based television series that originally aired in

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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

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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.

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1991 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings First-run syndicated television programs in the United States 1990s American reality television series American English-language television shows {{US-reality-tv-stub