Rescue 911

*Rescue 911*
Rescue 911
Genre	Docudrama
Written by	Paula Deats; Nancy Platt Jacoby; Aaron Kass; Jim Milio; Jean O'Neill
Directed by	Sheri Goldstein; Mary Hardwick; Nancy Platt Jacoby; Jim Milio; Chris Pechin; Ronnie Weinstock; Segment directors; Ron Brody; Mark Cole; Michael Collins; Allison Grodner; Robin Groth; Dan Jackson; Jim Milio; Steve Muscarella; Chris Pechin
Presented by	William Shatner
Theme music composer	Scott Roewe
Composers	Richard Stone (Seasons 1–3); Stu Goldberg (Seasons 4–7)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	186 (and 2 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Arnold Shapiro; Jean O'Neill (Seasons 5–7)
Producers	Nancy Platt Jacoby (Seasons 1–2); Jim Milio (Seasons 3–7); Sueann Fincke (Season 7)
Running time	60 minutes (30 minutes in syndication)
Production companies	CBS Entertainment Productions (1989–1995); CBS Productions (1995–1996); Arnold Shapiro Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 18, 1989 –; August 27, 1996
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Rescue 911 is an informational docudrama television series that premiered on CBS on April 18, 1989, and ended on August 27, 1996. The series was hosted by William Shatner and featured reenactments (and occasionally real footage) of emergencies that often involved calls to 911.

Though never intended as a teaching tool, various viewers used the knowledge they obtained watching the show. Two specials, titled 100 Lives Saved and 200 Lives Saved, were dedicated to these viewers who had written to CBS with their stories on how the knowledge they obtained watching the show allowed them to save the life of someone else. At least 350 lives have been saved as a result of what viewers learned from watching it.^[1] The show's popularity coincided with, if not led to, the widespread adoption of the 911 emergency system replacing standalone police and fire numbers that varied from municipality to municipality; the number is now universally understood in the United States and Canada to be the number dialed for emergency assistance.

At its height, the show was adapted in 45 countries (with their own 911 equivalent showcased).

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