What is Rescue 911?
{{italic title}} '''''Rescue 911''''' was an [[United States|American]] [[Reality television|reality]]-based [[television series]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rescue 911|publisher=RealityTV|url=http://www.realitytv.co.uk/index.php?section=OurProgrammes&l=pqr|access-date=Jan 12, 2016|archive-date=February 24, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224003015/http://www.realitytv.co.uk/index.php?section=OurProgrammes&l=pqr|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The show premiered on [[CBS]] on April 18, 1989 and ended on August 27, 1996. The series was [[Presenter|hosted]] by [[William Shatner]]. It carried [[Historical reenactment|reenactments]]. It also included [[Video|footage]] of real [[Emergency|emergencies]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rescue 911|publisher=Internet Archive|url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/tv/shows/rescue911.asp|access-date=Jan 12, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011118121306/http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/tv/shows/rescue911.asp|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> It was never intended as a [[teaching]] tool. However some [[wikt:viewer|viewer]]s used the [[knowledge]] they got watching the [[Television programme|show]]. There were two specials: ''100 Lives Saved'' and ''200 Lives Saved''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/27004/411-rescue-911 |title=The 411 on Rescue 911 |author=Rob Lammle |publisher=Mental Floss, Inc |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> They were [[Dedication|dedicated]] to viewers who wrote CBS with their stories about watching ''Rescue 911''. The show carried two [[wikt:episode|episode]]s on [[Hurricane Hugo]]. It also had episodes on the 1986 [[New Year's Eve]] [[fire]] in [[Puerto Rico]]. It covered a June 1990 [[tornado]] and a 1987 [[Amtrak]] [[train wreck]]. A reboot of ''Rescue 911'' was scheduled for late 2019. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:American reality television series]] [[Category:1989 American television series debuts]] [[Category:1980s American television series]] [[Category:1990s American t