The newscaster is played by Mark Harmon's real-life father, Tom Harmon in an uncredited role.
This episode was the pilot for a new show created and produced by Jack Webb. But it doesn't work and a following show was never made.
The first (and only) time the Rampart paramedic communications station is shown to be on wheels (Starting in Season 5, the equipment was placed in a separate room).
Mark Harmon would eventually work with Robert Fuller's second wife, Jennifer Savidge, on St. Elsewhere.
Only episode in in the Emergency! (1972) series where a main character (Nurse Dixie McCall) is shown smoking. Julie London was a heavy smoker in real life.