Live Rescue
American reality television program
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Live Rescue (stylized as Live + Rescue) is an American television program on the A&E Network. It follows live camera crew ride-alongs with fire departments and rescue squads in cities and towns across the country.[2] The series is a spin-off of Live PD.
- Ashleigh Banfield
- Dan Flynn
- Titus Tero
- Sean "Sticks" Larkin
- Tom Morris, Jr.
- Forest Smith
- Mike McCabe
- Matt Iseman
- Halani Lobdell
- Garon Patrick Mosby
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| Genre | Reality |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 67 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 86–129 minutes |
| Production company | Big Fish Entertainment |
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| Network | A&E |
| Release | April 22, 2019 – January 15, 2021 |
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The show was originally hosted by Ashleigh Banfield. For the second season, Matt Iseman took over as host. The show last aired live episodes in early 2021.[3]
Production
In 2019, A&E began developing a spin-off of Live PD called Live Rescue focusing on emergency rescue calls as opposed to police calls.[4] Ashleigh Banfield was the first host of the series.[5] The series received an initial eight episode order and premiered on April 22, 2019.[6] A bonus episode of the series aired on May 9 bringing the episode count up to nine episodes. A&E later ordered an additional ten episodes bringing the final episode count to nineteen.[7]
Live Rescue also has its own spin-offs entitled Live Rescue: Rewind [8] and Live Rescue: Emergency Response.[9] Live Rescue: Rewind highlights segments from formerly aired episodes of Live Rescue and airs in the same format of Live PD: Rewind.[10] Live Rescue: Emergency Response is a half hour show which shows highlights from Live Rescue and interviews with the fire fighters and emergency medical technicians featured.
For the second season, Matt Iseman took over as host.[11] Season 2 premiered on September 23, 2019.
In March 2020, the show was put on temporary hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show moved to Friday and Saturday nights for the third season, which premiered on August 21, 2020.[12][13] On October 23, 2020, the show changed from its two-hour format to three hours, and began broadcasting only on Fridays.[14]