Like its sister show, most emergencies are based on real events from the headlines.
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Season One
Pilot
- The fertilizer plant explosion that kills all but one of the 126 is clearly based on the West Fertilizer Company explosion
, which resulted in the deaths of 10 firefighters.
Texas Proud
- The teenaged girl who fell from the balcony doing yoga? Inspired by this article here
Season Two
Season Three
- The first four episodes of Season Three take place in a massive winter storm, which bear a lot of similarities to the freakishly cold weather that paralyzed all of Texas in February 2021.
Season Four
Tommy Dearest
- The wife who had to be kept upside down due to her pacemaker coming loose? Due to this woman whose pacemaker came lose from a coughing fit.
