What says Randy about his new project?

Topic

I am currently developing a show called USAR 1, an acronym for Urban Search and Rescue. It's based on a real unit that works out of Los Angeles County Fire Department. It's about the elite of the elite in rescue.

The way we've structured it now is that it will be the LACoFR USAR1, dealing only with local rescue events. But it is structured for later to act as an arm of FEMA , and that would make them available for international rescues, like earthquakes in Turkey, Taiwan, that type of thing.

The Show

In our show, USAR-1, our team consists of a Captain, an Engineer,and two firefighter specialists on a 28-ton USAR rig. The other part of the team, which is called Air Ops, consists of a pilot who is not a fireman, but a pilot, and two firefighter/paramedic crewmen, and in most cases, they work in tandem.I don't know about the helicopter acquisitions or those particular models you mentioned. I do know, however, they are trying to outfit USAR with Sigorsky Black Hawk helicopters. Believe me, it is a truly awesome sight to see this team attack a rescue, both from the ground and the air. We are going to try to be as responsible with USAR-1 as Bob Cinader was with Emergency!. It will be a 10-member ensemble piece, and I am one of those members. So I will be in front of the camera quite a bit.

We're hoping that maybe Kevin and I can work together for the first time in 28 years. I hope you guys will support USAR as much as you've supported in the past Emergency! I'll try to keep everybody up to date on our progress. Kevin does not really want to go back into television, but has agreed to play a recurring role on USAR, but we won't be playing John Gage and Roy DeSoto. The only similarity between the shows is that it's set in the L.A. County Fire Department.

Last Update

My partner, Hama Washington, asked me why I didn't want to do another Emergency!, and I said 'been there, done that'. He asked 'doesn't the  Los Angeles County Fire Department have anything that will take the organization into the next millennium? (Cutting edge type stuff).' I said I didn't know, I'd find out. Well, when I did, I knew that USAR1 would make an incredible television show. Hopefully USAR1 will do for rescue personnel in America what Emergency! did for paramedics.

Just want to make it real clear to everybody: USAR1 has not been sold to anyone. It is an idea that is in development only. If I've misled people to think that this show is actually going to air anytime soon, I'm sorry. We are desperately trying to sell this show to the different networks. CBS is the only one so far that has shown an interest.   NBC won't see us at all because they already have their  "Third Watch". So, my answer is obvious -- you won't see anything on t.v. about it until we sell it.

Running the risk of repeating myself, no, we are not writing scripts, we're just developing the show, its concept, and its characters. This is all the networks are interested in. If they like the idea, they ask for the scripts. I may have some influence, but I do not have final say. I plan on being an actor in it, the Captain of the USAR squad. I will also be the executive producer, along with three or four others. Then maybe I can get behind the camera and direct a couple. But my true desire lies in seeing USAR-1 on screen, the sooner the better.