Continuity mistake: When Dixie goes to Brackett's office to discuss Boot's temperature, Dr. Morton's crossed legs go from left over right, to right over left, repeatedly, depending on the shot.
School Days - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: On their way back from the rescue at the auto wrecking yard, in the close-up we see that Roy, Billy, and Gage are in the squad talking, but when it cuts to the exterior shot there are only two people in Squad 51.
School Days - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When Roy walks into the kitchen at Station 51, Billy is on the couch studying, and in the overhead shot the pages of the open book that Billy is holding has illustrations, but in the close-up the pages have only text on them. Plus when Roy is in the doorway, you can see the truck (s) behind him, but when he turns to go back to bed, the garage is empty.
Dinner Date - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When DeSoto and Gage are in the pool with the little girl whose arm is stuck in the drain, their shoes and pants are soaked. However, just after Gage gets off the Biophone, his shoes and pants are completely dry, and then when the pool has been mostly drained both DeSoto and Gage are dry.
Continuity mistake: When Gage sees Sheila in the hallway at Rampart while she's undercover, he stops her midway between treatment room three and four and they are standing face to face. In the wide shots of both of them and in Sheila's close-ups, she's standing right in front of the emergency fire hose glass cabinet, but in Gage's close-ups, he's standing directly in front of the door to treatment room four, farther up the hallway.
Continuity mistake: During the hotel fire, when Chet and Marco carry the gear-filled Stokes basket to the room where DeSoto and Gage are performing CPR, the drug box (black) and Biophone (orange case) reverse their positions in the Stokes basket between shots.
Continuity mistake: When dispatch calls on a possible overdose, Gage puts on his turnout coat and gets into the squad, but as they drive away from the station house Gage is not wearing that jacket, and when they reach their destination he is once again.
The Wedsworth-Townsend Act - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Dr. Early hands the sousaphone with the bunny to Dr. Brackett, the instrument's mouthpiece faces Dr. Early, but in the next shot the instrument has flipped and the mouthpiece now faces Dr. Brackett. (00:50:50)
Continuity mistake: When Squad 51 heads out on the first call, Roy pushes the tool cart up against the wall map and the rear apparatus bay door is down, but in the next wide shot as they head down the driveway, the tool cart is gone and the rear door is raised all the way up.
The Lighter-Than-Air Man - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: After Gage opens the baby layette wrapping, he and DeSoto leave the kitchen to answer a phone call, When dispatch calls on Engine 51, the rest of the guys start to pile out of the kitchen, but in the next overhead shot the guys are actually exiting the doorway that leads to the locker room, not the kitchen. The interior of Station 51's setup when facing it is, to the right are Captain Stanley's office and the kitchen, and on the opposite side, to the left, are the sleeping quarters and locker room.
Continuity mistake: During Roy and Johnny's rescue of the sky diver, the stuntmen are not wearing the fire department uniform shoes, they are wearing different shoes, and Roy's watch differs as well.
Loose Ends - S6-E12
Continuity mistake: When the police officer has chest pains, DeSoto places the ECG electrode discs onto his chest. In the close-ups, the right disc has a black lead head, but otherwise the right disc has a white lead head.
Dinner Date - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When DeSoto and Gage arrive on scene at the traffic accident, the boy and his bicycle lying on the ground change positions between wideshot and close-up.
Peace Pipe - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: To send the drug box up to Gage and DeSoto on the scaffolding, Kelly loops the rope and ties a knot, but in the next shot, when Gage pulls it up it's a different kind of knot and loop.
Continuity mistake: At the stationhouse, when the captain draws the diagram of the plastics company set-up on blackboard, the chalk drawing differs between shots.
Cook's Tour - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: At Rampart, after delivering the baby, when Gage flirts with the two nurses the amount of soda pop in the nurse's bottle increases considerably between shots.
Continuity mistake: When the firemen cover the tanker in foam, the paramedics and ambulance drivers extract the tanker driver and place the patient on the stretcher they all get covered in foam, including the stretcher. Next shot, the stretcher, the patient and the men are all clean.
Continuity mistake: When Frankie flies the Cessna, he places an oxygen mask on his father. The style of the mask changes from either a round, large type, to a smaller, square type.
Continuity mistake: At the gas station, when Captain Stanley asks Marco to open the gas pump and close the shut-off valve, Marco is wearing two rings - one on each of his ring fingers, but when he is nearly electrocuted both rings have vanished.
Continuity mistake: Frequently during the first two seasons there will be long shots of Squad 51 running down the road but it has mysteriously become a mid-60's Dodge (easily visible because of the red painted grille) instead of the familiar 1972+ model Dodge with a chrome grille. It also has 51 on the door which makes for a significant paradox.
Answer: It is standard practice to wet down driveways so that they stand out in a long shot.
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