Visible crew/equipment: While the guys are at the table eating Marco's stew, when Johnny remembers that he spent $8.42, numerous set lights are reflected on the coffee pot's chrome surface.
Visible crew/equipment: When Station 51 is dispatched to The Boat explosion, just after Captain Stanley responds, "KMG365," as he walks past the camera to the engine, we can see the open top of the set at the rear corner of the apparatus bay.
Visible crew/equipment: During the structure fire, when Captain Stanley uses the HT and says "Engine 17, you can pump to Engine 51," in the next shot a second cameraman carrying a handheld camera is visible between Engine 17 and Engine 9, as he's shooting footage. He's visible again three shots later, standing beside Engine 17, and once again right after they lower the ladder through the hole in the roof.
Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny works on the woman in the airplane wreck and says that he'll get the radio, and then when Johnny gets into the ambulance with Angie, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of his shirt. Additionally, while Angie's mom is being loaded onto the ambulance, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the side of Angie's top.
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 responds to the unknown type rescue, Engine 51 leaves on another run, but when Johnny and Roy go into the house with the wife of the man who lost his voice temporarily due to the dieffenbachia plant, the bulging outline of the lavalier mic transmitter and wire are visible on the back of her white robe.
Visible crew/equipment: At the horse ranch, after the man falls off the horse John and Roy rush over, and as Johnny leans over him the bulging outline of the lav mic transmitter is visible on the back of Johnny's jacket.
Visible crew/equipment: After Mrs. Mannering walks over to Dixie and asks about her son, when she and Dixie head to Brackett's office, the outline of the lav mic transmitter is visible on the back of Dixie's uniform, and a bulge is also noticeable on the back of Mrs. Mannering's sweater.
Visible crew/equipment: When 51's guys are sitting around the table discussing the inheritance, numerous overhead set lights are reflected on the chrome coffee pot's surface.
Visible crew/equipment: After Johnny tells Roy not to phone Joanne about the inheritance, when Chet walks into the kitchen announcing that it'll cost $2.25, the small black tape mark is visible on the floor where Johnny and Roy were standing.
Visible crew/equipment: Just before dispatch drops tones for Squad 51 to respond to a heart attack, Johnny's walking past the rear bay door, and we can see the top of the set over the bay door.
Visible crew/equipment: After Roy breaks the window with the chair, the guys place the ladder against the window and Marco starts to climb up. In the next interior shot, just as Roy and Johnny lift the security guard, right outside the window we can see the corner of something else (platform-like), besides the top of the ladder.
Visible crew/equipment: When Squad 51 arrives at the second location, 1511 East Hill, trying to find the correct address for the attempted suicide, the outline of Johnny's lav mic transmitter is visible at the back of his shirt.
Visible crew/equipment: While Early is listening to the heartbeat of the boy with a heart problem, Dixie is standing beside him, and on the glass case behind them we can see movement in the reflection, even though it's only the three of them in that treatment room.
Visible crew/equipment: At the structure fire, when Squad 51 stops at the hydrant to lay the dual lines, as Engine 51 drives past the squad, the reflections of array lighting and the reflector screen are briefly visible. Then when Engine 51 rolls up to the fire, as Captain Stanley tells dispatch to send a second alarm and approach from the west, we can see the reflection of a crew member wearing a long sleeved white shirt and dark slacks, in the window behind Captain Stanley. He's still visible when Squad 51 pulls up alongside Engine 51, and also when Cap tells Engine 9 to lay duals.
Visible crew/equipment: During the structure fire, in the shot after Johnny runs up the ladder to the roof to get to Captain Harmell, a crouching crew member can be seen under the open passenger side door of Engine 17.
Heavyweight - S3-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are with the man who was injured by a gunshot, Johnny goes across the street to treat the stabbing victim, and just as Johnny and the others enter the living room, the shadow of the moving boom is visible on the wall to the right.
Propinquity - S3-E20
Visible crew/equipment: When the ambulance that Roy is riding in is involved in a traffic accident, the ambulance driver, Hal, comes out to help, and the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Hal's white shirt.
Visible crew/equipment: Just before the hermit leaves Rampart, the actor's mark is visible on the floor in front of the market owner's feet, and when Dixie turns the hermit's wheelchair, the tape mark in front of Brackett becomes visible.
Visible crew/equipment: When John and Roy get back to the station, Captain Stanley asks them to step into the office, and as Cap walks through the doorway the camera's shadow is visible on the wall at the left. Also note the coiled electrical wire lying on the floor in front of the squad, and the shadow of something that is directly in front of the squad, even though the squad just rolled in.
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the bulldozer accident, just before Engine 51 comes to a stop at the junkyard there's a shot from the perspective of Engine 51's roof, with the Beacon Ray dome light in front, and on the light's red and chrome surface we can see the reflection of the camera mounted on the roof behind the dome light.
Answer: It is standard practice to wet down driveways so that they stand out in a long shot.
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