Continuity mistake: During the warehouse fire, Johnny removes his turnout when Captain Stanley calls for the ambulance, then when the ambulance arrives John's wearing the turnout and one burn victim has the sheet over him, but then the turnout and sheet vanish, and as the ambulance attendants bring the stretcher, Johnny places the sheet on the victim, and in the overhead shot as Cap is told about Willy, Johnny's wearing his turnout again. The Biophone also keeps jumping from being beside Squad 51 to being between the victims.
Deliberate mistake: After the fireworks begin exploding at the warehouse fire, when Captain Stanley and Roy are helping Willy out, they are knocked to the ground by an explosion, and in two of the following exterior shots the large sign that reads "Kiddytime Toy Co" is visible. This shot is from season 4, episode "The Screenwriter", when the guys respond to the fire at the toy factory that also made fireworks.
Continuity mistake: When Johnny is doing overtime with Engine 8, dispatch sends the two guys of Squad 8 on an unknown type rescue and they leave Station 8, but when Johnny and Captain Stone walk back into the kitchen, Squad 8 is still parked in the apparatus bay.
The Girl on the Balance Beam - S5-E18
Visible crew/equipment: When the ambulance arrives at the scene of the drunk driver's car accident, and then when the drunk man is loaded into the ambulance, the reflection of the location set lighting is visible on the window, at the side of the ambulance.
The Girl on the Balance Beam - S5-E18
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are with the young gymnast, the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the left side of Roy's shirt, as he takes her vitals and places the oxygen mask on her face.
Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny removes David's red helmet after his motorcycle accident, the reflection of array set lights are visible on the red surface.
Visible crew/equipment: After Roy climbs down the manhole, he leans to the right (the second time), and when he points the flashlight down the tunnel on the right, the moving shadow of camera equipment is visible on the wall. We know it's not Roy's shadow because when he leans back to the left, that shadow is still moving on the tunnel wall.
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are dispatched to the plant with an 18 yr old whose arm is caught in a machine, the outlines of the mic transmitters are visible on the left side of Johnny's shirt, when he's on the Biophone, and on the left side of Roy's shirt, when he's putting the tourniquet on the 18 yr old.
Visible crew/equipment: After Dianne's OD, once she passes out and Johnny begins to work on her and inserts the esophageal airway, the bulging outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the back of Johnny's shirt.
Continuity mistake: The day after the awful fish dinner, when the Merkles visit the station again, Roy is holding a can of whipped cream in his right hand in the side shots, but in the shot facing him he's holding a carton of milk.
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Brice are taking vitals of the possible heart attack, depending on the angle of the shot, the outlines of the mic transmitters can be seen on the backs of Roy's and Brice's shirts.
Continuity mistake: When Johnny is hit by the car, the open drug box is lying on the ground right-side up in the first shot, then upside down in the second shot.
Deliberate mistake: When Roy and Johnny are on Copter 10, just after dispatch tells them that the run is cancelled, there is a shot of Copter 10 turning around which is a flipped shot - note the backwards 10 on the tail.
Above and Beyond... Nearly - S5-E20
Revealing mistake: When Roy and Johnny are on the cliff loading the unconscious victim onto the stokes, as they try to lift each of the victim's legs, we can see the unconscious man also lifting his own leg to assist the actors.
Answer: It is standard practice to wet down driveways so that they stand out in a long shot.
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