Code R

In the premiere episode, a man is lost over the channel in a runaway hot air balloon, two skindivers are trapped in an underwater cave, and a buffalo prefers the Lighthouse Bar in town to his Home on the range indicating it is rescue time again for the members of the Island Rescue Forces.

A drunk off-duty cop starts a brawl when island's emergency chiefs are preparing for the annual summer boat race! They also must tend a young boy in a diabetic coma. Just as the race gets underway, a “mayday” signal is received from a honeymoon couple headed for Hong Kong on a leaking boat.

Chief Lifeguard George Baker goes to rescue two boys who are floating out to sea on a makeshift raft, while Police Chief Walt Robinson sets a trap for a bootlegger, Wilson wonders how his volunteer fire fighters will respond if and when an emergency situation occurs. The volunteer fire fighters have walked off the job

Island police chief Robinson is informed by federal agents that weapon trafficking is occurring in his jurisdiction. Before he can take action, the government men are taken hostage by the gun smuggling gang.

Mr. Porter is the leader of a band of locals who greet a visiting bunch of scruff-looking motorcyclists with open hostility and demand that police chief Walt Robinson order them off the island. The Code R team must rescue an elderly victim from a fire

George's ex-girlfriend stops by for a visit. Meanwhile, an arsonist is setting fires all over the island. The island residents react fearfully when the arsonist continues to set random fires, and Rick and a young teen-age couple barely miss becoming casualties.