A police officer-cum-football star transfers into Rescue. The retired Inspector who helped create the Rescue squad is helping write a history of the service, which creates political difficulties for Adams.

The squad responds to a train crash. Mickey works in the compartment where a critically injured man hides his injuries to encourage the other passengers.

Georgia becomes increasingly suspicious of the circumstances surrounding an apparently straightforward car crash. A homeowner finds a runaway camping on public land and tries to have Rescue run him off.

Mickey is assigned to protect a whistleblower prior to her testimony in a court case.

Frog must appear before a coronial inquest after he disregards proper procedure to lead the team into an unstable partially collapsed building in an attempt to rescue a trapped child. The effort nearly costs Georgia her life and the child ultimately dies in hospital, initiating a fierce debate amongst the squad. Frog and Kathy respond to a home where a man has murdered his wife and three children. Finding the husband with a gun in his hands, Frog passively stands by waiting for him to finish the job by taking his own life. Frog descends into a ravine to rescue an injured boy.

The squad welcomes a new member, Constable Brian Morley. With the of Sydney excited over the Grand Final football match, Mickey, Georgia, and Brian attend an MVA which is complicated by unknown hazardous chemicals, a Drug Squad surveillance operation, and a man trapped in a truck who cheerfully refuses to be rescued. Angel and Kathy respond to the scene of a party where a drunken reveller has fallen into an abandoned underground shelter.

Kathy refuses to deal with her emotions when tragedy strikes her family. After Mickey scales an apartment building to rescue a woman locked out on her balcony, he, Georgia and Kathy attend the scene of a fatal car accident caused by a drunk driver. Angel has to deal with his brother Con, who is getting into increasing trouble. Kathy descends in to a silo to rescue a worker buried up to his chest in sugar.

After two youths crash a stolen plane in the National Park requiring rescue, Mickey finds himself being sued for negligence by the owner of the plane — the father of one of the kids. With a legal battle looming, Mickey receives help from the one man he would least expect it from.

The squad is called on to save an artist who is obsessed with his wife's "affairs" and who has decided to kill both himself and his family. Mickey agrees to be Angel's best man but their close relationship becomes an obstacle for Angel in his relationship with Helena. A groom learns the benefits of a ball and chain while suspended from a bridge.

Nipper voices his doubts that Brian will ever become an intergrated member of the squad. He also has to deal with harrassment from a recently released criminal he arrested years ago who bears a grudge. Angel and Helena tie the knot.

Angel becomes convinced that Helena is having an affair and begins losing control, both at home and at work. Inspector Adams finds a pamphlet on unplanned pregnancy as well as a pregnancy test in Sharyn's desk. Teenage lovers threaten to jump off the Harbour Bridge. Georgia and David discuss having children.

Mickey and ambulance officer Tricia Mellick receive public accolades and media attention after being involved in a high profile rescue. Georgia questions her future with the police after she has a close call on a rescue. Mickey finally admits to himself his feelings about Georgia just as she decides to make a commitment to David.

Tensions between Mickey and Georgia build as her marriage to David draws near. Mickey and Angel rescue a superhero from a tight situation. The squad is called out to help rescuea group of archeologists who have been trapped in a flooding cave system. During the search, Mickey is swept away in the rising flood waters.

Angel and Mickey protect a bookie. Angel discovers the temptation of easy money when he gets some tips on picking winning racehorses.

A senile woman and then two children become lost in train tunnels during rush hour; stopped commuters trapped in the trains are subject to panic.

Mickey is concerned when three friends of Luke's die of drug-related problems. Angel gives Mickey advice on raising children.

Angel and Mickey rescue a man being chased by two police officers. When the man turns up dead 43 minutes later, they suspect the cops.

In search of a change, Georgia applies for Nipper's job. To Georgia's surprise she doesn't get it. Instead someone from head office gets the job. Sergeant Webb arrives in Rescue and quickly lays down the law with a series of new rules and procedures. As he sstruggles to earn the respect of the squad, Webb must deal with personal demons and professional problems. Angel shows signs of stress, both on and off the job. A series of high platform rescues change the squad and offers Webb a change at redemption.

A natural gas explosion leaves three people trapped two stories under ground. The squad tries to provide rescue but with time running out, a second gas explosion traps them as well. With a rapidly diminishing air supply and cyanide gas leaking into the cellar, Mickey, unwilling to abandon the trapped workers, disobeys an order from Inspector Adams to leave the scene.

Kathy comforts a dying man. After he is given tranquilizers to deal with his pain, he mistakes Kathy for his wife and she must then pass on his last messages to his wife. Georgia revives a drowned swimmer who remains in a coma. Kathy comes to the aid of a pregnant woman trapped in an elevator.

There's an explosion in a building that's being prepared for demolishing. When Rescue arrives, one of the workers is already dead and the other two are trapped and badly wounded.

Several members of the squad, especially Angel, are having trouble with new Rescue member Joe whose risk taking and care-free attitude has placed his career in jeopardy. Inspector Adams says he will have to work on his attitude if he wants to stay part of the squad. Bill contemplates retirement after the death of a close friend. Joe's involvement with troubled rescue subject gives him his greatest challenge when she becomes suicidal.

There has been an explosion on a ship and several men are trapped. The job of rescuing the injured crewmen is made more difficult when the squad finds evidence of a bomb and find themselves hampered by the threat of additional explosions and a man who is not what he seems.

Not long after the Holliman family has won three million dollars in the lottery, their daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom prompting Sydney's entire police service to be mobilised to search for a kidnapped child. Georgia is faced with an important decision.

After a heroic rescue from the top of Centrepoint Tower, Angel and Tracey arrive at the scene of a car accident to find his brother Con injured and his other brother Paulie dead. The driver of the other car is drunk and cops a beating from Angel. When Internal Affairs gets involved, Tracey and Angel are questioned about the incident but when the man dies in hospital, Angel is arrested and charged with manslaughter.