240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams. The series chronicles the missions of "240-Robert", a specialized unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department , that utilized four wheel drive vehicles and a helicopter. Most of the assignments were sea/air/land search and rescue operations in the extensive jurisdiction. The show's creator was Rick Rosner , who created the hit series CHiPs two years earlier for NBC. The... vehicles used at that time were 1979 Ford Broncos, while the helicopter was a Hughes brand, Model HA-500C . The series was based on real life cases encountered by the LASD's Emergency Services Detail. The real life ESD is actually headquartered in East Los Angeles. Rick Rosner took artistic liberty and portrayed the headquarters as a beach-side station. The actual filming location was at a State of California ranger station located at Sycamore Cove in Ventura County, California.
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| On the air: | August 28, 1979-March 21, 1981 |
| Number of seasons: | 1 |