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Season 7 is the final season of Rescue 911. It ran from September 12, 1995 to August 27, 1996 on CBS and consisted of 15 episodes, one of which contained a mix of new and repeat segments.

In May of 1995, at the conclusion of Season 6, CBS announced that it would be introducing a number of new series to its fall lineup in an effort to improve its dwindling ratings. As a result, several of its veteran series, including Rescue 911, were excluded from the fall schedule (other casualties included Christy, Love & War, and Northern Exposure). However, Rescue 911 had already completed six episodes for the upcoming season, so CBS ordered seven more episodes so it could act as mid-season replacement programming (eight more were ultimately made). Filming of new segments officially stopped in fall of 1995, and Rescue 911 's production office closed that December.

Season 7 began airing regularly on February 1, 1996 (one new episode had aired on September 12, 1995, before the series went on hiatus). Its regular time slot was changed to Thursdays at 9pm EST, whereas it had previously been Tuesdays at 8pm. It returned to its original time slot in August 1996, when the final three new episodes aired. The last episode shown on CBS (a repeat of Episode 7.12) aired September 3, 1996.

According to an associate segment producer, the show filmed more segments for Season 7 than those that ultimately aired, so the producers chose to focus on stories that addressed unusual topics or were representative of certain regions. The unaired stories included a toddler getting stuck under a bed, and a mother and son who escaped a house fire thanks to a smoke detector that had been installed earlier that day.

Episodes
Unless indicated, story titles are as they appeared in 1990s TV listings (e.g., as compiled by Fancast). Most Season 7 story titles did not appear in TV listings, so a brief description is used in lieu of the official title when it is unknown; these stories are denoted with an asterisk (*).