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Responder Chronicles

Brian A Deida

Real Stories from First Responders of all types: Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, 911 Dispatcher. These men and women will tell true stories from their experience while on the job. Stories of bravery, heroism, fear, shock, and some that are just strange.

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#26
Tuesday · 1 hr 31 min
NYPD Captain (retired) Vincent Esposito stories of Sept 11, airliner crash, death, suicides
Retired New York Police Department captain, Vincent Esposito, share stories of his time working in the NYPD. He was there for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, AA flight 587, deaths and suicides including police suicides. He’s on the show to raise awareness of the issues regarding mental health of law enforcement and how they can be helped.
#25
February 28 · 48 min
Fire Chief Brad Baker, Allentown, FL 39 yrs
As a First Responder with 39 years of experience, Fire Chief Brad Baker, Allentown FL Volunteer Fire and Rescue, shares stories of his career that involved serving the community as a Firefighter, Paramedic, and a 911 Dispatcher. Brad is also the Santa Rosa County Manager. He shares stories of how he became involved as a Firefighter II then as a Paramedic, 911 Dispatcher. Stories of residential structure fires, horrific motor vehicle accidents, walking upon crash scenes where there is death, and amazing stories of helping people in their time of need. Stopping bleeding on a nearly severed leg, to pulling people out of burning structures.
#23
January 21 · 57 min
Alaskan and Florida Firefighter along with his wife share his stories and insights of being a firefighter
Firefighter Collin Workman is in this episode with his wife as he discusses his experiences of being a firefighter in Alaska and now in Florida. ARFF experience, racetrack, 3 seaplane crash and recovery of victims, retraining in Florida, truck driver entrapment, river rescue, race car entrapment, family history of firefighting, wife support, wedding night fire.
#24
January 20 · 1 min
Promo for FF Collin Workman
Promo for FF Collin Workman
#22
Nov 20, 2025 · 1 min
Jen Frank Promo
Promo for Jen Frank episode 11.20.25
#21
Nov 20, 2025 · 37 min
Chief of Police, Milton, Florida: Jen Frank
Milton Florida Chief of Police, Jen Frank, shares stories of some of the interactions she's had over the 20 years as a law enforcer. As a teacher, a student pointed a gun at her, which led to her becoming a cop. Stories of domestic violence, DUI, strange encounters such as a nude man driving, fireworks in the anus of man, nude bicycle rider, as well as her take on what a cop should be and what a police force should strive to be. The importance of character in a person that is striving to be a public servant.
#20
Oct 23, 2025 · 23 min
Fire Fighter with 2 years of experience tells what it is like to start out in the fire service as a newbie.
Chandler Hinote, a 2 year member of the Allentown Fire and Rescue District, shares what it is like to enter into the volunteer fire service and how the training was for him. A unique perspective for those who may also be interested in becoming a volunteer.
#18
Sep 1, 2025 · 33 min
20 year Florida Fire Fighter, Brandon Corn shares some stories of from his career.
Fire Fighter from Florida, Brandon Corn, shares some stories from his ongoing 20+ year career as a Volunteer Fire Fighter in Northwest Florida. From one of the very first calls where he came up on a MVA with 2 deceased occupants and a possible missing baby. A fully engulfed church fire with rollover, a child that codes, and the strange way a truck lands into a stream.
#19
Aug 28, 2025 · 46 sec
Fire Fighter Brandon Corn Season 3 Promo
Season 3 Promo Brandon Corn
#17
May 14, 2025 · 53 min
Pensacola Police Officer (Retired) Mike Simmons shares his stories as both a Correctional Officer and a Police Officer
Mike Simmons, career spanning 4 years as a Detention Deputy for the Escambia FL County Jail, then a 30 year career as a Pensacola FL Police officer, and now as the director of the George Stone Technical College Criminal Justice Training Center in Pensacola, FL. Shares his intense stories from both the jail and on patrol (inmate hanging, thief hiding in the cemetery, bullets fired at him, controlling 3 suspects by himself, he/she prostitutes, possible brain matter in the curb, stench of death, with flies in a house). He also talks about the criminal justice training center at George Stone Technical College. George Stone Technical College, Criminal Justice Training Center: (850)786-6526 or (850)786-6527. www.escambiaschools.org/gstc website links: www.oldpolicestories.com or www.michaelsimmons.com Book by Mike Simmons mentioned in the show is: "Gunny." link to the book below: https://a.co/d/h68sqoE
#16
Apr 29, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
29 Year Fire fighter, Daryl Songer, with service in Volunteer, Career and Military departments, tells his stories of serving in all three.
Daryl Songer, fire fighter with 29 years of experience, with volunteer fire, Roanoke City, Virginia, and military service in Afghanistan, shares his stories of a large electrical room fire at a hospital, drivers ignoring barricades, and the dedication it takes to do the job.
#15
Mar 31, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
Retired Fire Chief, Steve Rowell with a 51 year career and counting shares his stories and words of wisdom from his long career as a fire fighter in the Munson Volunteer Fire and Rescue District
Chief Steve Rowell (with a 51 year career and counting) tells his stories of volunteering as a fire fighter, training, scene management, intense calls from MVA's multiple fatalities, small airplane crash, house fire with 2 fatalities, car cut in half in an accident, comedic river rescue, truck in tree.
#14
Mar 10, 2025 · 34 min
Capt. George Bauman 34 year career with the Los Angeles City Fire service
Retired Los Angeles, CA firefighter captain with 34 years of experience shares his stories of what it was like to serve in the 1960's through the middle 0f the 1990's. California wildfires, encouraging training from senior fire fighters, early female firefighters, pranks played on each other including the fire chief, out of town fire department officer gets an eye full of city shenanigans, loss of a dear friend, words of wisdom.
S2 · E13
Feb 24, 2025 · 57 min
Ohio police officer with 21 years of experience shares some of his memorable stories.
Police officer in the State of Ohio, shares his stories over a 21 year career in which he comes across a child trapped under a collapsed roof, searching a church for an intruder, a suspect with a taser probe in or near belly button, encounters with career criminals, and words of wisdom for anyone looking to get into law enforcement.
#12
Feb 10, 2025 · 56 min
Munson Florida Fire Chief John King shares stories from his 24 years of experiance
Fire Chief, John King, who has over 24 years of experience in fire, shares his stories. MVA with injuries and loss of life, Imogene Theatre fire, drunk teens, old men swimming in alligator infested water, Hooter girls lost on river, tree through a house.
#11
Jan 16, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
South Carolina Fire Fighter with 34 years of experience shares his experiences. Sofa Superstore Fire and his role in changing the training
James Ghi served the community as a firefighter for 34 years in several different fire departments in different roles, from a volunteer at 16 years old, to finishing out his career as a Chief Fire Marshal Battalion Fire Chief with the St. Johns Fire District in South Carolina. He served in Maryland, Virginia and in South Carolina. He came to the Charleston, S.C. Fire Department shortly after the devastating fire at the Sofa Superstore Outlet to help them recover from the loss of nine fire fighters. Over the course of two years, he faced an uphill battle to provide better training, however; succeeded in making that department a much better trained and equipped fire fighting force.
S2 · E10
Jan 2, 2025 · 41 min
Firefighter with 24 years of experience tells of his training, the friendships as close as a family, 1st call of an MVA with a decapitation, house fire with loss of husband and wife with their dog.
Volunteer Firefighter, Jeff Jackson, shares his stories of 24 years of service in which he's responded to countless MVA on I-10, housefires, training with Sheriff deputies and other nearby fire departments. Stories from an MVA where there was a victim that was decapitated, a house fire where the unfortunate couple perished along with their dog and the lasting mental issue that Jeff had to work through. Story of multiple vehicle fire at a concert and the relief of help arriving on scene.
#9
Dec 3, 2024 · 1 hr 18 min
Active duty firefighter with a 21 year career, Joel Richardson, shares his experiences as both a firefighter and flight medic on a medical helicopter in Northwest Florida.
Joel Richardson, an active firefighter for Escambia County Florida Fire, shares how he became a firefighter, and some of the stories he's personally experienced fighting fires as both a volunteer and full-time firefighter. He also has several years of experience as a flight Medic on a medical helicopter transporting both sick and severely injured patients. Stories of trying to reach a possible entrapped child, to having those days where he spent flight after flight doing all he could to care for patients. Joel also goes in depth into the life altering year in which his eldest daughter fought for her life. He'll end with sharing some very important words of wisdom that anyone can use.
#8
Nov 11, 2024 · 35 min
Firefighter with lifeguarding and dispatch experience tells stories from his 17 years of combined service
Volunteer Firefighter with dispatch and lifeguarding experience tell his stories of service of deadly car accidents, gunshot wound patients, rescues on the water and words of wisdom as he is also a pastor of a church.
#7
Oct 28, 2024 · 44 min
Episode 6: Corrections officer tells his experience servicing in both state and county detention facilities. Inmate disturbances, gang attacks, inmate with eye in his hand, inmate high on spice, etc.
Detention deputy shares his experience as a new corrections officer and witnessing two separate jail gang members beat each other in which an inmate loses and eye. Another story in which an inmate believes he's on a ship out at sea, another inmate high on spice attacks him, and his experience of running into people who were once in jail.

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