Getting’ Salty Experience Podcast Ep.186 Be sure and join us with our special guest, 38 year Veteran, Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief, Mauricio Rodriguez. Appointed to CFD candidate training in November of 1986. After candidate training he went to truck 25 in February of 1987. Then he went to truck 29 in 1988 and stayed there until 1997. 1997 - Promoted to Lieutenant 1997 till 1999, District 4 Relief 1999 till 2010, District 5 Relief 2009 - Promoted to Captain 2010 - 2016 - Engine 116 2016 - Promoted to Battalion Chief 2016 - 2018 - Operations Headquarters Relief 2018 - 2022 - Battalion Chief 22 2022 - 2023 - Battalion Chief 18 Retired 11/25/2003 It's going to be another great show with some really good stories and laughs. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also listen to our podcast………We are on all the players!! #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #oldschool #firefighters #ChicagoFD Lifetoughkids.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gettin-salty-experience-firefighter-podcast--4218265/support.

Getting’ Salty Experience Podcast Ep.185 Be sure and join us live tomorrow Monday, February 12th @ 8pm on our YouTube channel with our special guest, 25 year Veteran, KCFD Capt. Chad Nading. Appointed to KCFD 1998, Assigned to Pumper 40. Over his career...he worked in Pumper 36,30,29,17,43,33...(Phew) also worked in Truck 11,2 and 7...sure we won't break his balls on this. Overall he worked 11 years on a pumper, 11 years on a truck, 1 as District Safety officer and 2+ as instructor. He worked the West Bottoms Fire, Clary Fire with LODD John Tlveton, and is now Fire instructor for Johnson County Community College. Retired in February 2023. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also listen to our podcast………We are on all the players!! https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/lovethisjob https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/givebackmorethanyoutake https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/oldschool https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/firefighters

Getting’ Salty Experience Podcast Ep. 184 Be sure and join us with our special guest, 30 year Veteran, FDNY RESCUE 2 Lieutenant Paul Somin. Paul did some time with the Nassau County Sheriff's Department in 1985. Appointed to FDNY September 14th 1987, Assigned to Engine Company 34. -Transferred to 45 Engine in February, 1989 -Transferred to 58 Truck in May, 1990 - In July of 1992 - Squad 41 (OS) - In August of 1996 - Rescue 2 (OS) - In 2004 - Promoted to Lieutenant in 28 truck - In 2008 Transferred back to Rescue 2 as the Lt. - Retired in February 2017 We are excited to hear his stories, especially from one of the most tragic days the city experienced in 1990. Paul was the NOZZLE MAN at the Happy Land Social Club fire. Sharing his experience from that job will have you on the edge of your seat !!!!! Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also listen to our podcast………We are on all the players!! #lovethis job #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #oldschool #firefighters YouTube.com/gettinsaltyexperience @fdnyrescue2 #rescue2

Getting’ Salty Experience Podcast Ep. 183 Be sure and join us with our special guest 32 year Veteran, FDNY Engine 248 Captain, Charles H. Sollin. He was sworn into the FDNY on October 26th, 1960, and reported to D11 Quarters of E229 -L146 on October 29th 1960. November 1960 – at Randall's Island – Communications Messenger December 1960 – Aircraft Collison over Brooklyn and the USS Constellation (aircraft carrier fire) both incidents in E235. January 1961 – Began Proby School (6-weeks) March 1961 – Assigned to Ladder 104 During the years of 1971 – 1973 responded to a few good runs. Merit Rating Class III, Roof Rope Rescue with L108, and Lorimar Streets 3rd alarm. Promoted to Lieutenant December 1976 – E292 MBO program - permanently assigned in June 1977 October 1979 – Unit citation Promoted to Captain in February 1981 in the 10th Division and in May of 1982 assigned to E248. Injured in June of 1982 where he fell 3 floors. And ended up getting injured again in February of 1983 Detailed to OBC in July 1985 Retired in June 1992. We are excited to hear his stories. Firefighting in those days were times in a class all by themselves. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also listen to our podcast………We are on all the players!! #lovethis job #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #oldschool #firefighters #gettinsaltyexperience

GETTIN’ SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Join us with 30 year FDNY Veteran Captain Craig Silvino of Ladder 127. Appointed to the FDNY in July 1987, assigned to Engine 63 for 4 hours 😊 and then reassigned to Engine 298. In 1988, he transferred across the floor to Ladder 127. Promoted to Lieutenant 4/96 and assigned to Batt 44. He had the 44 R group for 2 years and was Boss of Eng 231 at the Atlantic Ave Fire and was boss of Eng 283 at the Vandalia Ave Fire. He was assigned to Eng 283 around summer of 1998. In 2002 they opened the Brooklyn Bourough Command, he became the XO for DC Kalletta, DAC Kilduff, and then DC Galvin before returning to E283 after 8 months. He was promoted to Captain in Jan 2005 and assigned Div 13. In 2006 he took a detail to the Rock as Tactical Training Unit Head. He attended the West Pt terrorism's program, worked with R & D special projects and the Wind Driven Fire Program. Returned to Div 13 in early 2007 before getting assigned to Capt L127 in the fall 2007. He retired in Dec. 2017 after 30 years. We can't wait to hear the Captain's stories. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool www.youtube.com/gettinsaltyexperience.

Our special guest 36 Year Veteran of the Baltimore City F.D. Lt. Stephen Cobo. First, His grandfather was a Battalion Chief in BCFD retiring in the 1970s and father was a Firefighter BCFD retiring in 1990. He was appointed in 1987 and assigned to Truck 29. Promoted to Driver in 1990 and went to Truck 16. Transferred to Rescue 1 and then to Truck 4 before getting promoted to Lt in 2000. He was assigned to Truck 1 for 7 years before going back to Truck 29 where it all started. He finished his career in Truck 26 in 2023. He was at the Clippermill fire that claimed the life of FF Eric Schaffer in 1995. He was part of the Discovery documentary "Streets of Fire" in 1997 and training crew for "Ladder 49" in 2004. He was part of many memorable fires including several where he became trapped. We will get the whole skinny. .. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #baltimorecity www.youtube.com/gettinsaltyexperience.

Be sure and join us with our special guest, FDNY Veteran Captain Russell Vomero of Rescue Company 5. Appointed to the FDNY in August 1979, assigned to Engine 10 on Water Street. Engine 10 and Ladder 15 were housed together. Spent my first year on Water Street before moving to Liberty Street across from WTC. In August 1981, I was transferred to Ladder 149 (Castle on the Hill) in Dyker Heights. It was one of the last companies I put on my transfer, and I knew nothing about it. Two of the officers in Engine 10 had been fireman there and said it was a great house. The job of being a firefighter started there. Did not do a lot of work but had a great lieutenant in Steve King. I cut my first roof in Ladder 149, made my first grab, and had my first Rescue sucks encounter. In 1984, it was announced that a new Rescue would be put into service on Staten Island. Rescue 5 had been in service previously on Staten Island but was disbanded. I saw this as an opportunity and put in my transfer. I got to Rescue 5 in August 1984, and was now amongst some great guys who still wanted to work. Steve Casani and Jack Pritchard were the officers I worked with most, and I learned so much. I was studying, and in May 1986, I took the lieutenants test and did terribly in relation to everyone else. A short time after the test, it was reported that there had been cheating. Sometime in the fall, a 2nd test was announced. In October 1987, I was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the 7th battalion in the 3rd division. The first vacation spot I covered was Ladder 21. Rescue 1’s quarters were being rebuilt, so they were being housed with Engine 34 and Ladder 21. It is where I started to meet some of the guys from 1. My first fire was in Ladder 21, and Captain Kennedy kicked me out of the elevator in Ladder 4. Vinny Dunn became my savior. In May 1988, I covered my first spot as a rescue officer in R-3, which was almost the beginning and end of my career as a rescue officer. I stayed covering in Rescue Services then SOC for the next six years. There was a lot of chatter on who would be the officers transferred into SOC.had the opportunity to work in every area of NYC. Then, after Tommy Williams died in 1992, I was given R4 UFO. Going to SOC Captain when a lieutenant spot opened did not go well. I had no plan to study for Captain; however, six months before the Captains test I was told I would be doing a UFO spot in Marine 1. It was our penance-like Rescue school. It was a learning and studying experience working in Marine 1. The next few years, before being promoted to Captain, were great, and something happened in the last six months of covering that changed everything for me. I got promoted to Captain on the same department order Ray Downey was promoted to chief. I wanted to go back into SOC, so I went to see the two chiefs in charge of SOC within the first few weeks of getting promoted. I was assigned to Division 5 as a Captain. I could not ask for a better place. By now, Squad 41 was back in SOC, so there were 11 companies, including the marine units to cover. In May or June 97, Spillane got promoted out of Squad 41, and Banker was placed in the spot UFO. I was covering a vacation when the spot opened, so I continued to cover. In September 1997, I was assigned to Squad 41. The rest of my career went on from there. Retired Jan. 2003 We can't wait to hear the Captains stories as he has a lot to talk about! Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #rescue5 www.youtube.com/gettinsaltyexperience.

GETTIN’ SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep. 179 Be sure and join us with our special guest 26 Year Veteran of the FDNY FF Van Johnson -Appointed to FDNY Nov 1979 and Assigned to Engine 210 -In 1981 Transferred to Ladder 124 "Tonka Truck" -Retired March 2005 He was in Bushwick Brooklyn when it was burnin...And has the stories to prove it 😁... You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #tonkatruck www.youtube.com/gettinsaltyexperience.

Please join us for Episode 178 of the Gettin’ Salty Experience podcast LIVE tonight @ 8PM. Our special guest will be retired FDNY Firefighter Tim Brown. Originally a Connecticut firefighter, he joined the FDNY in 1984 and went on to serve in Rescue 3 and later the NYC Office of Emergency Management under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He was in 7 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and responded to the subsequent terrorist attack. He retired in 2004 and continues to speak on the events of that day and honor the memory of his friends who lost their lives that day. You don’t want to miss this one. We are on all the players 😎 https://youtube.com/@GettinSaltyExperience https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/lovethisjob https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/givemorethanyoutake https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/fdny https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/re3cue https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/nyc

Our special guest 20 Year Veteran of the FDNY FF Billy "Bingo" Denis - Appointed to FDNY Sept 1981 and Assigned to Engine 303 -December 1989 Transferred across the floor to Ladder 126 -Feb 1993 went to Chauffeur school -Promoted to Fire Marshal July 1993 and worked on the Lieutenant John Clancy fire in 1995 -July 1997 Returned to Ladder 126 -June 1999 Responded to the Captain Vincent G. Fowler fire -Retired Sept 6, 2001 -Responded to September 11, 2001 and the WTC. He has been a long standing member of The New York City Fire Riders Motorcycle Club which helps raise money and support organizations within the FDNY, U.S. MILITARY, and many other charities. Since retiring he is now doing Stand Up Comedy full time. Billy became hooked on performing whether it was cracking jokes at the kitchen table at his firehouse or on stage at the world famous Caroline’s on Broadway. Billy Bingo has performed at hundreds of firefhouses and fundraisers across the country. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET. You don’t want to miss this one. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/lovethisjob https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/givebackmorethanyoutake https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/oldschool https://www.youtube.com/gettinsaltyexperience.