Responder Chronicles
Real life stories from first responders of all types: Law Enforcement, Corrections, Fire, EMS, 911 Dispatchers, etc. Stories from their own experiences shared with you so that you can develop a picture of what their work is like. They will tell you wild and crazy stories, Intense stories and words of wisdom from lessons learned. The stories are real, however, due to the sensitive nature of the calls; names, places and specific names of the department and storyteller may be withheld or changed. The podcast has a goal to encourage and motivate the listener to better appreciate the service that is...
Episodes
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 poss…
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 Cen…
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…
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 c…
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, e…
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, encount…
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 t…
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. J…
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 w…
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 seve…
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. Â Â
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, anothe…
Deputy Sheriff with experience in dispatch and as a current active firefighter shares his stories while on the job in all three.
Florida Deputy Sheriff with experience as a dispatcher and as a current active firefighter shares his experiences in all three jobs.  Stories of horrific car accidents, cpr on family members, car chase, annoying questions, man trying to pr…
Trailer for Episode 5 Florida Deputy MVA
Trailer for Episode 5 of a Florida Deputy that is also a active firefighter with Dispatcher experience. Shares his stories of a horrific MVA, car chase, man who is trying to shield himself from aliens, and how God is working in his life.  …
Fire Fighter with 30 years of experience tells his tales of calls and gives words of wisdon
Retired Milton, Florida firefighter, William Burdell Moon, tells stories of his calls and experiences of his 30 year career as a firefighter. Starting his career in 1966 till his retirement in the mid 90's, he will tell on how the fire ser…
Sheriff Deputy with over 30 years of experience tells stories from his career
Sheriff Deputy that has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement from State, local, county and federal agencies. Served as a Sheriff of a county to now serving his local community as a deputy. Car wrecks, deaths, community policing …
Volunteer Fire Fighter of 11 years tells his stories of rescues.
This 11 year veteran of a Volunteer Fire and Rescue department tells his stories of rescues such as a holding a bloodied and broken 5 year old child, and the extraordinary rescue of a 12 year old girl trapped in a collapsed house.
Corrections Officer tells stories from his 17 years on the job. Inmate stabbing officer, inmate murder, sexual abuse
A 17 year veteran Correctional Officer tells his stories of protecting the public behind the bars. From his time as a corrections officer at the Division of Juvenile Justice, to both State and Privately run prisons and County Jail, he tell…