Thursday 12/7/23 - Retired Firefighter Commissioner Reveals How To Become a Firefighter Today
(00:00) Intro\n(0:58) How he started\n(2:56) Firefighter strike\n(7:16) Becoming a firefighter\n(19:50) Busier fire houses\n(27:48) Firehouse positions \n(30:35) Time off\n(35:31) EMS runs\n(38:22) Calculated risks\n(40:42) Flashovers & rollovers\n(46:16) Close calls?\n(49:55) 9/11\n(55:10) Other positions\n(59:17) Toughest part about job?\n(1:10:13) Outro\n\nMark Nielsen from the Chicago Fire Department joins the show to talk about his career as a firefighter. We get into how he started in this field, what it takes to become a firefighter, the craziest things he's seen on the job, and more.
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