Responder Chronicles

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.

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.  

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.  

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. 

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.   

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.

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.
 
 

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.    

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 protect himself from alien brain-washing, academy training, and how God works in his life.  

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.