Captain Tony Rankin is another firefighter that both Russ and Tony have personal experience working with.  When Tony Rankin was a captain in Hillandale, Tony Bencosme was his lieutenant and Russ was one of his firefighters.

Tony shares with us about his upbringing growing up in Montgomery County, how a chance encounter with a former schoolmate-turned firefighter led him to become a volunteer firefighter and eventually a career firefighter, and how his desire to seek adventure led him to a very unusual hobby.

Tony also shares about a struggle he had once he stepped away from the fire service, and how he came to reinvent himself by parlaying a hobby into a whole new career.

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