Doug and Mike Show

The Louisiana State Firefighters President Chad Major joined us to talk about his 30+ year career in the fire service and his journey to secure PTSD mental health benefits for all of the first responders in his state. You'll laugh and cry as you listen to this uncensored story of a generational firefighter.

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Firefighter Nadine Young with Ajax, Ontario FD recently went beyond the call of duty to help the son of a fellow firefighter who was fighting a rare form of liver cancer. When it was determined that no one in the Singer family was a match for donation to Jarrett, Young emerged as a match and stepped forward. Listen to this incredible story of sacrifice and giving. Follow the Doug & Mike Show on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter & Twitter!

Cape Coral's Fire Chief Ryan Lamb talks about leading one of the state's bigger departments. With over 200 sworn members and unique challenges like protecting a community placed squarely in one of the most vast waterway systems in the world, Lamb leads a department on the rise. The 2019 Fire Chief of the Year talks all things fire department and family. Listen now!

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Off-duty Broward County Fire Rescue Captain Todd Neal had just finished a workout when he stopped by a friend's house to check on her. After a loud explosion and pictures falling from the walls, Todd went into rescue mode and what he found next would change his life.

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Heather Mazurkiewicz with North Collier Fire Rescue District and Jazz Zombo with Seminole County Fire Rescue have not only been around the fire service for many years, they've been at the tip of the spear leading an effort to improve the safety and health of firefighters across the country and more recently lobby the Florida Legislature for cancer protections. Hear about their amazing journey and their story of struggle, survival and eventual success.

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Christian and Samuel Adams are twin brothers on the Colorado Springs Fire Department and leaders in the EMS field as Paramedics. They decided they'd write a book, "Life and Death Matters- Professionalism and Decision-Making for the First Responder" to help others become leaders in the Fire/EMS service.

You'll enjoy our discussion with Christian about what sparked his interest to become a Fire/Medic and what the purpose of the book has become. Learn more about Christian and Samuel at their website https://field-medics.com/

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Jim Russell may have been born and raised in Seminole County, Florida but he's spent his adult life serving those in Seminole Country; Tallahassee, Florida. His career in Law Enforcement spanned three decades yet his journey is just re-beginning as an artist after his retirement from Florida State University Police Department.

Jim is an advocate for mental health and uses his talent to not only heal himself but also others. You'll fall in love with Russell's story in this episode of the Doug & Mike Show.

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This was a "lost tapes" episode that we did back in May of 2018 in Toronto, Canada with J-Ryze. So, his name gets your attention, it's symbolic and suddenly makes you look up. Keep Ryzing.

We signed up for a Social Media Class with Evan Carmichael and then realized we had limited to no social media experience. So we then set out to try and see if we could talk to someone to settle our nerves.

Doug reached out to JRyze because he knew he was part of the team that would be teaching us, and he'd come clean and let us know we had limited Facebook and Instagram experience. J-Ryze laughed and said that was great and liked our spirit to just jump, right, in.

Then J-Ryze hit the accelerator and started talking about taking action and let's start now. Yikes- Holy Fear Factor. Welcome to the World of J-Ryze not for the faint of Heart. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Doug & Mike Show. Follow the Doug and Mike Show on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and online at www.DougandMikeShow.com

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We sat down with Battalion Chief Jarvis Bedford of the Tallahassee Fire Department and Task Force Leader for Urban Search and Rescue FL7 to talk about his journey and recent response to the Florida Gulf Coast following Hurricane Michael.

On October 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael devastated the Northwest Florida region. Bedford talks about how first responders plan, prepare and carryout rescue missions to impacted areas.

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