Lt. Jon Paul Augier sits down with Battalion Chief Joseph Downey, a 31-year veteran of the FDNY who is currently assigned to the Rescue Battalion of the Special Operations Command. Listen as Chief Downey discusses the FDNY’s response to the eight-story building collapse on 38th Street in Manhattan in October of 2015. Chief Downey also discusses the logistics of major technical rescues.

Doctor Dario Gonzalez, FDNY Office of Medical Affairs Physician, interviewed by Captain Elizabeth Cascio, Executive Officer to the Fire Commissioner and 32-year veteran of Emergency Medical Service. Doctor Gonzalez serves as the FDNY representative for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) assignments and activities. At the height of the Ebola outbreak, Doctor Gonzalez volunteered to go to Liberia where he provided direct patient care to Ebola victims. Listen in as Cascio and Gonzalez discuss his experience.