Be sure and join us on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, 35-year FDNY veteran, Battalion Chief Charles Williams. Chief was appointed to the FDNY on 11/24/1973 and retired on September 11th in 2008. With over three decades of service to the FDNY, Chief Williams has built an extraordinary career. We’ll hear all about his journey and the many stories he’s sure to share.
Once appointed to the FDNY he went on to:

• Ladder 110 1/1974 – 12/1978
• - Ladder 28 12/1978 – 01/1982
• - Rescue 2 01/1982 – 08/1987
• Promoted to Lieutenant: 08/07/1987
• - Assigned to 16th Battalion
• - Ladder 30 8/1988 – 4/1990
• - Squad 41 4/1990 – 5/1991
•  Ladder 156 5/1991 – 4/1992
• - Ladder 166 4/1992 -9/1993
• Promoted to Captain 09/25/1993
• - Assigned to Division 15
• - Engine 283 11/1993 – 03/08/1999
• Promoted to Battalion Chief 03/08/1999
• - Assigned to Division 3
• - Battalion 9 - 11/1999 – 09/11/2008
• Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #nationalfallenfirefightersfoundation #fdny #Rescue2 #fdnybattalion9

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Be sure and join us live Thursday night, January 22nd at 8pm on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, FDNY 40-year veteran, Deputy Chief Joseph Jardin. Chief was appointed to the FDNY on 12/9/1985 and recently retired in October of 2025. With over 4 decades of service to the FDNY, Chief Jardin has had the honor of working with and learning from some of the greats within the FDNY. We’ll hear all about his career and the many stories he’s sure to share. Once appointed to the FDNY he went on to: -Assigned to E-210: 2/86 -Transferred to L-154: 10/88 -Transferred to R2: 10/95 -Promoted to Lt. : 12/2002 Assigned to R-6 & Sq-252 -Promoted to Capt.: 2007 Div-14 & amp; Rescue Operations -Promoted to BC: 2012 Div-11/Div 15 & UFO Rescue Battalion -Promoted to DC: 6/2017 – XO to Chief of Safety/Acting Chief of Safety -Promoted to DAC: 9/2018 – Bureau of Fire Prevention -Promoted to AC: 10/2019 – Chief of Fire Prevention -Demoted to DC: 3/23 – Div 13 Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #nationalfallenfirefightersfoundation #fdny #Rescue2 #fdnyfireprevention

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Be sure and join us for our next segment of the "Inventors Corner" on our Youtube Channel. Our special guest will be 28-year veteran Michael Dragonetti of the Stamford (CT) Fire Department. Michael Dragonetti is a nationally recognized expert in elevator emergency management, with hands-on experience in construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair of elevators and escalators in the New York City metro area. Beginning in 1999, Michael leveraged this expertise to develop and teach Elevator Emergency Management.
As a veteran of the Stamford (CT) Fire Department, including 20 years with Rescue Co. 1, Michael has trained firefighters nationwide. He taught elevator operations at the FDNY Technical Rescue School (2002-2005) and is a H.O.T. instructor at FDIC International. A contributing author for Fire Engineering Magazine, he has also been featured in six seasons of Training Minutes videos.
As founder and president of Dragon Rescue Management, he leads a premier technical rescue training team that specializes in elevator emergencies. It's going to be another great conversation. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #DragonRescue

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Be sure and join us Live this Thursday January 8th on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, FDNY veteran Kenny D and a couple of his FDNY dudes from the Zoo for a collaboration. The Salty Guys and the zoo dudes will be at the kitchen table for some Q&A and ball breaking!! Maybe... Best of all, you guys get to pick the topics. It can be ANYTHING. Send questions, topics ,photos or anything on your mind to [email protected]. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast .....we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #fdny

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Be sure and join us Live on our Youtube Channel this Thursday December 18th with our special guest, FDNY Veteran, Jack Carney. Jack joined the FDNY in March of 1965 and was assigned to Engine 7 out of Probie school. From there he went to Engine 219 in late 1965, then in 1966 he went to Engine 283. The following year he went to Squad 4 where he was "allegedly" lifted. In 1970 he did some time in Truck 111 and in 1971, was detailed, then transferred to Rescue 2. In 1977 he was assigned to Rescue 4. Assigned BFI in 1978, and retired in 1988. After his retirement he continued to investigate fires and is currently a Peer Counselor with FDNY's counseling unit. We are sure he hasn't seen any fires and probably doesn't have any real good stories to share. We will get the whole skinny on Jack's career. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #fdny #therescue #fdnyrescue2

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Here we are Leatherhead Nation... The show we have ALL been waiting for for YEARS! Lou and Kev have FINALLY pulled the Rabbit out of the hat and Landed the big one!! Denis Leary is a five-time loser at the Emmy Awards. He hopes to one day also lose an Oscar, a Grammy and a Tony. In his long and storied entertainment career Leary has also never won The Stanley Cup, The Nobel Peace Prize or an argument with his wife. Denis most recently starred in Amazon’s OH. WHAT. FUN. alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloë Grace Moretz. Released on December 3, 2025, the film quickly hit #1 on Amazon Prime’s movie chart. Leary will next be seen in season two of FOX’s Going Dutch, a comedy about outspoken U.S. Army Colonel Patrick Quinn, reassigned to command a small base in the Netherlands, premiering Thursday, January 15, 2026 on FOX. He co-created and starred in seven seasons of FX’s acclaimed drama Rescue Me, as well as the FX comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. His film credits include Captain George Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man and voice roles as Francis in A Bug’s Life and Diego in the Ice Age franchise. Leary also founded The Leary Firefighters Foundation, which provides critical equipment, technology, and training to fire departments across the United States. Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #nationalfallenfirefightersfoundation #learyfoundation

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Be sure and join us with our special guest, FDNY veteran Captain Nick Gaudiosi. Cap has had a great career with FDNY and wrote a book titled, A Fireman's Life For Me: My Time in the FDNY 1979-2003. We will be sure to ask him all about it. Captain Gaudiosi Joined the Long Beach Volunteer FD- assigned Eng 2 “Suicide Squad” in 1976, from there he,
-Took the FDNY test in Dec of 1977 
-May 1978 Graduated from Fordham
-Appointed to FDNY in 1979 assigned Eng 45 after Probie School
-Sept. 1981 Transferred to Lad 37
-1/84 Transferred to Lad 124 -7/88 Promoted to Lt, assigned Bn 49, Div 14
-1989-90 UFO in Lad 136
-1990 Transferred to Bn 19, Div 7
-1991-92 UFO in Lad 38
-1993 Assigned Lad 32 -8/94 Promoted to Captain, Div 15
-1996 Transferred to Div 3, UFO Eng 16
-1996-97 Detailed to the Rock w/Ed Geraghty to change Probie School
-Dec.1997 Assigned Lad 7
-Sept.1999 Detailed for 6 months to OEM as Ass’t. Project Mgr. for Y2K Planning
-Aug 2000 Detailed to the Rock as Construction Coordinator to oversee new Fire Academy construction
-April 2003 Retired from FDNY
-1980-1990 Goaltender on FDNY Hockey Team
-1993-2003 Taught Fire Safety Director’s class at John Jay
-1996-1998 Achieved Master’s Degree in Protection Mgmt from John Jay Post FDNY
-2003-2006 Fire & Life Safety Consultant
-2006-2008 Head of Fire/Life Safety for Lehman Brothers
-2008-2014 Head of Fire/Life Safety for Barclays Capital
-2014-2022 Head of Fire/Life Safety for Morgan Stanley 
Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one.Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #nationalfallenfirefightersfoundation #fdnyladder7

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Be sure and join us live Thursday Nov 20th at 8pm on our Youtube Channel. Our special guest will be 82 year old and 22 year FDNY veteran Mike Penchina. In 1963 he became a volunteer firefighter of Alert Fire Dept in Great Neck, NY

• 11/29/1969 – Appointed to Proby School
• 1/22/1970 Assigned to Engine 91
• In 1971 transferred to Ladder 26-2
• In 12/1974 disbanded L26-2 and transferred to Engine 54
• In 4/1975 transferred back to Ladder 26 "Fire factory"
• Retired in 1991
• He also had a 30 day detail to Hazmat while in 26 truck

Sure he hasn't seen any fire... We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #FDNY #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #oldschool #tradition

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Be sure and join us with our special guest, FDNY veteran and actor Jack McGee. He was born in the South Bronx, New York, the youngest of eight children. He attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, where he was class president and also played on the Football team, and appeared as a member of the background harmony in The Young Rascals. In 1977, he became a firefighter for the New York City Fire Department. As a firefighter, he served with FDNY Engine Company 38 and Ladder Company 51 in the Bronx. During his acting career, he was in the TV Series RESCUE ME, he portrayed FDNY 15th Battalion Chief Jerry Reilly. He also played Otis Schmidt, the driver and engineer in the movie BACKDRAFT. He has appeared in over 100 films and television series. Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one. Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #learyfirefightersfoundation #rescueme

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Be sure and join us on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, FDNY veteran Craig Monahan. Craig started his career in January of 87 with transit PD and in July of 93, rolled over to FDNY. From there he spent 14 years with Ladder 5 and worked with some great firefighters, including Captain John Drennen. Tune in as we listen to Craig share his experiences and his story of the infamous Watts Street Fire. Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one.Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #nationalfallenfirefightersfoundation #fdnyladder5

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