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Lieutenant Robert Brown discusses some of the effects of stress on the body during fire operations, including auditory exclusion. He walks listeners through the body’s response during a highly stressful event and offers suggestions for countering unwanted physical responses to stress. Lieutenant Jon Paul Augier hosts.

Lieutenant Joseph Yolles discusses the importance of training personnel who operate emergency vehicles. He describes in great detail how FDNY administers its training program to ensure safe operations on New York City streets. Captain, and Executive Officer to the Fire Commissioner, Elizabeth Cascio hosts.

EMTs Shaun Alexander and Khadijah Hall discuss the decisions first responders face to act while off-duty and how Alexander and Hall applied those principles during a shootout in Brooklyn in which they helped save the life of an NYPD officer. Captain Elizabeth Cascio, Executive Officer to […]

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 […]

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 […]