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  • This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition — and my guest is Deputy Chief Robert Cobb. A veteran of both the United States Army and the American fire service, Chief Cobb’s career has touched nearly every corner of emergency operations, training, and national fire service leadership. From…

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  • This week on Mic’d In New Haven, I’m joined once again by returning guest George Sichler — a familiar voice with a mission that matters now more than ever. George’s career has taken him from consulting on major film productions, to delivering high-level training around the world — with recent work in Greece and planned…

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  • In Episode 392 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite, Volume 82 — retired FDNY Lieutenant Anna-Schermerhorn Collins shares a moment from her early days as a probie that stayed with her throughout her career. New to the firehouse in 1997, Collins picked up a tool…

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  • “Don’t call me Papi.” In Episode 391 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Beat: Profiles of Police Nationwide, Volume 22 — retired Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Anthony Damiano pulls back the curtain on what it was really like being followed by COPS cameras on patrol. What started as a rainy night with low…

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  • (MONDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s The Best of The Bravest — and my guest is FDNY Lieutenant Anna Schermerhorn-Collins. Across a 28-year career, Anna served through some of the FDNY’s most pivotal moments — from probie school in the mid-1990s, to leadership roles in the Bronx, from the darkest days…

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  • “You heard it. You didn’t see it. And you knew everything had changed.” In Episode 390 of Mic’d In New Haven — Volume 81 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite, New York Fire Patrol Lieutenant John Sheehan takes listeners back to the morning of September 11th, 2001. From hearing the…

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  • This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s another volume of The Beat: Profiles of Police Nationwide — and my guest is retired Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Anthony Damiano. For 25 years, Anthony worked a wide-ranging beat across Passaic County. He spent 15 years on patrol before leading a plainclothes Anti-Crime Squad, targeting violent…

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  • “There are things that put scars on your soul — this was one of them.” In Episode 389 of Mic’d In New Haven — Tales From The Boom Room: Volume 39 — retired NYPD Detective Bill Ryan revisits one of the most horrific scenes of his career: the 1995 Freddy’s Fashion Mart Massacre, a hate-fueled…

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  • This Friday on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s The Best of The Bravest — and my guest is Lieutenant John Sheehan, a veteran of one of the most unique and storied firefighting institutions in American history: the New York Fire Patrol. Over nearly three decades, Lt. Sheehan served in multiple Patrol houses, watched Lower Manhattan…

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  • 🔥 “The problem with technology is it’s become the answer.”In Episode 388 of Mic’d In New Haven — Volume 80 of The Best of The Bravest, retired FDNY Lieutenant Bob Pressler delivers a thought-provoking look at the modern fire service and the unintended consequences of over-relying on technology. Pressler recalls fires where thermal imagers misled…

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