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(WEDNESDAY, 7PM – TAKE TWO) A 24-year veteran of the Seaside Heights, New Jersey Fire Department, he was both a Chief and Fire Marshal. An emergency management specialist and consultant, he’s served with FEMA as well. A frontline responder to Hurricane Sandy, his leadership would be crucial in guiding Seaside Heights through an unprecedented disaster.
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I cannot understate how much of a pleasure it was to do this episode. Between Chief DiBernardo and Caitlin Langone, it was an inspiring week for the podcast. Though we all wish Tom Langone was still here, it was lovely to look back at his incredible life through the lens of someone who knew him
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“Sometimes you’d rather be lucky than good” Firefighting is ultimately a career full of moments like that. Little details leading to large outcomes. In 35 years on the job from 1966 until 2001, few have as good of an understanding of that as Deputy Chief Joe DiBernardo. He was on my wish list for a
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(WEDNESDAY, 7PM) For 35 years he was on the front lines with the FDNY. No stranger to danger, his commands were busy, his fires many, and his tours never boring. The President of the Lieutenant Joseph P. DiBernardo Foundation, he runs it in memory of his son, who on November 22, 2011 died tragically in
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In 1993, future FDNY Chief of Department Ed Kilduff had just made the rank of Battalion Chief and after some rotating assignments, landed in Brooklyn’s 38th Battalion. I’ve been fortunate enough to interview several Chiefs and my grand takeaway is while they all enjoy each rank, it’s Battalion for the most part that’s been their
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(FRIDAY, 8:30PM) I’ve wanted him as a guest for a while and Friday I’ll get him finally. Whole first responders in New York City have been getting it done, my next guest has been photographing them hard at work. A first responder himself, he was a Chief at one point for Brooklyn’s Shore Front Volunteer
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(FRIDAY, 8:30PM) I’ve wanted him as a guest for a while and Friday I’ll get him finally. Whole first responders in New York City have been getting it done, my next guest has been photographing them hard at work. A first responder himself, he was a Chief at one point for Brooklyn’s Shore Front Volunteer
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(WEDNESDAY, 7PM) He enjoyed a 37 year journey fighting fires amongst a myriad of other emergencies as a member of the New York City Fire Department. Coming onto the job in 1977 his journey would take him from probie, all the way to Chief of Department. Tonight for another volume of The Best of The
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The discretion and kindness you show others will always come back to you. ESPECIALLY in a career like policing. Just ask Ron Bailey. Chasing a coked up through the projects of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a man then-Officer Bailey had given a break to in a previous encounter would direct him to the man he was after
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(FRIDAY, 7PM) He for 33 years played an active role as a police officer and later supervisor. From Narcotics to Tactical Operations and plenty more, his career was a full plate of mayhem, fun, and just about everything in between. For another volume of The Beat: Profiles of Police Nationwide (Volume 11) our guest retired
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