August 28, 2024 • 14 mins
It'll be an epic showdown for the first time in Blue Ash history! The Battle of the Badges pits the Police Department against the Fire Department, to raise money for two special charities that take care of veterans and first responders and their families who need it.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This week on iHeart Sinsey, a little friendly competition, a
family event, and a fundraiser to help families of first
responders and veterans.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's the Battle of the Badges in Blue Ash.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
And today you'll meet Police Chief Scott Nole and Fire
Lieutenant Scott Reid, and the city's communications coordinator Rachel Murray
and a very special guest from seven hundred WLUB, Seg Dennison,
who will be here to do whatever it is that
Seg does.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I have no idea what I'm doing.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I'll tell you all about the Battle of the Badges
coming up at the end of the month.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now on iHeart Sinsey with Sandy Collins. All right, let's
jump right in.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
The Battle of the Badges is coming up in Blue
Ash at the end of this month. Recently I spoke
with the police chief, a firefighter along with their pr
point person and Bill Seg Dennison, the sports guru here
at Cincinnati for more than four decades about the charity
softball game that's coming up at the end of the month.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
And we have the information you need to know to go.
So we are here to talk about Battle of.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
The Badges in Blue Ash and joining me today is
the police chief Scott Nole, Hello, Hello, and then Scott
Reid is a lieutenant with the Fire department and they
are going to battle their badges.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Do you guys wear badges in the fire department?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Ours are stitched to our Okay, so that's okay. We
don't have to change the name of the tournament anyway.
So Battle of the Badges for charity. And then Rachel
Murray is here and she is the communications coordinator for
Blue Ash and an old time friend. And there's going
to be a lot of laughter in this episode, folks,
So just kind of hang on. Chief thank you and
his serious business Chief Scott Noel, thank you for coming.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Rachel. Let's talk real quick.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Let's give the bear bones about Battle of the Badges
and then we'll talk about what's going to happen and
then we'll wrap it up. Tell us a little bit
about the date, the time, how did we get started
with it?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (01:49):
So the Blue Ash Police and Fire departments are joining
together for a charity softball game called Battle of the Badges.
It's going to be played at Crosley Field on August
thirtieth at five thirty pm, and of course they're raising
money for charity, and they can talk about a little
bit about what charities they're raising money for.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But it's going to be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
There's I think it's going to be great for kids,
and we're expecting a lot of people to come out.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
It's going to be a really good time.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
So it's free to go. How are they going to
raise money? Well, we have this is the police Chief Scott.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
And no Old go ahead. We have corporate sponsors.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
Obviously Cincinnati Police. Federal Credit Union is spearheaded this and
they've got some corporate sponsors lined up so they will
be there. We are taking a small fee from each
player that's playing, the credit unions backing the finances.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Okay a lot, Okay, how many years have you done this?
Speaker 5 (02:40):
This is the first year for Blue Ash Oh really, Yeah,
they've done it in Cincinnati with Cincinnati Police and Fire.
This is the first time they brought it to the suburbs.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
And then Lieutenant Reid, is this your This will be
your first one. You've not done this with any other
fire department, that's correct. Yeah, and you're not playing?
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Is that what I'm on duty? So we'll be there
to support the.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Rest of the because there's muscles over there that could
knock a couple of home runs right there.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
No offense there, Chief.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
He's a lot younger than I am.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I just we were talking earlier.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I heard you on seven hundred Wow with Willie and
seg in the Sports Report, and you said that you
were going to be retiring soon. You've been with area
police departments for a while. You want to talk just
a little bit about what it's like to serve all
these years in this tri state area and then what
it feels like to be looking at the finish line.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
Right. So, I'll have my thirty five years in May
of next year, which is when I'm calling it quit.
I've been fortunate enough. I worked in the city of
Madeira for eleven years and was at the rank of lieutenant.
Came to Blue Ash twenty three plus years ago, had
a great career in Blue Ash. I've been the police
chief for the last seven years.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I think it's going to be different.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
You know, I've worked sixty hours a week for thirty
five years, and just to turn that light switch off,
it's gonna be different, There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Your family's gonna probably be like, Okay, Dad's home now, right, Yeah,
how are you preparing? Are you? I realized it's months away,
but I mean, are you talking to your family about that?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Is that even coming up in conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (04:17):
My youngest is eighteen and you know, he's getting into
the workforce. My metal son is policeman in the city
of Hamilton, and my oldest sons. You know, I've got
a couple grandsons, and you know, I think it it's
gonna be different because I'm not gonna miss anything anymore.
Like I've missed more birthdays and weddings and left funerals
(04:39):
because of work, and it's just gonna be different now
because I won't have anything to take the time away
from my family.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Do you have any hobbies?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Have you been able to do anything these last thirty
five years that you can actually then start exploring or
are you just gonna take a break.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
For a while.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
No, I do.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
I dabble in and out of professional bass fishing, so
that will certainly probably ramp up when I retire. But
that's what's kept me busy for the last thirty five
years in my off time.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, Seg finally showed up. He was down the hallway.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
You heard the hooting and the hollering down the hallway,
seg thank you for being here on iHeart Sinsey.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
This is your second appearance. You're a friend of the show,
and I hate.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
When people say that on the air. You're a friend
of the show. You're going to be part of the
Battle of the Badges. You got roped in. I mean,
you agreed to help our friend Rachel to be part
of this.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I know you were a itching to be part of it.
What are you actually going to be doing at the
Battle of the Badges at the end of.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
The month, Actually, Sandy, I have no idea. I don't
know if I'm going to umpire. I don't know if
I'm going to keep the fireman and the policeman apart
as a referee, or I'll have yellow cards or red
cards to eject people. I have no idea what I'm doing.
I don't know what I'm doing. I mean, I'll just
be a friend of the policeman and the fireman and
I'll just say, you know, I just don't want these guys.
(05:57):
I mean, it's all going to be in fun. It's
going to be comp petition, but it's all going to
be in fun. And all this is going to go
to great causes and that's what that's what it's about.
And people just get a night of enjoyment and watching
the police and fireman go at it here and then
you know, bragging rights in Blue Ash will be on.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I guess one lieutenant read from the fire department. Do
you I see him as doing like the officiating, you know,
being an umpire, but you probably already have umpires set
like people that really know what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Do you need him there at all?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
I think we could use him really, Okay, Well we'll
put you on the list there.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I just I mean, you know, I was a cadet
in the Macfire Department. I got as far as that
a few years ago. But what you guys do and
the police are phenomenal. So I'm just going to leave
you to your job and I'll mouth off on the
radio on mine.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Oh Rachel, let's get bringing you back in here.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So we've been talking about the Battle of the Badges
coming up in Blue Ash. It is August the thirtieth
and there's no charge for it, and it's Crosley Field
And for folks that don't realize what happened with the
historic Crosley Field. Back in the early to mid nineteen hundreds,
they had a field. Pal Crasley, the guy who actually
started seven hundred WLW. They named the field after him.
(07:17):
He owned the Reds for a while. They eventually replaced
Crosley Field with Riverfront Stadium, and now we have great
American ballparks. So do you know anything about why they
change she's shaking her head. Why they what parts of
Crosley Field is integrated, or why it was changed.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
So I know that there are parts of the original
field that are there, the scoreboard and other parts of it.
But it really is a cool thing to see because
it's like they brought history back to life in Blue Ash.
So it's an incredible place to go, and I think
it's going to be a really great time and a
really great place for these teams to battle it out.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Lieutenant Reid from the fire department, will you tell me
how you became a firefighter and how you came to
Blue Ash.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
I started my career about thirteen years ago. I started
over in the communities of Loveland and Milford and then
made my way to Blue Ash.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
What drew you to this very dangerous job?
Speaker 6 (08:15):
I don't know. I actually went to UC for an
education degree and finished that and then decided to make
a career change and wound up in the fire service.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Did you find it to be particularly difficult to pass
the training in the exam? Or was it just like, Okay,
I can do this and not as hard as one
might think.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
There's definitely some rigorous stuff that you have to go through.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
But carrying one hundred and seventy five pound bodies up
and down ladders and things like that.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, yeah, but you grow into that, right. They don't
start with one hundred and seventy five pound person.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Do they give you like a sack of like fifty
pounds of somebody to let you get started with that?
Speaker 6 (08:54):
I remember they might just throw you right in it.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Oh, there you go. And how long have you known
the here from the police department.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
I've been with the city of Blue Ash for maybe
eight or nine years.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I believe what's your most interesting memory or your most
the thing that about Blue Ash and your experience as
a firefighter?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
What do you remember the most? Is there any fire
that stands out to you? An event I've had the
you want runs or.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Just you know, what is something that happened that you
were a part of that, you were. It was just,
oh well, now we won't talk about that. Wait, did
I see that in the newspaper? I saw that in
the Inquirer. Wasn't that all over the internet a couple
of years ago? Okay, go ahead and sorry no.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
I've had a great career so far. But I have
had the privilege to help run our local union and
be involved in some stuff with the department. That's kind
of allowed me to plan events and stuff like this
philanthropic type stuff, and I do get a lot of
enjoyment out of that. We do a stair climb every
year and for nine to eleven, and then we do
(10:05):
various different charity activities throughout the years.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
All Right, you've got the nine to eleven event coming up,
but you're changing it this year in Blue Ash because
I guess the tower that you normally do the stair
climb is being reconstructed, So how are you going to
observe the nine to eleven That's right, ceremonies.
Speaker 6 (10:24):
The summit Park towers under construction this year. So with
our Parks and Event Department staff within the city, we've
decided to instead of do a stair climb, we are
doing a run walk and it will be two point
two miles and the significance behind it is New York
firefighter Steven Siller. He was getting off the morning that
(10:50):
nine to eleven happened and decided to return to the
station and ran couldn't get through that I think it
was the Brooklyn Battery tunnel. Couldn't get through the tunnel
to get to ground zero, so he ended up his
gear and running. I think it was a total of
two point two miles. So that's kind of the significance
of what our run walk will be. But it'll be
open to fire, police, military, general public. Anybody that would
(11:11):
like to come out is welcome to sign up. We
have a link on our Facebook page for more information
and more information. Very good, it should be a really
cool event.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Talking with the police chief at Blue Ash, Scott Noel
and Lieutenant Scott Reid from the Blue Ash Fire Department,
Battle of the Badge's Softball game for charity is coming
up at the end of August. Chief, I was listening
to you with Willy and he was saying that usually
the police department doesn't do very well in these kinds
(11:42):
of things. They play a different kind of game and
he was trying to antagonize you. I just want to
make sure, from an HR standpoint, are you antagonized at
all by what you had said with Willy? And who's
going to prevail in this softball match.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
I've known Willy for a long time, so that's exactly
what I expect out of Willie. But you know, I
don't know who's gonna win at the end of the day,
the charity who's going to win. You know, we we
have the Shield as our charity, and they have the
Gary Sonice Foundation. So at the end of the day,
we're gonna have some fun. I'm sure we're gonna trash
(12:17):
talk each other. Somebody's gonna have a trophy of bragging
rights for a year. But at the end, it's the
charities that win.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Okay, So the Shield is the charity that's going to benefit.
Can you tell me a little bit more about what
their mission is.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
Yeah, So if a police officer is killed in the
line of duty or has a serious illness or injured
really bad, and you know that the the family needs
help with bills or you know, your long term rehab,
the Shield is there to fill that financial gap, is
what the Shield is.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
And that's a local organization, okay. And then who is
going to benefit from the fire department's role.
Speaker 6 (12:56):
As Willy would say, Gary Sonise is a great American,
But that's who we chose with Gary Sneeze Foundation is
who we chose to donate our portion of the proceeds too.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
And what do they do.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
They have various programs and events set up to help
military and first responder families.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
So, okay, is anybody betting on this? If we contacted
the sports book.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yeah, I believe.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
I believe MGM Sportsbook does have a morning line. It
fluctuates depending on who's playing and who isn't.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
We love our competitions, and we love our police and
fire and we just appreciate the fact that when you
go to work, it's a very serious thing and you
are brave. You're the bravest people that are in our community.
And we want to thank you for what you do.
Lieutenant Scott Reid and Chief Noel, thank you so much
for being here. We're hoping to fill Crosley Field here
(13:47):
in the Blue Ash with folks that can help.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Thank you, guys, thank you, thank you. The Blue Ash.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Battle of the Badges Charity Softball game Friday, August thirtieth,
starts at five point thirty in Blue Ash at the
Blue Ash Sports Center cross lay Field,
This week on iHeart Sinsey, a little friendly competition, a
family event, and a fundraiser to help families of first
responders and veterans.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's the Battle of the Badges in Blue Ash.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
And today you'll meet Police Chief Scott Nole and Fire
Lieutenant Scott Reid, and the city's communications coordinator Rachel Murray
and a very special guest from seven hundred WLUB, Seg Dennison,
who will be here to do whatever it is that
Seg does.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I have no idea what I'm doing.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I'll tell you all about the Battle of the Badges
coming up at the end of the month.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now on iHeart Sinsey with Sandy Collins. All right, let's
jump right in.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
The Battle of the Badges is coming up in Blue
Ash at the end of this month. Recently I spoke
with the police chief, a firefighter along with their pr
point person and Bill Seg Dennison, the sports guru here
at Cincinnati for more than four decades about the charity
softball game that's coming up at the end of the month.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
And we have the information you need to know to go.
So we are here to talk about Battle of.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
The Badges in Blue Ash and joining me today is
the police chief Scott Nole, Hello, Hello, and then Scott
Reid is a lieutenant with the Fire department and they
are going to battle their badges.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Do you guys wear badges in the fire department?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Ours are stitched to our Okay, so that's okay. We
don't have to change the name of the tournament anyway.
So Battle of the Badges for charity. And then Rachel
Murray is here and she is the communications coordinator for
Blue Ash and an old time friend. And there's going
to be a lot of laughter in this episode, folks,
So just kind of hang on. Chief thank you and
his serious business Chief Scott Noel, thank you for coming.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Rachel. Let's talk real quick.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Let's give the bear bones about Battle of the Badges
and then we'll talk about what's going to happen and
then we'll wrap it up. Tell us a little bit
about the date, the time, how did we get started
with it?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (01:49):
So the Blue Ash Police and Fire departments are joining
together for a charity softball game called Battle of the Badges.
It's going to be played at Crosley Field on August
thirtieth at five thirty pm, and of course they're raising
money for charity, and they can talk about a little
bit about what charities they're raising money for.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But it's going to be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
There's I think it's going to be great for kids,
and we're expecting a lot of people to come out.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
It's going to be a really good time.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
So it's free to go. How are they going to
raise money? Well, we have this is the police Chief Scott.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
And no Old go ahead. We have corporate sponsors.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
Obviously Cincinnati Police. Federal Credit Union is spearheaded this and
they've got some corporate sponsors lined up so they will
be there. We are taking a small fee from each
player that's playing, the credit unions backing the finances.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Okay a lot, Okay, how many years have you done this?
Speaker 5 (02:40):
This is the first year for Blue Ash Oh really, Yeah,
they've done it in Cincinnati with Cincinnati Police and Fire.
This is the first time they brought it to the suburbs.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
And then Lieutenant Reid, is this your This will be
your first one. You've not done this with any other
fire department, that's correct. Yeah, and you're not playing?
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Is that what I'm on duty? So we'll be there
to support the.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Rest of the because there's muscles over there that could
knock a couple of home runs right there.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
No offense there, Chief.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
He's a lot younger than I am.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I just we were talking earlier.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I heard you on seven hundred Wow with Willie and
seg in the Sports Report, and you said that you
were going to be retiring soon. You've been with area
police departments for a while. You want to talk just
a little bit about what it's like to serve all
these years in this tri state area and then what
it feels like to be looking at the finish line.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
Right. So, I'll have my thirty five years in May
of next year, which is when I'm calling it quit.
I've been fortunate enough. I worked in the city of
Madeira for eleven years and was at the rank of lieutenant.
Came to Blue Ash twenty three plus years ago, had
a great career in Blue Ash. I've been the police
chief for the last seven years.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I think it's going to be different.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
You know, I've worked sixty hours a week for thirty
five years, and just to turn that light switch off,
it's gonna be different, There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Your family's gonna probably be like, Okay, Dad's home now, right, Yeah,
how are you preparing? Are you? I realized it's months away,
but I mean, are you talking to your family about that?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Is that even coming up in conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (04:17):
My youngest is eighteen and you know, he's getting into
the workforce. My metal son is policeman in the city
of Hamilton, and my oldest sons. You know, I've got
a couple grandsons, and you know, I think it it's
gonna be different because I'm not gonna miss anything anymore.
Like I've missed more birthdays and weddings and left funerals
(04:39):
because of work, and it's just gonna be different now
because I won't have anything to take the time away
from my family.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Do you have any hobbies?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Have you been able to do anything these last thirty
five years that you can actually then start exploring or
are you just gonna take a break.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
For a while.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
No, I do.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
I dabble in and out of professional bass fishing, so
that will certainly probably ramp up when I retire. But
that's what's kept me busy for the last thirty five
years in my off time.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, Seg finally showed up. He was down the hallway.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
You heard the hooting and the hollering down the hallway,
seg thank you for being here on iHeart Sinsey.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
This is your second appearance. You're a friend of the show,
and I hate.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
When people say that on the air. You're a friend
of the show. You're going to be part of the
Battle of the Badges. You got roped in. I mean,
you agreed to help our friend Rachel to be part
of this.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I know you were a itching to be part of it.
What are you actually going to be doing at the
Battle of the Badges at the end of.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
The month, Actually, Sandy, I have no idea. I don't
know if I'm going to umpire. I don't know if
I'm going to keep the fireman and the policeman apart
as a referee, or I'll have yellow cards or red
cards to eject people. I have no idea what I'm doing.
I don't know what I'm doing. I mean, I'll just
be a friend of the policeman and the fireman and
I'll just say, you know, I just don't want these guys.
(05:57):
I mean, it's all going to be in fun. It's
going to be comp petition, but it's all going to
be in fun. And all this is going to go
to great causes and that's what that's what it's about.
And people just get a night of enjoyment and watching
the police and fireman go at it here and then
you know, bragging rights in Blue Ash will be on.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I guess one lieutenant read from the fire department. Do
you I see him as doing like the officiating, you know,
being an umpire, but you probably already have umpires set
like people that really know what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Do you need him there at all?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
I think we could use him really, Okay, Well we'll
put you on the list there.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I just I mean, you know, I was a cadet
in the Macfire Department. I got as far as that
a few years ago. But what you guys do and
the police are phenomenal. So I'm just going to leave
you to your job and I'll mouth off on the
radio on mine.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Oh Rachel, let's get bringing you back in here.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So we've been talking about the Battle of the Badges
coming up in Blue Ash. It is August the thirtieth
and there's no charge for it, and it's Crosley Field
And for folks that don't realize what happened with the
historic Crosley Field. Back in the early to mid nineteen hundreds,
they had a field. Pal Crasley, the guy who actually
started seven hundred WLW. They named the field after him.
(07:17):
He owned the Reds for a while. They eventually replaced
Crosley Field with Riverfront Stadium, and now we have great
American ballparks. So do you know anything about why they
change she's shaking her head. Why they what parts of
Crosley Field is integrated, or why it was changed.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
So I know that there are parts of the original
field that are there, the scoreboard and other parts of it.
But it really is a cool thing to see because
it's like they brought history back to life in Blue Ash.
So it's an incredible place to go, and I think
it's going to be a really great time and a
really great place for these teams to battle it out.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Lieutenant Reid from the fire department, will you tell me
how you became a firefighter and how you came to
Blue Ash.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
I started my career about thirteen years ago. I started
over in the communities of Loveland and Milford and then
made my way to Blue Ash.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
What drew you to this very dangerous job?
Speaker 6 (08:15):
I don't know. I actually went to UC for an
education degree and finished that and then decided to make
a career change and wound up in the fire service.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Did you find it to be particularly difficult to pass
the training in the exam? Or was it just like, Okay,
I can do this and not as hard as one
might think.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
There's definitely some rigorous stuff that you have to go through.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
But carrying one hundred and seventy five pound bodies up
and down ladders and things like that.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, yeah, but you grow into that, right. They don't
start with one hundred and seventy five pound person.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Do they give you like a sack of like fifty
pounds of somebody to let you get started with that?
Speaker 6 (08:54):
I remember they might just throw you right in it.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Oh, there you go. And how long have you known
the here from the police department.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
I've been with the city of Blue Ash for maybe
eight or nine years.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I believe what's your most interesting memory or your most
the thing that about Blue Ash and your experience as
a firefighter?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
What do you remember the most? Is there any fire
that stands out to you? An event I've had the
you want runs or.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Just you know, what is something that happened that you
were a part of that, you were. It was just,
oh well, now we won't talk about that. Wait, did
I see that in the newspaper? I saw that in
the Inquirer. Wasn't that all over the internet a couple
of years ago? Okay, go ahead and sorry no.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
I've had a great career so far. But I have
had the privilege to help run our local union and
be involved in some stuff with the department. That's kind
of allowed me to plan events and stuff like this
philanthropic type stuff, and I do get a lot of
enjoyment out of that. We do a stair climb every
year and for nine to eleven, and then we do
(10:05):
various different charity activities throughout the years.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
All Right, you've got the nine to eleven event coming up,
but you're changing it this year in Blue Ash because
I guess the tower that you normally do the stair
climb is being reconstructed, So how are you going to
observe the nine to eleven That's right, ceremonies.
Speaker 6 (10:24):
The summit Park towers under construction this year. So with
our Parks and Event Department staff within the city, we've
decided to instead of do a stair climb, we are
doing a run walk and it will be two point
two miles and the significance behind it is New York
firefighter Steven Siller. He was getting off the morning that
(10:50):
nine to eleven happened and decided to return to the
station and ran couldn't get through that I think it
was the Brooklyn Battery tunnel. Couldn't get through the tunnel
to get to ground zero, so he ended up his
gear and running. I think it was a total of
two point two miles. So that's kind of the significance
of what our run walk will be. But it'll be
open to fire, police, military, general public. Anybody that would
(11:11):
like to come out is welcome to sign up. We
have a link on our Facebook page for more information
and more information. Very good, it should be a really
cool event.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Talking with the police chief at Blue Ash, Scott Noel
and Lieutenant Scott Reid from the Blue Ash Fire Department,
Battle of the Badge's Softball game for charity is coming
up at the end of August. Chief, I was listening
to you with Willy and he was saying that usually
the police department doesn't do very well in these kinds
(11:42):
of things. They play a different kind of game and
he was trying to antagonize you. I just want to
make sure, from an HR standpoint, are you antagonized at
all by what you had said with Willy? And who's
going to prevail in this softball match.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
I've known Willy for a long time, so that's exactly
what I expect out of Willie. But you know, I
don't know who's gonna win at the end of the day,
the charity who's going to win. You know, we we
have the Shield as our charity, and they have the
Gary Sonice Foundation. So at the end of the day,
we're gonna have some fun. I'm sure we're gonna trash
(12:17):
talk each other. Somebody's gonna have a trophy of bragging
rights for a year. But at the end, it's the
charities that win.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Okay, So the Shield is the charity that's going to benefit.
Can you tell me a little bit more about what
their mission is.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
Yeah, So if a police officer is killed in the
line of duty or has a serious illness or injured
really bad, and you know that the the family needs
help with bills or you know, your long term rehab,
the Shield is there to fill that financial gap, is
what the Shield is.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
And that's a local organization, okay. And then who is
going to benefit from the fire department's role.
Speaker 6 (12:56):
As Willy would say, Gary Sonise is a great American,
But that's who we chose with Gary Sneeze Foundation is
who we chose to donate our portion of the proceeds too.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
And what do they do.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
They have various programs and events set up to help
military and first responder families.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
So, okay, is anybody betting on this? If we contacted
the sports book.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yeah, I believe.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
I believe MGM Sportsbook does have a morning line. It
fluctuates depending on who's playing and who isn't.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
We love our competitions, and we love our police and
fire and we just appreciate the fact that when you
go to work, it's a very serious thing and you
are brave. You're the bravest people that are in our community.
And we want to thank you for what you do.
Lieutenant Scott Reid and Chief Noel, thank you so much
for being here. We're hoping to fill Crosley Field here
(13:47):
in the Blue Ash with folks that can help.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Thank you, guys, thank you, thank you. The Blue Ash.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Battle of the Badges Charity Softball game Friday, August thirtieth,
starts at five point thirty in Blue Ash at the
Blue Ash Sports Center cross lay Field,
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