Responder Chronicles

Responder Chronicles

Real Stories from First Responders of all types: Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, 911 Dispatcher. These men and women will tell true stories from their experience while on the job. Stories of bravery, heroism, fear, shock, and some that are just strange.

Episodes

May 14, 2025 53 mins

Mike Simmons, career spanning 4 years as a Detention Deputy for the Escambia FL County Jail, then a 30 year career as a Pensacola FL Police officer, and now as the director of the George Stone Technical College Criminal Justice Training Center in Pensacola, FL.  Shares his intense stories from both the jail and on patrol (inmate hanging, thief hiding in the cemetery, bullets fired at him, controlling 3 suspects by himself, he/she p...

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Daryl Songer, fire fighter with 29 years of experience, with volunteer fire, Roanoke City, Virginia, and military service in Afghanistan, shares his stories of a large electrical room fire at a hospital, drivers ignoring barricades, and the dedication it takes to do the job. 

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Chief Steve Rowell (with a 51 year career and counting) tells his stories of volunteering as a fire fighter, training, scene management, intense calls from MVA's multiple fatalities, small airplane crash, house fire with 2 fatalities, car cut in half in an accident, comedic river rescue, truck in tree.  

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Retired Los Angeles, CA firefighter captain with 34 years of experience shares his stories of what it was like to serve in the 1960's through the middle 0f the 1990's.  California wildfires, encouraging training from senior fire fighters, early female firefighters, pranks played on each other including the fire chief, out of town fire department officer gets an eye full of city shenanigans, loss of a dear friend, words of wisdom.

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Police officer in the State of Ohio, shares his stories over a 21 year career in which he comes across a child trapped under a collapsed roof, searching a church for an intruder, a suspect with a taser probe in or near belly button, encounters with career criminals, and words of wisdom for anyone looking to get into law enforcement.  

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Fire Chief, John King, who has over 24 years of experience in fire, shares his stories.  MVA with injuries and loss of life, Imogene Theatre fire, drunk teens, old men swimming in alligator infested water, Hooter girls lost on river, tree through a house.  

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James Ghi served the community as a firefighter for 34 years in several different fire departments in different roles, from a volunteer at 16 years old, to finishing out his career as a Chief Fire Marshal Battalion Fire Chief with the St. Johns Fire District in South Carolina.  He served in Maryland, Virginia and in South Carolina.  He came to the Charleston, S.C. Fire Department shortly after the devastating fire at the Sofa Super...

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Volunteer Firefighter, Jeff Jackson, shares his stories of 24 years of service in which he's responded to countless MVA on I-10, housefires, training with Sheriff deputies and other nearby fire departments. Stories from an MVA where there was a victim that was decapitated, a house fire where the unfortunate couple perished along with their dog and the lasting mental issue that Jeff had to work through.  Story of multiple vehicle fi...

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Joel Richardson, an active firefighter for Escambia County Florida Fire, shares how he became a firefighter, and some of the stories he's personally experienced fighting fires as both a volunteer and full-time firefighter.  He also has several years of experience as a flight Medic on a medical helicopter transporting both sick and severely injured patients.  Stories of trying to reach a possible entrapped child, to having those day...

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Volunteer Firefighter with dispatch and lifeguarding experience tell his stories of service of deadly car accidents, gunshot wound patients, rescues on the water and words of wisdom as he is also a pastor of a church.

 

 

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Detention deputy shares his experience as a new corrections officer and witnessing two separate jail gang members beat each other in which an inmate loses and eye.  Another story in which an inmate believes he's on a ship out at sea, another inmate high on spice attacks him, and his experience of running into people who were once in jail.    

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Florida Deputy Sheriff with experience as a dispatcher and as a current active firefighter shares his experiences in all three jobs.   Stories of horrific car accidents, cpr on family members, car chase, annoying questions, man trying to protect himself from alien brain-washing, academy training, and how God works in his life.  

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October 7, 2024 28 secs

Trailer for Episode 5 of a Florida Deputy that is also a active firefighter with Dispatcher experience.  Shares his stories of a horrific MVA, car chase, man who is trying to shield himself from aliens, and how God is working in his life.  

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Retired Milton, Florida firefighter, William Burdell Moon, tells stories of his calls and experiences of his 30 year career as a firefighter.  Starting his career in 1966 till his retirement in the mid 90's, he will tell on how the fire service has changed over the years.  Rescuing people trapped in a Rail Container, bank fire, boy with head stuck between two trees, and words of wisdom.   

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Sheriff Deputy that has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement from State, local, county and federal agencies.  Served as a Sheriff of a county to now serving his local community as a deputy.  Car wrecks, deaths, community policing and ministry as a chaplain.  

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This 11 year veteran of a Volunteer Fire and Rescue department tells his stories of rescues such as a holding a bloodied and broken 5 year old child, and the extraordinary rescue of a 12 year old girl trapped in a collapsed house.

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A 17 year veteran Correctional Officer tells his stories of protecting the public behind the bars.  From his time as a corrections officer at the Division of Juvenile Justice, to both State and Privately run prisons and County Jail, he tells of the differences and his experiences while on the job. 

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