On this week’s episode of the One O‘ahu Podcast, Captain Malcolm Medrano and Fire Inspector Carl Otsuka of the Honolulu Fire Department join host Brandi Higa to discuss the importance of Never Forgetting 9/11 (0:50). Then, the group talks about ways the Sept. 11th attacks have changed the way fire departments across the nation prepare for disasters (5:22). Finally, recruitment and sentiment changed for those in the fire industry following this tragedy as well. We asked the two men about their experience with this (16:28).
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