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!Please Remain Calm!

2 experienced LA paramedics who happen to be entertainers break down real 911 calls with the people involved in the call. Whether they were the victim, caller, or responder, they break down the incident from both perspectives, for an insight to what an emergency call is really like for everyone involved. There"s action, drama, & comedy, it"s 100% real, unbelievable, & raw.

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All Episodes

55:37

Paramedic School pt 2

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2022/03/14

We go back in time again to discuss the craziest part of Paramedic school; internship. Where the student who crammed a year of medical school into 60 classroom days & a month in the ER gets to be a real paramedic running 911 calls with the FD. We remember our time as interns and talk about our preceptors, their personalities, & how much that comes into play. We talk about all of the real elements you have to face out there for the first time in many cases, and for the first time as the person "in

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01:07:41

Drill Tower Prep with Captain John Marasco

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2022/03/07

We're joined by LAFD Drill Tower instructor and CAPS program director, Captain John Marasco. He tells us everything it takes to pass the drill tower at the LAFD training academy. He explains the culture shock and huge adjustment to entering the LAFD from any other job & the physical and mental demands. We talk about how the workforce and hiring pool has changed, & why the Drill Tower can be such a shock to their system. He tells us how this change led to the creation of the Candidate Advancement

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01:01:31

Paramedic School

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2022/03/01

We take a trip down memory lane and tell you all about the ordeal of our paramedic school days from 20 years ago (that can't be right), as Danny begins precepting a new paramedic intern on his rescue. We break down the paramedic training landscape in LA, & tell you how we wound up at the toughest school of them all. We explain the academic insanity that is paramedic school (a year of medical school crammed into about 60 school days) & what it takes to prepare and survive it. You learn how to advance

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59:47

PIO Life with Erik Scott

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2022/01/31

LAFD Public Information Officer & Captain Erik Scott joins us to talk about what a PIO is and does. We learn what it's like to be responsible for the messaging and social media brand of one of the most recognized Fire Departments in the world. We talk about special duty, all of the jobs you can do besides firefighting in the LAFD & Captain Scott shares his own injury story surviving a roof collapse in a structure fire that landed him on special duty assignments. He tells us how the Public

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56:38

Life & Death Stuff

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2022/01/17

Our 1st episode of 2022 finds us reflecting on life & death on the job (mostly death). We talk about how often you witness sudden death, the aftermath of it & the toll that takes on your psyche. We talk about declaring people dead on scene in the field & Danny describes a gruesome stabbing incident where he recently had to declare someone dead. We talk about the LA County Firefighter who recently died in a structure fire, as well as the tragic apartment fire in the Bronx that claimed 19 lives. We

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59:41

Christmas Stories

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/12/22

We talk about what it’s like to have one of the only jobs where you HAVE to work on Christmas some years & how the holiday staffing situation has changed recently. Danny shares his least favorite South Central LA Christmas tradition, & also gives you a bunch of Holiday safety tips. We talk about how many ways things can go wrong for you with all of these new holiday hazards, including mass casualty incidents over the holiday season. Then Ben tries to explain a little more about the LA County Medical

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01:09:24

Firefighter Interview Prep

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/12/13

This is it. We are giving you the goods for all of our listeners who are trying to get hired as a firefighter. We have recently retired LAFD Captain Chris Lewis, a 34 year veteran who has sat on countless oral interview boards, both entry level & promotional, even for other cities. He tells us all of the do’s & do not do’s of the FD oral interview, & there are A LOT. Danny also breaks down how to prep, what to wear, how to wait in the waiting room, how to walk in the room, how to greet the panel,

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01:01:14

Substance Abuse

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2021/12/06

We dive into substance abuse issues on the job, how easily it can creep up on you, then unique circumstances that lead first responders to it and how it can get out of hand. Danny goes in depth on his own personal struggles with this and explains how he hit rock bottom. We hear his personal journey of how he pulled himself out and the difficulties that go along with recovery. Once sober and back on track he is placed with a new partner goin through the same struggles with [pain pills after an

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01:09:07

The Boyd Street Incident Part 2

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/11/24

We're joined by LAFD Firefighter Paramedic Andrew Tom. Andrew was assigned to Rescue 9 with FF/PM Alex Saenz (Ep 49, The Boyd Street Incident) & was trapped in the building on Boyd Street during a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) that created a giant blowtorch in the building Andrew was working inside of with Engine 9. What's it like to have conditions turn pitch black in a fire & then hear what sounds like a freight train coming thru? To know you have one way out, & seconds to

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56:32

Astroworld & Massive Crowd Incidents

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/11/15

We discuss the tragic events that unfolded at the Astroworld Festival 11/5/21 & explain how an incident action plan works, the command post set up, the crowd grid & how the medical assignments work, the chain of command, the kill switch, & how this all has to work together to prevent these tragedies. We talk about how and why crowd crushes and surges happen, including ones that we've experienced as concert goers. We get a lesson on the history of music festivals and raves in LA, & discuss how we had

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50:39

The Final Vaccine Episode

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2021/11/08

It's the "controversy" that won't go away. Our third and FINAL vaccine mandate episode covers the last things we didn't cover in the previous episodes. Mainly the deceptive facts and misinformation posted to social media by the top anti vax firefighters group. We explain how this bullshit works, why even though the staffing numbers in these posts may be accurate, they're blamed on the vaccine mandate when the truth is these numbers haven't changed for DECADES. We explain the real reason for these

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01:12:04

"Shots Fired" Part 2

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/11/01

LAFD veteran Firefighter Alonzo Williams gives us a completely different angle to a story we previously heard in episode 44 (Shots Fired) when LAFD Engineer Kelly Kilmartin told us about a robbery and shooting of Light Force 50 at a structure fire during night one of the 92 LA Riots. Alonzo realized they were actually being shot at before they were robbed at gunpoint, then as they were being robbed at gunpoint their Captain actually refused to hand over their radios at first, and was nearly killed

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01:03:45

Childbirth with Rachel LaForce

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/10/25

We have comedians, podcasters (Common Ground), married couple, & new parents Rachel LaForce and Alex Gettlin along with baby Jonah, explaining how the baby made it through birth, then how his mom made it. Rachel goes in depth on her first-time mom journey. Everything is going great, so great that the baby won't come out. Rachel gets induced, has a long labor, delivers, then starts to severely hemorrhage & needs emergency surgery. In between we learn about doula's, birth plans, advocacy, massages

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01:03:22

"I'm Gonna Die Here" (The Vallarta Fire)

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/10/18

LAFD Captain Enrique Graciano is a 20 year veteran firefighter, who also has 3 years as an LAPD officer under his belt. He tells us about the scariest night of his life. In September of 2003 he was a young firefighter on Truck 88, assigned to interior truck operations in a supermarket fire with flames and heavy smoke in the rear of the building. In a matter of minutes, conditions severely deteriorate, and when the order is given to pull out, he gets separated from his company, and is unable to find

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01:01:23

Swift Water Legends

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/10/11

We're joined by LAFD Captain Donald "Dilly" Dillenberger, Pilot Joel Smith, & Firefighter Alex Salas. These guys were the 1st in Truck Company (Truck 73) on a man trapped in a vertical storm channel during a torrential downpour in May of 2015. These guys rush to find a guy hanging onto a wood plank for dear life with water rushing by at 25-30 mph. Firefighter Salas throws the guy a rope from a distance, in the pouring rain, over a fence, down in the river, and hits the guy square in the chest just

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01:02:32

Mandate Update & Old Shows

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/10/04

We update you on the ongoing lawsuits against the FD with the vaccination mandate deadline passing for city employees. Danny explains how the lines between official and unofficial FD business can get blurred at times. We talk again about why this vaccine controversy exists in the first place, why the logic behind it is flawed, and the lawsuit is going nowhere. We talk again about how good men can be led to believe that voluntarily quitting their dream job is not only logical, but their only choice

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01:02:55

"WhAtS ThE CrAzIeSt ThInG YoU'vE SeEn?"

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/09/27

We finally answer the number one question every paramedic is asked whenever someone finds out what you do for a living. Danny gives you a huge payoff to this question, as he shares the craziest childbirth story ever, along with multiple suicide stories including something you never really consider at the scene until you're there. Then he ends it by expanding on the story of his most personally traumatic response that put him on stress leave for a month and led to a PTSD diagnosis for him. We talk

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01:04:05

Stage 4 Survivor with Albert Sanchez

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/09/20

Albert Sanchez was a 33 year old LA County Firefighter in great shape, with 10 years on the job, when he was hit suddenly with a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis after experiencing sharp abdominal pains at work. Albert explains his entire ordeal to us, from staying up all night researching his condition, to checking himself out of the hospital and getting into a cancer specialty center. Albert undergoes a risky surgery, then 6 months of chemotherapy, where he has a complete change of perspective on

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58:30

9/11 9+11 Years Later

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/09/13

We talk about where we were on 9/11/2001, & realize how old that makes us now. Danny gives insight into what the firefighters felt going into that building & how unique and dangerous the situation was for the FD. He also talks about talking to younger firefighters about that day & how those events changed his view of the job. We talk about the real reaction and feeling that day & week, as well as the layout & timeline of the events and reactions. We talk about the changes in the world since then,

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01:01:13

Assaults with Zach Miller

!Please Remain Calm! ·

2021/09/06

Comedian Zach Miller tells us about an ass whooping, his own ass whooping. He explains a unique scenario, where he happened to be celebrating his bday on the same B Dubs patio as 4 marines home from Iraq, who wound up having alcohol fueled words with him. Those words soon led to an attack on Zach, who walked out the door & woke up in an ambulance after getting assaulted by the 4 men, in front of his former workplace and coworkers. We dive into this as well as a few other random assault stories

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