Firefighters Share SHOCKING Stories with Mike Rowe | The Way I Heard It

Dive into adrenaline-fueled narratives with Mike Rowe on The Way I Heard It! Join volunteer firefighters as they share jaw-dropping tales, featuring special guests Candace McDonald & Jonathan Dayton. Get ready for intense storytelling.

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[WhispersFromTheDark]

I agree Mike about the calamaties regarding railroads. My Great grandfather died at a train station in 1902, when a train fell on him. I mean, really?! How does that happen? But from all the online genealogy websites, it did.

[dallasbryan]

Guys, I retired at 66 and joined a VFD. I an currently working on getting my Firefighter 1 certification hopefully in July. I have an intense drive to make my own community better. Great show. I'm forwarding this to my Chief.

[trob]

I am now in my 60s but I’ve been involved in public safety/EMS for almost 30 years and having some health issues as of late, I still look for ways to serve! I applaud all who serve! Thanks for your spotlight Mike, you’re doing good!!👍🏽🇺🇸

[job]

I'm not a firefighter but this is related to size and physics. One time at work my husband bet a 200 lb friend that I could pick him up. I'm 5 foot tall and not that big. Of course his friend an ex marine told him he was crazy, so he made the bet. Because I use physics I picked him up and my husband won the bet which he took both of us out to dinner. After that, that friend really treated me with respect. 😅

[Texasraildog]

Self deletion by train is also on the rise the last 5 years

[SeasideWitcher]

l, like the majority of firefighters in America, am a volunteer . At 54, l don't have much left in me, but the 20 year olds in this country are made of weaker stuff. Soon there will be too few firefighters in this country

[phtochk]

As a former photographer, I can say that yes the train tracks are cool for photos, but for your own safety, find tracks that are NOT IN USE and go photograph there!

[mriley]

The APAs call 911 when their fries are not hot

[johnunsicker]

Conversion is key but it is also dying. People forgot that it is ok to have a different outlook on this and idea and still be good and came to the same answer. Just because one person view one thing one way doesn't mean you can view it some other way. It not the old ones or the young ones like this it is all over the map. And then all the people that want to bring politic into this that has nothing to do with politic is another problem. We need to get the younger ones to know there is nothing wrong with working 40 hours a week and making good money. Or working 60 hours a week while you are young to bank the money so you can have a nice relaxing time as you hit your 25 to 30 and you start your family. Also to get them to save money now and just let it grow. To many young people are thinking that the older one's are just trying to control them but its the fact that we where there before and we made the mistakes and we had the older ones telling us the same thing. I feel they just so much kick back these days in the younger people versus 20 -30 years ago. You get a 1% pay raise invest that money so you have it later on it life. But so many just spend it.

[twist-]

Mike. All of us first responders are terrified we’re so short staffed. I believe that in part the reason is a generational gap. The youth of today have less motivation to work and even less to care for their fellow man. Call volumes are increasing exponentially and our modern medicine cant keep up with the demand. The medical system as a whole needs to be managed by medical professionals with experience and not corporations and big pharma.

[mikemullay]

I have a cousin who was a survivor of the kamikaze attack on the USS Bunker Hill in May of 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He in part helped save the ship and many fellow sailors by fighting the fires on board ship after the attack. He went on to become a firefighter in the city of Seattle retiring in 1972. He lived until the age of 97.

[Harleylora]

I am a 64 year old woman. I just volunteered to my local fire department. What drove me to volunteer was what I had witnessed here at Lowe’s in my little town.
The firefighter standing in line in front of me had his jacket on and looked very proud. The attendant at the counter asked him if he was a first responder, and of course he said “Yes!” She replied, are you in the military or a policeman? He responded with I am a firefighter, (very proudly!) She replied oh, I’m sorry, we do not give discounts to firefighters….I gasped! That made me so mad! Why would they not give a volunteer firefighter a discount when they have no benefits, they have no healthcare, and are risking their lives for their community?
I am committed to a resolution, this just breaks my heart.

[michaelmeehan]

My Navy firefighting training was super-cool. Ex-Navy personnel are a great source of people with firefighting skills, nearly everyone in the Navy learns that.

[janicenordlund]

My husband who will be 68 in a few weeks, was an Air Force fire fighter. Served during the Vietnam era at Whiteman Air Force base. After he got out got a job at O’Hare airport in Chicago working as a civilian as a fire fighter at the Air tactical base that was on the airport grounds. Worked his way up to asst fire chief. Then President Reagan fired all the air traffic controllers, he took the test and got the job and moved to Indiana. There he also got on our local volunteer fire dept. Moved to Minnesota to be closer to family. Now retired and he is on our local volunteer fire dept for the last 9 years. Once a fire fighter, always a fire fighter. We are family!!!!

[jrmcmickle]

I was a volly for a number of years in a rural community and that’s how you got to know and help people you might not otherwise know

[tammyi]

There are many support positions needed also. There are Board positions, office support, budget committees needed, etc. Just stop in and ask!

[golfballwhisperer]

Thank you Mike for highlighting this subject. I was a volunteer for 30 years and with the exception of a few years in the 70's (yes the 70's) recruitment and retention has always been a big issue. At one point or another I've worked every job in the service, from washing floors and cleaning bathrooms, to Fire Chief but I feel strongly that the volunteer fire service always gave me back many times more than I ever put in....

[kelleyfrances]

My dad first started his firefighting training in the Korean War then eventually became a captain for LAFD. If you start young and get your 25 years in you can retire with a great pension then move on to another career if you'd like or work a second job while on the department because of the shift patterns and retire in your fifties. Who wouldn't want that?

[devandestudios]

I haven't fought structure fires, but I was a wildland firefighter, hands down, the most rewarding thing I have ever done and if my health would allow, I'd still be doing it.

[BrentMcDonald-tt]

Career firefighter here. Calls are skyrocketing because: aging entitled boomers, rapidly growing welfare class, rapidly growing idiot class who can’t fend for themselves. The type of calls we, get dispatched to is mind blowing.