New Podcast hosted by retired FDNY firefighter, with close to 30 years civil servant experience, who’s looking to interview all types of people with interesting stories and lives, Not just first responders. As a byproduct hoping to get a small message out that you are not alone in your struggles with mental health. Take a look and listen how I open up about mine. Fire stories. Fun stories, if I think you have an interesting story I wanna chat. Subscribe and help the channel grow 🤙🏻 #fdny #firstresponder #firefighter #harlemzoo #mentalhealthawareness #59engine #30truck #firefighting #firestories # podcast #thekitchentable59 #lawenforcement #military #interviews #interestingstories
I used to love in WNYFs when you were allowed to joke around, FF from 23 went to SQ1 and they wrote Congrats to XXXX on breaking 135 years of FDNY tradition and going from an "A" truck company to a "C" engine
Brotha watching your podcast has helped me get through some of my darker days. Knowing other brothers have gone through depression like this is something that makes me not feel lost and alone. Please continue doing this you don’t realize how many brothers you’re helping doing these podcast please continue doing these.
Brother! Can’t thank you enough. I truly appreciate it! That is my goal. Let them know they’re not the only ones who have gone through it. And comments like this, is what will keep me going. 🤙🏻
Used to show up 1.5-2 hours early and thats cause we all have families. Maybe the brother/sister would like to get a head start on the road to get to their kids hockey game. It's reciprocal and maybe those trashing you don't understand NYC traffic and getting out in the middle of rush hour means getting home 3 hours later.
@@TheKitchenTable59 Right. So with NYC traffic, getting to work three hours early could mean leaving home 4 or 5 hours before your shift is scheduled to start. Very much K.M.A.!
Corrections are similar. Relieving someone early allows you to get snap briefings, 'acclimatise' and bank goodwill, that WILL be returned by others manifold.
Certainly no love loss, but She was better than Nigro. From the little I know from the "know", he will be better than her. But we haven't had much in the way of quality commissioners
He seems into it and has a closer relationship with the job. I just think someone who has actually done the job would be a better fit. But what do I know? 😂🤷♂️
@@TheKitchenTable59 The foundation is like the rich elite buff club, hope he was such a fan that he knows not to destroy the department and remembers what we are about. They sure know how to throw a party though, been to one to receive an award.
She brought James there 1000% intentionally to spite the guys getting promoted. Rub shit (pun intended) in their faces. I hope she has a comfortable reminder of her pregnancy 😁😁😁😉😉😉😉
@@TheKitchenTable59she shouldn’t have been, there is not any good or logical reason for her to be there. Zero. This also happened shortly after the trump trial and all that BS. Von Essen was on Gettin Salty on Thursday and took a dump on her all throughout the show. New guy seems like he may actually care about the job and members than her per his prior roles with the FDNY and his “buffyness”
@@TheKitchenTable59 it was spite. Don’t forget she was an Obama cronie during his administration and her appointment was because michelle Obama called Adam’s and suggested he appoint her after deblasio brought her in. I don’t think the new guy could do any worse if he tried. He should be ok.
Met Tim Robbins down at Ground Zero, at that time he was still decent but his wife was not too popular(Susan Sarandon) He's handing out food and saying I'm sorry for my wife.
Met DMX outside of the garden before a rags game. He pulls up in an Escalade with a white guy driving (probably his agent or lawyer) and two whores in the back. He walks up to me and says “you a fan dawg”? I said “Nah man” and we laughed and he walked away. Same with you I’m like 5’5 and DMX was a short dude
Brother I’m a new subscriber, mid 40’s in age. I think you got a great thing going, damn proud of everything you have done in life and proud you are doing this channel. When you were doing bucket brigade on the pile at ground zero, I was a rookie street cop in my second month of FTO just after the academy. Proud of all that gave their lives that day, and proud of what you and everyone else who worked that site in some fashion did to help. I feel like a the younger generation are “in need” of this channel. I say that because I feel you may have a lot of older first responser types watching, not all of course but probably a good amount, just because we tend to gravitate to this type of content. But the younger, undecided in life and undecided in career type young people, they can see you and hear the things you been through, would help them in life in general, help them in career aspirations, direction in life, mental health, relationships, all that stuff. Just the military in general, they are having the hardest time recruiting from this younger generation, where back in our day, our grandfathers served, our uncles served, our fathers served and come hell or high water, we would do the same. Something changed in this country. Regardless of your great grandfather and your grandfather and your father and uncles service, not as many young people are stepping forward anymore. When I was a kid it was a given, it was going to happen unless I was told by the powers that be that I could not serve for some reason or another. Now, the young people just want to be on social media and base their life off of that. Weird 💩. I will be sharing this channel with my son, although I really cant make him sit there and watch it, I hope that he does. I was never a firefighter but we’ve walked some of the same walks brother. Keep doing your thing. I’ll be around, have no doubt.
Brother! Thank you so much for the words. I truly appreciate it! And what you say is true. I do have hope that one day it that will all turn around. All we can do is try to teach the younger generation. Thanks again. P.S. I do curse a bit on the videos. Lol. so be careful when your son watches. 😂🤙🏻🇺🇸
Thank you Jay, aka "hosewagon" for telling us your great story beginning from your younger days until now. I met you, your brother Paul, and your nephew Matt (NHFD) because I became good friends with your father, John. Matt being married to a firefighter in a very busy company in the Bronx Your father was on my oral board exam in Norwich for captain when he was the Chief of the Willimantic FD. I didn't know him until then, although I did spend some time years ago buffing Hartford in the 70s/80s. I hope he is doing okay and I send him a newsletter I put out about once a month called "The NFD GOSSIP NEWSLETTER". Your father had visited me a few times and we went out for chow together with his lady friend. Also, I sent out this video to all the members of that Newsletter (about 140), including your father John, to watch it and I called it - "All in the Family". I spent many years buffing the FDNY starting way back in 1968 and no doubt I caught you in action while working 75/33 or 59. That was a prime buff area for me. I wrote about it on www.nycfire.net calling it "My Younger Buff Years", from NFD2004. My father and my brother were also on the job in Bridgeport. Glad to see you are doing okay and you certainly earned your pay, no doubt about that. I also have many other good friends, mostly retired from the FDNY. FDNY - The Best and Busiest Fire Department in the Country
One of the craziest stories that blows my mind about 9/11 is that I live in northern Vermont, and my father was a volunteer fireman at the time. His department got toned out to staff an engine and send it across to NY to staff a station that was sending crews to cover for NYC.
great guy...great interview. I met Jay many years ago, when he was A fireman in CT. Lost touch with him for many years, until we re-connected thru the zoo. visiting Nic and the guys one night and there he was....
Lt Walsh is without a doubt one of the best officers around. Men like Jay are unfortunately rare, and I'm very thankful to have learned under him. Cheers Lt
I will for sure. Booking guest/friends right now is more challenging than i expected. Turns out people are way busier than I am. 😂Thank you for the supportive truly appreciate it. 🤙🏻
Great episode Kenny. You put into words exactly how I feel about my emotional state. I think the hardest thing to do is stay consistent in pursuit of goals and in routine when you’re in a low emotional state. Successful people stay consistent and stay the course regardless of how they feel so thank you For producing the content and putting out the episode while you’re in a valley. I think part of that bipolar up-and-down feeling is our genetics and how we wired and I also believe we have the ability to change our emotional state. You would receive terrible news about someone else while feeling like this you would immediately go into comparison mode and realize my problems are insignificant. There are people in the world praying for my problems. The podcast please keep pressing forward, brother.
Bill. Thanks so much!! I really appreciate the words. These episodes are as transparent as can be. I talk how I’m feeling. Gives people a little insight into how my brain works sometimes. And sometimes I can’t even figure it out. lol. New episodes coming in a few weeks. Thanks for the support brother. Hopefully get down to you and chop it one day. 🤙🏻🇺🇸
