123 - Mutual Aid, “My Friends are Turning on Me”

The Professional Brotherhood™

**Listener Request**
Aaron, who's a volunteer firefighter in the mid-west emailed us and asked the following:
"I've decided to throw my name in the hat this year and run for line office. My friends, who all seemed very supportive in the beginning now seem like they are turning on me in support of the other guy. What should I do?"
Listen in as Brian gives his thoughts on this very common volunteer fire service issue.
About our hosts:
Brian Soller has been an active volunteer for the last 30+ years. He currently serves as assistant chief of the Rock Hill Fire Department and for the past 18 years has been a New York state fire instructor assigned to Sullivan County, NY. Soller also served as chief of the Rock Hill Fire Department from 2018 - 2020 and chief of the Monticello Fire Department from 2001-2002.
Soller has also been a New York State emergency medical technician for the last 25+ years.
He speaks extensively on the promotion of professionalism in the volunteer fire service through his podcast and YouTube channel.

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Kara Judd, is a seven year member of the Cazenovia Fire Department where she currently serves as a Lieutenant and Emergency Medical Technician. Kara is also a certified Critical Incident Stress Debriefer as well as an AFAA certified fitness instructor and the owner of Saint Florian Fitness.
Her full time career is at the Upstate Medical Hospital in Syracuse, NY where she is a Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Specialist and Burn Prevention Outreach Educator.
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