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What happens to a firefighter after they've spent decades running into burning buildings and rescuing people from sickness, injury and death? When they walk away from the job, how have they changed? What lessons have they learned? What type of person have they become?
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhat happens to a firefighter after they've spent decades running into burning buildings and rescuing people from sickness, injury and death? When they walk away from the job, how have they changed? What lessons have they learned? What type of person have they become?
When The Smoke Clears is hosted by Whenthesmokeclears. The show has published 37 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "37 - Captain Justin Meyer" (13 October 2026, 108 minutes), "36 - Fire Administrator Gordon Aoyagi" (13 July 2026, 92 minutes), and "35 - Captain Rick Triplett" (25 May 2026, 126 minutes).
When The Smoke Clears publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 97 minutes across 37 episodes.
Booking probability for When The Smoke Clears is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. When The Smoke Clears requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. When The Smoke Clears's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for When The Smoke Clears are Courts, Police & Public Safety. When The Smoke Clears has an education audience.
Whenthesmokeclears hosts When The Smoke Clears, an education podcast with 37 episodes published.
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Captain Justin Meyer joins us to talk about his 30-year career with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Justin started out as a volunteer firefighter at Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department, Company 15. From there, he...
Episode #36
Before Chief Tom Carr became Montgomery County's very first fire chief, the department was run by a fire administrator. "What the heck is a fire administrator?" you ask? Great question! We were fortunate to sit down...
Episode #35
Rick Triplett was born and raised in Montgomery County, specifically the Rockville/Twinbrook area. So when he finally made his way into the fire service and started working in Rockville, his knowledge of the area served...
Episode #34
Troy Lipp grew up in the fire service. His father was a volunteer firefighter and so Troy spent his childhood hanging around the firehouse and even occasionally riding with his father on calls. After reaching adulthood...
Episode #33
Greg Edwards grew up with his dad being a firefighter in the Washington DC Fire Department and a cousin being a volunteer firefighter, so Greg grew up with the fire service all around him. After graduating college, the...
Episode #32
Assistant Chief Monte Fitch (The original...not to be confused with his son) grew up on the west coast, living in national parks and seeing his father fight the occasional wild fire as part of the National Park Service...
Episode #31
Battalion Chief Jim Resnick is our guest on the podcast as we return from a prolonged break. Jim grew up in Bethesda and, like many of our guests, got exposed to the fire department at an early age. After seeing many...
Episode #30
Corey Smedley was first introduced to the fire service by his sister. She was hired as a career firefighter in Prince Georges County and Corey decided to follow in her footsteps. Corey was eventually hired in PG County...
Episode #29
Vanessa DeVries first expressed interest in the fire department at four years old. Yes, many kids go through their "I want to be a firefighter" phase, but Vanessa never grew out of hers. She joined a volunteer fire...
Episode #28
Kevin DeVries is a second generation firefighter who was influenced early on by his father and uncle, who were both career firefighters for a time. Kevin was another one who was hired during the corporation days and saw...
Episode #27
Battalion Chief Mike Hamilton holds the record of having served the longest in the fire service out of all of the people we have interviewed so far...45 years! During that time, Mike did A LOT. From working at the 911...
Episode #26
Derrick Anthony joins us to discuss his 30+ year fire service career. Throughout his time in MCFRS, Derrick was involved in many things, including teaching at the training academy, helping with the Critical Incident...
Episode #25
Rico Shepherd never grew up with any aspirations to join the fire department. However, when he saw an advertisement in the newspaper about MCFRS hiring, he applied, got hired, and the rest was history. Rico spent a good...
Episode #24
When Walter Balma had his first encounter with the fire department, he knew immediately that he wanted to be a firefighter. Growing up in Prince George's County, MD, he wanted to be a PG firefighter, so he became a PG...
Episode #23
Stacey Jones never had any ambition to join the fire service when he was young, but through various twists and turns of life, he found himself joining the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service as a member of Recruit...
Episode #22
"Retired" Fire Chief Scott Goldstein joins us on the show to recount his 30+ years in the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, including eight years as its Fire Chief. We say "retired" because Chief Goldstein is...
Episode #21
Division Chief Mike Love returns to share with us the rest of his story. If you haven't listened to part one, please do yourself a favor and do that...otherwise you'll miss out on a lot! Chief Love picks up from where...
Episode #20
Captain Clifford "Cliff" Billingslea joins us to talk about his career. Growing up, Cliff met several people in high school who would eventually become his fire department colleagues in the Montgomery County Fire and...
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Captain Pete Corte is another individual who wanted to be a firefighter from the very beginning. He achieved his goal by becoming a volunteer firefighter at first, then getting hired by Montgomery County Fire and...
Episode #18
From the time he was first introduced to the fire service in high school, Marshall Moneymaker knew this was what he wanted to do with his life. However, the road to get there definitely was not easy. Eventually he did...
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