Ep. 12 • Cody Shea - 🔥 Firefighting: The Family Business.

Jun 6, 2025

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In this episode we dive into the world of First Responders with Firefighter Cody Shea.

Cody comes from a long line of fire fighters. His parents met in the Fire Academy in '84 and Cody grew up in Tacoma Washington hearing the stories of First Responder life in Seattle; calls responding to famous musicians OD'ing, even the details of Kurt Cobain's suicide were a part of his life from an early age.

He founded a skateboard company in his 20's but eventually found himself pulled back to his fire fighting roots and started his 5 year journey of getting signed on to the Fire Department.

This episode touches on a lot of the similarities between military and First Responder experiences, and also the differences. First responders deal with more trauma than people realize, in a lot of cases, more than most military veterans. It's harder to compartmentalize emotions when it's a kid face down in a pool vs a 3rd world national with an AK.

Here are some story highlights from this episode:

• Aliens and Bigfoot stories from the Pacific North West. 👽👣

• Strangest things seen on a call. 😳

• Most impressive objects found up someone's 🍑.

• Motorcycles are dangerous, they're even more dangerous when you drive like an asshole.

• Working at a concert and the impressive levels of craziness exhibited.

• Nick's bachelor party story. 🥳

• Strippers falling from rooftops and how to render aid using pool equipment.

• Army vs Navy party games.

• A list of activities that are guaranteed to dissappoint your dad.

• "boof here" and other questionable tattoo decisions.

• The surprising density of midgets.