Episode #2 Deputy Fire Chief Brian Marcos

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Christianity, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Brian Marcos is the Deputy Fire Chief with Smyrna, GA, Fire Department, where he has served for 14 years. He has been a lead instructor with the Metro Atlanta Fire Firefighters Conference since 2014 and holds certifications as a Fire Instructor II, Fire Department Executive, Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), Paramedic, and Georgia Smoke Diver. He is a member of the Metro Atlanta Fire Chiefs Association and serves as the Area 7 District Vice President for the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs. Chief Marcos holds a bachelor’s degree in Fire Administration is credentialed as a Chief Fire Officer (CFO), and a graduate of the Cobb Chamber Leadership program. Presented with Firefighter of the Year in 2011 Published in Firehouse Magazine1. https://www.firehouse.com/leadership/article/21045007/four-bugle-chief-how-the-chief-behind-the-chief-works-best2. https://www.firehouse.com/careers-education/article/21002180/overhauling-the-performance-appraisal-process-in-the-fire-service Originator for the United Leadership Program. The program develops future leaders in publicsafety through lectures, innovative learning techniques, and experienced leadership speakers.

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0:00.0	I guess when we talk about a complete person, you know, my feelings on it are that it's always a work in progress.
0:07.7	So, you know, being complete, you know, I would probably say it is never something somebody really achieves.
0:18.0	Because if you think you've arrived, then you're kind of probably behind the eight ball or you don't have that awareness. Yeah. Because if you think you've arrived, then you're kind of probably behind the eight ball or you don't have that awareness.
0:25.2	And so from that perspective, you know, I guess the best place for me to start is to probably start from the beginning.
0:32.3	I was born in Los Angeles, California.
0:35.9	My mother was from Columbia and my father, my biological father was from
0:41.1	Spain. And so I was, you know, first generation immigrant and, you know, never really felt any of the,
0:49.3	I guess, the stigma of that. I never, you know, I never even realized what any of that was growing up.
0:57.8	So that, that's kudos to my mom for how she raised me for not ever making me. I never felt any of that.
1:04.4	So I was raised, you know, to the ages six in California. I have some, for whatever reason, if it's pictures or what I have vague
1:13.3	memories of that, which was, you know, my mom and I living in a garage outback that was
1:18.3	renovated on my grandmother's property. And I just remember the couch being able to touch both
1:24.9	sides of the wall. That's how big the garage was for my mother and I.
1:30.3	But I remember it being some of the coolest times in my life.
1:33.9	It was home.
1:34.6	It was home.
1:35.5	And the way, you know, the way that you're brought up, you know,
1:39.0	and how involved your parents are has a lot to do with a you know that I guess those memories you
1:45.1	know so my mom ended up getting remarried and remarried to my stepdad who was from
1:54.0	Kentucky so you know and you sit here and you think about okay I got Colombian I got now Kentucky you know and you sit here and you think about okay i got columbian i got now Kentucky you know
2:04.5	and oh by the way we moved to Georgia so so I got a quick you know just perspective as far as how
2:15.5	big the world is because you know I've been traveling to Spain.
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