GETTIN' SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep.269: FDNY | CRAIG MONAHAN

Gettin' Salty Experience Firefighter Podcast

Gettin Salty Experience

Society & Culture

4.9 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Be sure and join us on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, FDNY veteran Craig Monahan. Craig started his career in January of 87 with transit PD and in July of 93, rolled over to FDNY. From there he spent 14 years with Ladder 5 and worked with some great firefighters, including Captain John Drennen. Tune in as we listen to Craig share his experiences and his story of the infamous Watts Street Fire. Going to be another great show. We will get the whole skinny. You don’t want to miss this one.Join us at the kitchen table on the BEST FIREFIGHTER PODCAST ON THE INTERNET! You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players #lovethisjob #GiveBackMoreThanYouTake #Oldschool #Tradition #volunteerfirefighters #FDNY #nationalfallenfirefightersfoundation #fdnyladder5

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0:00.0	disclaimer we'd like to note before the start of this interview that the opinions about to be expressed by the guest on tonight's get salty experience podcast are that of the guest and do not directly or necessarily reflect the views of the host of the the getting salty experience podcast.
0:36.3	Hello!
0:40.3	That's right.
0:41.8	Hello.
0:44.4	Iowa.
0:45.9	Iowa, come in.
0:47.5	There he is.
0:48.4	Hello, come in.
0:49.6	Hello.
0:50.3	Woodchuck the gray squirrel.
0:54.1	This is Chuck to remind Bill to shut up
0:57.1	Shut up
0:58.5	How'd you do?
1:00.6	He's out there, kill him
1:02.3	Oh, we did good
1:03.9	Oh, we did good
1:05.4	You know, I still kind of wonder how we
1:08.3	What it's like in the trees
1:10.0	The soon as you hear a crack of a branch, it's like, Oh, what? You hear that? It's not bad, guys. I like it. I like it. If you go above, then obviously. Then you see that. And you see this guy. He's not having a good day, that guy right there. He looked like he choked him out. He put something like a... Listen, you're going to be real happy when you get the pepperoni and the hot dogs and all that stuff again, right? I'm not. I'm like, is he looking at me right now, that guy? Is he looking at me? I don't know what he's looking at. I don't know what he's looking at. He's doing a little bit.
1:44.9	I was sorry I missed Donnie to have Donnie show, but I literally shot that day like an hour before the show started.
1:56.8	I had to go find him.
1:58.3	They had to go find him.
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