GETTIN' SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep.278 | FDNY | BATTALION CHIEF CHARLES WILLIAMS

Gettin' Salty Experience Firefighter Podcast

Gettin Salty Experience

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Be sure and join us on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, 35-year FDNY veteran, Battalion Chief Charles Williams. Chief was appointed to the FDNY on 11/24/1973 and retired on September 11th in 2008. With over three decades of service to the FDNY, Chief Williams has built an extraordinary career. We’ll hear all about his journey and the many stories he’s sure to share.
Once appointed to the FDNY he went on to:

Ladder 110 1/1974 – 12/1978
- Ladder 28 12/1978 – 01/1982
- Rescue 2 01/1982 – 08/1987
Promoted to Lieutenant: 08/07/1987
- Assigned to 16th Battalion
- Ladder 30 8/1988 – 4/1990
- Squad 41 4/1990 – 5/1991
Ladder 156 5/1991 – 4/1992
- Ladder 166 4/1992 -9/1993
Promoted to Captain 09/25/1993
- Assigned to Division 15
- Engine 283 11/1993 – 03/08/1999
Promoted to Battalion Chief 03/08/1999
- Assigned to Division 3
- Battalion 9 - 11/1999 – 09/11/2008
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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 Insulte Experience podcast are that of the guest and do not directly or necessarily reflect the views of the host of the Get Insulte Experience podcast. You're listening to the getting salty
0:31.3	You're listening to the getting salty experience podcast.
0:35.8	Hello
0:40.2	And hello!
0:42.6	Kenny's back.
0:43.8	Kenney's back doing it.
0:46.1	Ruffy's under the weather.
0:47.1	He's got the flu and he's got a funeral.
0:48.7	Double whammy family.
0:50.4	His aunt passed away.
0:52.1	So I'll press go out to Ruffy's aunt.
0:54.3	My sister was a little passed away last night, so that's, I'm sorry. It's in the wind. Man, that something's in when it always comes in trees. Yeah, man. Anyway. Yeah. By the way, anyone wants to come out and see us this weekend. We will be at, where are we going to be gone? We're going to be at the Buffalo Palluzza, the Long Island Metro Fire EMS Expo. You can remember the National Cali Coliseum where that came from. That's the mausoleum. That's the, yeah. Who's going to be in our booth? It's going to be there. Vinnie Dunn's going to be there. have all it possibly the chief of department's going to be, but Leaves going to be there. Vinny Dunn's going to be there. Possibly the chief of department's going to be there. He might stop much. A lot of guys come and commiserate around the salty booth. For some reason or another, yes, they do. The weather holds up. Don't say it. Don't jinx me. Well, you're done with the snow?
1:44.3	Aren't you guys done with the snow? I didn't want to tell you how this. I had to get, without Ruffy, I had to get the trailer there. Not only did I have to shovel the front of the store where the stuff is and the cutout out for the sidewalk, because, of course, it was plowed in. Then I go to pick up the trailer and what they do. they did the whole parking lot
2:02.4	except they plowed my trailer in
2:03.9	so now I had to of course it was plowed in then i go to pick up the trailer and what they do they did the
2:01.1	whole parking lot except they plowed my trailer in so now i had oh oh man what a great day yesterday
2:07.6	was it's awesome how long did it take you forever like four hours four hours for both
2:15.3	i'm actually not finished yet. Yeah.
2:18.4	Still shuffled out.
2:21.3	We did another show today with Hashegging.
2:23.4	We're going to plug the membership.
2:25.1	Another fantastic show.
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