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GETTIN’ SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep.282: FDNY | BATTALION CHIEF GEORGE GIERER

Gettin' Salty Experience Firefighter Podcast

Gettin Salty Experience

Society & Culture

4.9793 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Be sure and join us live Thursday night, March 5th at 8pm on our Youtube Channel with our special guest, 34-year FDNY veteran, Battalion Chief George Gierer. Chief Gierer was appointed to the FDNY in 1969 and retired in 2003. With three and a half decades of service to the FDNY, he has had an outstanding career. Once appointed to the FDNY he went on to: Assigned 1970 to Engine 46 / Ladder 27 both of which would have 2nd sections (No Fires) Sept 1979 promoted to Lieut. assigned Battalion 13 R group (E93,TL45,R3,E95,L36)- covering in these companies Sept 1981 assigned to Ladder 36 April 1984 promoted to Captain assigned to Ladder 41 March 1990 promoted to Battalion Chief B27 Jan 21, 2003 retired 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 #FDNY

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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 getting to the getting salty experience

0:32.8

podcast

0:37.4

hello you know i think we're Hello!

0:49.9

You know, I think we've got to change that, Mikey, from the guest to, I mean, from the hosts to the hosts of the getting salty podcast.

0:50.9

All right.

0:51.9

And I could always redo it.

0:52.2

Yeah.

0:53.5

This is more than one of us. So anyone else could us did something stupid or something. And it might not reflect. We must be covered legally. We got to be covered legally. Legally. It's going to be like a 90 to 10% anyway. You got a 10% chance on one guy 90 on the other. Who would that be? Mike? Maybe 95. Maybe 95. He's all dressed in a suit. He's a professional guy. That's right. He does great. I love his podcast. I'm going to say I listen to it now, but I will never repeat it again. I watch Mike's podcast. Don't ever hold me to that. I watch the little guy's podcast, too. You the other guy kitchen table, that guy. Yeah.

1:28.4

Mr. Delaney.

1:29.0

Mr. Delaney, yes.

1:29.9

He does a very good job.

1:30.8

Just had Chief Myers on, actually.

1:32.2

I saw it. I mean, somebody told me about it. Yeah. Little birdie. Yeah. Is it cold up there, rough? What do you get your jacket? He doesn't have his own TV show, right, Mikey?

1:41.9

Who?

1:42.4

Like I do.

1:45.1

So, look, can I tell the story?

1:46.3

Little context.

1:47.8

So, right, Mikey? Who? Like I do. So, look, can I tell the story? A little context. So, you know, I was over here to joking with Lou. I'm going to be laughing like an idiot in the beginning of the show because apparently at Coobbs' his gym out in Long Island. There's a gentleman in there. He doesn't know the exact guy's name, but I guess the guy's been on West Wing and been on the sopranos and he he says, he's telling the story. He's like, yeah, this guy's been on the refranos. But he was serious. He said, I grew up with the guy. You know what I mean? I can't get a... The dumb things that makes me laugh. I'm living in there rent free, bro. Yeah, there you go. go, you know, a couple of bodies under the farm, allegedly. It could have happened.

2:19.7

It could have happened.

2:20.3

Probably did, you know a couple of bodies under the farm allegedly it could have

2:19.0

it could have happened probably did you know i'll find the guy's name but anyway i'm in the gym old

2:24.6

and i call him hey matt what's up man he knows me and my son that's great you work out with your son

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