GETTIN SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST: Ep. 64 | CHICAGO FD FIRE COMM. BOB HOFF
Gettin' Salty Experience Firefighter Podcast
Gettin Salty Experience
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🗓️ 3 September 2021
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
Our special guest will be retired 40+ year Chicago FD veteran Fire Commissioner Bob Hoff. He rose through the ranks of the Chicago Fire Department and retired as Commissioner.
1972 Cadet with the Evergreen Park Fire Department
1976 Hired by the city of Chicago Fire Department as an EMT
1977 Hired by Chicago Fire Department as a Firefighter
1st assignment Snorkel Squad 1 / 1977
Nov.1979 promoted to Lieut. / Division 1 relief
Oct. 1980 Assigned to Squad Co. 2 as a Lieut.
August 1987 promoted to Captain and assigned District 5 relief
Aug. 1988 assigned to Truck Co. 11 as a Captain
Aug. 1989 promoted to Battalion Chief assigned city-wide relief
Jan.1997 assigned to Battalion 2
Jan. 2000 promoted to District Chief assigned as the CFD Director of Training
Sept. 2003 back as Battalion Chief assigned to Battalion 4
June 2004 promoted to District Chief District 1
July 2006 promoted to Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner of Operations
Aug. 2008 promoted to 1st Deputy Fire Commissioner
July 2010 promoted to Fire Commissioner
March 1st, 2012 retired
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the getting to the getting salty experience podcast. |
| 0:22.2 | And we are back. Welcome back. Leatherhead Nation to the getting salty experience podcast, |
| 0:29.5 | the only podcast that brings the firehouse kitchen table to you. |
| 0:33.3 | And you might ask, what is the kitchen table? |
| 0:35.2 | The kitchen table? |
| 0:36.6 | It's where some of the greatest minds in the world come together |
| 0:40.2 | to figure out the world's biggest problems. |
| 0:43.3 | The kitchen table. |
| 0:44.1 | The kitchen table. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome back to the self-proclaimed best firefighting podcast in the whole world. |
| 0:52.7 | That's trademark self-reckeempt best firefighter in the world. That's a trademark self-for-came. |
| 0:54.9 | That's probably passing the world. |
| 0:56.4 | Rick and Bobby Inc. |
| 0:58.3 | Woo! |
| 0:59.0 | First, |
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| 1:00.4 | Yes, we are back. |
| 1:01.6 | Hey, Phil, Ruffy. |
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