Now let’s back these guys in the job more than ever and give them a fair living wage !

Great Interview Ant , (also enjoyed your tour few years back in Chesterfield) This guy mirrors my own life , I joined the Army at 16 , JLR RAC at Bovington , I served just over 9 years as a Tankie , left then joined the Fire Service did 26 years ,with help from my Army pension , managed to retire early and enjoying life, it’s great to see your guests are from all walks of life. The experiences he speaks about are all to familiar , There is no respect or discipline know ,I’ve had bricks thrown at us , truck shot at with paint ball guns, hoses stabbed ,stealing equipment of the trucks. I am a grandad know and it bothers me to see what’s going on in our Country , (For our kids )Our Armed Forces especially . Rant over , keep up the good work mate.

Been “bricked” personally 3 times (leg, collar bone and head) never mind my own truck. “AFA” turned into persons reported multiple times…thank you Ant for giving us a bit of a shout out! We don’t deserve the heroics of nurses and doctors but we try our best when the call comes in

I started in May of 98 in the states and retired a captain I'm December 2023. I enjoyed your remembering of your time, you did our career good brother. Enjoy retirement. We earned it.

I really like Ant, I've read all his books but I hope these are just teething problems but often he interrupted before the firefighter had chance to say what he was going to say. I think personally a podcast is an art that needs to flow and if it's disrupted regularly it doesn't work. Having said that I'm really happy he's doing this with these guests that's right up my street. All the best with it Ant!

Loved this, my dad was a fireman who retired a few years ago. He has never spoke to me about the horrors he saw, only the great laughs he has on shift in the earlier years, as alluded to in this interview. Really interesting to listen to.

what a legend! i have so much respect for these people! I wish him the best for the future!

We had an AFA the other day which turned into a rescue so every now and again they catch you out!!

never understood why fuckers attack emergency workers like ambulance staff or firefighters. I can understand to a certain extent why folks might attack the police, but firefighters and paramedics? There should be serious consequences for people found guilty of doing that. I'm talking serious time in prison. It's disgraceful. They're putting their lives on the line to help people, if you attack them you should go to prison for several years.

Another great and insightful podcast! They hit home well too. Top stuff to Ant, guests and the team. Making the people proud. I look forward to the next one.👍

New to the podcast, but love how Ant is connecting with every day professionals. Great insight into some of the careers.

Massive respect to both. Love the channel.

Thankyou Ant for giving these heroes a voice. Wishing you every success mate 👍👍👍

Absolutely fantastic 💯🙌👊

Hi Ant, Syd, thankyou for sharing this episode, very eye opening, fair play to you both, its good to see the whole picture from the horses mouth, also i totally agree with putting good energy into rebuilding community, 1 love, massive respect to you both, take it easy, keep smiling and thanks again, Jx

My dad has experienced the target of abuse as a firefighter. Called to a gypsy camp where a van was alight, some people on the site wouldn't allow them to put it out and shouted and threw stuff at them so they refused to tackle the fire till police presence where on site.

RESPECT to the British Firefighters from France 👨🏽‍🚒👏👏👏🙏🙏

Epic!!! I've only just found out you have a podcast. Big fan of all your work over the years. Looking forward to listening to these podcasts in the car this week. If you would ever consider having another local chelmsford man on to talk about the psychology of Magic & the challenges of transitioning from Army into the TV world I'd be over the moon to share my successes and failures with you 🙂

Thank you for bringing a spotlight on to our unsung every day heroes xx

A good selection of life s heros respect to you all 😉😉😉😉😉

Just got ants new book on audible. Bit gutted you didn't go with the full cast again like in the first one. That was amazing

what a fantastic chap!

I’m really enjoying your podcast keep it up. However there has been a mix up on the Spotify platform it’s a reupload from the previous podcast.

I just have two remarks here. First: I know it is your show and all the rest of it. I get it. All good. But at several points I felt like shouting „For god’s sake, let your guest finish a sentence and stop talking over him with your own anecdotes/views“. Second: people should really loosen up about women in the service and move forward. I would trust any of the gals in our station with my life. They are tough as nails and I know that any of them will work as hard as the next guy when the brown smelly stuff hits the spinny thing. They get no „girl bonus“, they ask for none, and they hold their own receiving (and dishing out) the same friendly and loving abuse as the rest of the lads.

Who tf cares how many women are in the fire service and forces, I’m sick of hearing about it if you can do the job you can do the job regardless of gender.

Really disappointed in this interview. I’ve been in the navy for 5 years and fire service for 17 years. I’ve have to prove myself at every opportunity. I passed all the tests fairly. I really didn’t like the chat on females in the job. We work as a team which requires all types of strengths.

Smart podcast emergency services and service related good nice yh understandable