GETTIN SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep. 94 | BOSTON FD DISTRICT CHIEF PAUL CAREY

Our special guest will be 39 year Boston Fire Department veteran District Fire Chief Paul Carey. He was appointed to the BFD on 12/8/82 after 5 years as an EMT on Boston EMS. He then was assigned to E22 in the South End. In 1987 he transferred to Rescue 1. He was promoted to LT. in 1992 and covered as a LT. in R1 until being assigned to E37 in Roxbury in 1993. Promoted to Captain in 1996 and stayed there as a covering Captain for about a year, In 1998 he was assigned as Captain of E28 in Jamaica Plain. In 2000 he went to the FIU/Arson Squad as a Fire Marshal until 2002 and then went back to E37 as the Captain. In 2005 transferred to E52 in Mattapan. In 2008 he transferred to Rescue 2 for 8 years until getting promoted to District Chief in 2016. He floated until 2018 and was assigned to District 4 where he worked until he retired at age 65.
He was also on the State Hazmat Team for 32 years, and the first MA. JHAT (combination Hazmat/ Bomb Squad) for the State. The Chief was also a Rescue Squad Officer with FEMA USAR MA Task Force 1 since 1994 and deployed to the WTC on 911. Around 2002 he became the HAZMAT/WMD Team manager on the Task Force. You don’t want to miss this one😎👍🏼. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players 🎧🔥 #BFD #lovethisjob #givebackmorethanyoutake

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