Being married in the Three Disciplines (that’s Police/Fire/EMS for the uninitiated) comes with some unique challenges.  Holidays? Aw…aren’t you cute. Baby’s first steps? Hope you got that on tape. Marriage is hard enough as it is. Throw in the…

Whenever a new social media platform launches there is always the elusive invitation. Certain people are given a certain number of codes to share with their friends to build the platform and create buzz. Some knucklehead gave one to us so of course we…

We know what you’re thinking. Yoga immediately brings to mind one of two images: Either images of impossibly skinny girls in their 20s stretching on a beach or Gary from weekend graves barely fitting into his sweatpants. You do you. This week on the…

Those of you old enough to recall the mid-80’s and our man, Wilford Brimley, know he was an advocate for fighting diabetes.  Welp, Wilford, that fight just came home to roost at HMHQ. In this week’s episode, Justin gets you up to date with what’s…

Oof. That’s a rough subject line, right? Lord knows we as a species aren’t big on considering our own mortality, but for those of us working in the world of First Responders, we really should be required to do just that. This week we tackle a…

Faith and Finances. Two topics people love to talk about, right? Hello? Is this thing on? Not to worry, friends. In this episode, you can simply listen and not be required to tell us your life story surrounding these taboo topics because MC has a…

Burnout in the disciplines is real. We all know it. Trouble is, most of the resources made available to first responders are tips on avoiding future stress (good luck with that), avoiding alcohol (C’mon, man), and maybe go and get you some therapy…

In true WYE-fashion, we turn the tables on the week’s Ask WYE. While recording a future episode with our guest, we started talking about our past experiences with DUI. No, not committing them. Arresting them and then prosecuting them. MC took the…

During these challenging times (Aren’t you sick of getting those emails?), Battalion Chief Tom Bouthillet saw an opportunity to improve EMT and Paramedic education and decided not to just watch it go by. The result was an entirely online education…

Listener Teri fired a question to Justin at Justin@WYERadio.com asking about benefits for first responder families after a line of duty death. While your hosts think this is a no brainer, there are apparently municipalities that do not automatically…