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Chuck E. Carroll

Retired CAL FIRE Deputy Fire Chief and brain injury survivor, author of the "UnNormal" poetry series and creator of "Different Fire. Same Fight." (chiefchucke.com).

Oct 28, 2026

0:27
Chief, I will hand the mic over to you to share your experiences with doctors and therapists, both positive and negative.
0:36
First, thank you for having me back on the show, Terry.
0:41
So when I, I kind of want to bring it back before my injury and you're, Most people anywhere, at least in the United States, are covered by workers' comp insurance.
0:56
So when you pay into it, wherever you work at, if you're there for one day or 30 years, you're still paying into it, whether you use it or not.
1:05
That's the hope, isn't it, with any insurance? Car insurance or workers' comp insurance is a...
1:13
It's something the employee and the employer pays into in the event that you're injured in the line of work.
1:21
So just like I said, with the, the analogy of the, uh, your car, if you get in a car accident or somebody hits you, you expect that it's going to be taken care of and your medical expenses.

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who's listening.
4:12
Chief Carroll, I would love to hand the floor over to you to introduce yourself and your dedicated fire service that we are all so grateful for.
4:20
Hey, first off, thank you for having me and nice introduction.
4:26
I got caught up as a viewer instead of a guest here for a minute.
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Uh, I started my fire service carrier.
4:33
I, uh, it was before, uh, nine 11 late nineties where I got interested in it.
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Uh, I was very small compared to the idol.
4:44
What I envisioned a, you know, firefighter to be, uh, I was going to Mission College and there was a fire science program there.

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if you want to talk, I'm going to record.

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