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Jake Hoover

Jake Hoover

Battalion Chief at York Area United Fire and Rescue and Education Specialist at VFIS, with over 35 years in fire, rescue, and EMS services.

Aug 4, 2026

2:11
So how are the different generations playing a role in today's emergency service organizations?
2:16
Well, I think the biggest thing about the roles that it's playing is actually the challenges to the fire and EMS services out there.
2:24
So you have the older generation, younger generation, and of course, there's all kinds of labels for that, but that's not really the important part.
2:31
The issue is how do we bridge that gap? You know, you look at the challenges from when maybe some of us started in the fire service 30 plus years ago, for example.
2:42
Um, you know, we were just told to do things sometimes and we just kind of did it.
2:46
Sometimes you got an explanation, sometimes you didn't, but you just kind of did it.
2:49
That's the way it was done.

6 MINS LATER

9:09
And Jake, if you want to talk about those for a second.

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