Oakland Fire Department

So Jason Sautel spent 26 years in fire and EMS starting at age 18 with Cal Fire in Riverside County, California.

After paramedic school, he worked as an Alameda County paramedic assigned to the city of Oakland before joining the Oakland Fire Department, where he served for the remainder of his career.

Today, Jason is a husband, dad, church elder, speaker, and the author of two bestselling books.

And that's it, man.

And then from there, I lived down in San Diego also.

So San Diego, Riverside County.

And now I'm up in Northern California after getting hired by the Oakland Fire Department 30 some odd years ago.

That's awesome.

In recognition of these efforts, these 12 individuals are with us this evening to represent their organizations and to symbolize their countless coworkers and neighbors who also gave unselfishly in this dark hour.

[crowd cheering] Throwing out tonight's ceremonial first ball are San Francisco firefighter Jerry Shannon, the Medical Director of Oakland Highlands Hospital, Dr. Floyd Hume, Pacific Gas and Electric Company gas serviceman Dave Lopez, San Francisco police officer Alvin Wong, Caltrans associate bridge engineer Steve Whipple, California Conservation Corps San Francisco branch volunteer Juan Moncada, Oakland Fire Department Captain Ron Carter, Santa Cruz County Red Cross chapter chairwoman Corie Livingston, Pacific Bell district manager John Ortez, Santa Cruz area Salvation Army volunteer Shelley Cruise, California Highway Patrol Lieutenant Clifford Gray, and San Francisco Deputy Sheriff Terry Tuzze.

[crowd cheering] Thank you very much, and the Bay Area salutes you for your great effort in this time of need.

[crowd cheering]

In recognition of these efforts, these 12 individuals are with us this evening to represent their organizations and to symbolize their countless coworkers and neighbors who also gave unselfishly in this dark hour.

[cheering] Throwing out tonight's ceremonial first ball are San Francisco firefighter Jerry Shannon, the medical director of Oakland Highland's Hospital, Dr. Floyd Hume, Pacific Gas and Electric Company gas serviceman Dave Lopez, San Francisco police officer Alvin Wong, Caltrans associate bridge engineer Steve Whipple, California Conservation Corps San Francisco branch volunteer Juan Moncada, Oakland Fire Department captain Ron Carter, Santa Cruz County Red Cross chapter chairwoman Cori Livingston, Pacific Bell district manager John Adses, Santa Cruz area Salvation Army volunteer Shelley Cruz, California Highway Patrol lieutenant Clifford Gray, and San Francisco deputy sheriff Terry Tussey.

[cheering] Thank you very much, and the Bay Area salutes you for your great effort in this time of need.

An unforgettable moment at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, where this crowd, and if you were with us during the introduction of the starting lineups, naturally the Giants, this being their home park, the crowd very much into it.

And why right now is such a hot time to go whale watching.

The Oakland Fire Department has a new fire boat to help protect the Port of Oakland, waterways, as well as neighboring cities.

This morning, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and the Fire Chief Damon Covington were among city officials taking part in festivities.

They officially christened the Beowulf, capable of pumping 5,000 gallons of water per minute, tripling prior marine firefighting capacity.

The Beowulf replaces the Seawolf.

Seawolf was retired after serving the Oakland Fire Department for nine years.

Today we officially send the Seawolf off to a well-deserved retirement as well as now we welcome the Beowulf, which is a state-of-the-art emergency response vessel designed for 21st century challenges.

The Beowulf was funded through a federal port security grant.

Casillas is the one who called police, but officers ended up arresting him instead for misdemeanor vandalism.

All right, the Oakland Fire Department has a new fire boat to help protect the Port of Oakland, waterways, and neighboring cities.

In the last

hour, Mayor Robert Lee and Fire Chief Damon Covington were among city officials that took part in festivities to officially christen the Bay Wolf.

It is capable of pumping 5,000 gallons of water per minute, tripling prior marine firefighting capacity.

The Bay Wolf replaces the Sea Wolf, which was retired after serving the Oakland Fire Department for nine years.

Today we officially send the Seawolf off to a well-deserved retirement as well as now we welcome the Beowulf, which is a state-of-the-art emergency response vessel designed for 21st century challenges.

The Beowulf was

What's your, what's your setup like for where you- where you're coming from so, you know, the listeners have a little bit of context as we move through this conversation?

Uh, I did, uh, uh, 22 years in the Oakland Fire Department.

Um, started in 1989.

Uh, s- uh, third generation of my family, following my grandfather and uncle and father.

So we were in, in Oakland, we were in inch and a half hose and, uh, combination nozzles.

Um, I worked on it for about 10 years till we actually made the change to inch and three-quarter hose and smoothbore nozzles.

Um, so hopefully everybody knows who Ted Corbrendi is, one of the co-founders of FireNuggets.com. His twin brother, Tom Corbrendi, was a, uh, or is a retired captain from the Oakland Fire Department.

He was out on an injury, uh, just before I got in the fire department.

California Conservation Corps San Francisco Branch Volunteer Juan Mankata.

Oakland Fire Department Captain Ron Carter.

Santa Cruz County Red Cross Chapter Chairwoman Corey Livingston.

Pacific Bell District Manager John Atez.