Episode 82 Pt 2: Medal of Valor recipient Gino Casciola and crew from the Addison Fire Dept. Lt. Ralph Holdridge, Lt. Eric Medernach and FF/PM Louie DiGioia

About this episode

This episode features Gino Casciola and his crew from the Addison Fire Dept. discussing their experiences during a challenging commercial structure fire.

Episode 2 with the crew from the Addison Fire Dept. a routine commercial structure fire, if there is a such thing, occured on May 21 2025 where members of E71 and E72 got disoriented and lost when fire conditions changed in an instant. Listen how FF Casciola entered the structure more than once and helped members out of the structure.

People in this episode

Guest: Gino Casciola

Topics covered

• firefighting
• heroism
• emergency response
• Addison Fire Dept.
• Medal of Valor
• fire safety

Keywords

• Medal of Valor
• firefighter
• Addison Fire Dept.
• commercial structure fire
• emergency response
• fire conditions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Addison Fire Dept.

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