About this episode

Randy James discusses his career as a firefighter and his role in Fire Department Coffee and its charitable initiatives.

Today’s episode is with Randy James from Fire Department Coffee. Randy is a career firefighter and paramedic from Rockford, Illinois, serving since April 2000. His journey took him to Ladder 5, working alongside Fire Department Coffee founder Luke Schneider, before becoming Director of Brand Relations and playing a major role in the Fire Department Coffee Charitable Foundation and the Rescue One project. Rescue One is not just a fire truck that serves coffee. It is a disaster relief vehicle, ...

People in this episode

Host: Pete Wakefield

Guest: Randy James

Topics covered

• firefighting
• coffee
• disaster relief
• charity
• career journey

Keywords

• firefighter
• coffee
• disaster relief
• charitable foundation
• career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fire Department Coffee, Fire Department Coffee Charitable Foundation

Places: Rockford, Illinois

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