Ep107, No Quit with Glynn Ross

About this episode

Glynn Ross shares his journey of overcoming a life-altering fire apparatus accident and the lessons learned from his military and firefighting career.

Fire apparatus accidents are typically bad, for a myriad of reasons that are outside of what I want to share about this episode. Suffice it to say that the ramifications of emergency vehicle collisions can be horrific to say the least. Glynn Ross, had one such accident while responding to an emergency, travelling a road, and through an intersection, he had navigated “a thousand times before”. The accident wrecked him physically and has altered the trajectory of his career and life. Accidents like this are tough physically and mentally but as we learn from Glynn, “there is no quit”. The former Recon Marine shares with us how he has navigated injury, disappointment and success throughout his career and how now those lessons are the foundation of his strength and good attitude. We talk about those things and so much more, please enjoy! A little more about today’s guest… Phoenix Fire Engineer Glynn Ross has 16 years of experience with the fire department with 10 of those years driving as an Engineer. After graduating from the academy, he did his 200 rescues at station 7. Glynn was a backseat firefighter at station 18, busiest fire station in the state for 3 years where he then moved…

People in this episode

Host: Rayne Gray

Guest: Glynn Ross

Topics covered

• fire apparatus accidents
• personal resilience
• military experience
• career challenges
• mental health
• firefighter training

Keywords

• firefighter
• accident
• resilience
• military
• career
• mental health
• Phoenix Fire Department

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Phoenix Fire Department, Marine Corps

Places: Spain, Africa, Iraq, Kuwait, Camp Lejeune, Maryvale, North Carolina

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