My guest this week is Memphis Fire, Chief Gina Sweat. Chief Sweat was selected to be the first female director of fire services in Memphis, TN, and there were only a handful of female fire chiefs nationally when she was selected. The world of fire departments is changing. Chief Sweat says in this episode 80% of their calls are medical, so gone are the days when you are only going to fight fires. This is a great episode that covers the following:

• What it's like living with the responsibility of 1600+ firefighters that put themselves in harm's way every day
• Getting scrappy and looking for new ways to tackle old problems and getting creative with funding and grants to get your people what they need
• Remembering the tragedies and those that gave their lives just doing their job
• What the future of fire departments look like and why they must innovate to add value to the communities they are apart of
• Plus a lot more

Please enjoy this week's episode with Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat!

1. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-sweat-4625b382/
2. https://archive.commercialappeal.com/news/government/city/strickland-names-gina-sweat-citys-first-female-fire-director-26dfbef7-76dd-280f-e053-0100007f1d74-361905801.html/
3. https://apnews.com/article/15e06ad3778f4ee88b67a1bdbbc97c29
4. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2022/08/23/funeral-held-memphis-fire-department-driver-killed-crash-david-pleasant/7877457001/