{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"H.O.P.E Beyond The Badge","title":"Michael Morse - FF (Ret.) Speaker, Author, Advocate","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4314,"description":"Michael Morse joins us on the podcast - Michael worked as a firefighter assigned to a fire suppression unit in busy Providence, Rhode Island for the first dozen years of his career. He was a rescue captain with the Providence Fire Department before his transfer to the EMS division, where he spent his last 13 years working on an Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance.  He is a speaker and well-respected columnist with Fire Engineering and The Providence Journal. He is the bestselling author of Rescuing Providence, Rescue 1 Responding, City Life, Rescue 911: Tales from a First Responder and Mr. Wilson Makes it Home.\nCaptain Morse is a Johnson/Macoll fellow in literature from the Rhode Island Foundation. He lives in Warwick, RI with his wife and dogs and cats. His children and grandchildren live close by.\n\nWe have an intimate and in depth conversation with Michael about his career, and retirement from the fire service, we discuss the highs and the lows, the calls that were disruptive, how to navigate struggle, challenges, and the importance of reaching out for help.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ljDp7chezqP5CdugL12dNWiP1yEhcWDkchWxAlbnvDY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMjUwLzE2ODMw/MzkwODUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}