Victor spent nearly eight years volunteering and thirteen tests trying to get hired before he ever earned the uniform. In this episode, he and Janie talk about what that uniform does to a man, the pride, the armor, the weight of representing your crew, your city, your family every time you put it on.
Then they get into the part nobody talks about: what happens when it comes off.

30+ years on the job, and Victor thought he had it handled... Decompress on the drive home, keep it together for the family, never let it show. He didn't. This episode is why we started this show: the calls that don't leave you, the "suck it up" culture, and the days Victor spent in inpatient treatment before we could finally talk about it out loud.
This isn't just a fire service problem, it's any job that asks you to hold it together for everyone else. Welcome to The Second Shift.