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In this episode of Beyond the 1st Response, Christy and Ciara talk with Firefighter Pat Shea about his rock bottom and how he has dedicated himself to getting healthy, and how to help others.

Pat, a former Firefighter for Little Rock Arkansas fire department, was injured on the job; from there his life tumbled out of control, to the point of no longer being a fireman and losing everything to addiction. Pat met the demons of addiction, and fought his way back to sobriety, and is now a Firefighter with the Las Vegas Fire Department. While actively speaking about his addiction and struggle in hopes to help others. Not just with his fellow firefighters but on active calls in his community, in his hometown, and proudly on the podcast.    

Like many others Pat has seen how crucial it is to be speaking out so our first responders see that it is ok to not be ok. It is ok to ask for help. His life changed the day that one person picked up the phone and he asked for help. It is hard work, but he won’t ever give up; and wants people to know that regardless of being a cop, a firefighter, an EMT, or a dispatcher that you should be supported when asking for help. No matter what your struggle is, there should always be support and someone to help and listen.  

Beyond the 1st Response Show Links:

IAFF Center of Excellence - It’s Okay to Ask For Help 

1-844-525-3473 Firefighter Suicide Hotline

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Pat Shea Facebook Instagram

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The infamous WhammyHammer of Ultimate Choosivity was dropped.   Joe landed on Modest Mouse's 2000 album The Moon and Antarctica.  But do we like it?  Listen to this week's episode of The Hear:30 Podcast

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Episode 53 sees the trio discuss Adam's darling Venomancer that is creeping further into the meta as well as hero of TI9 Tiny that sits atop the Divine+ pick rates. Lanes, items, talents, counters etc etc we got it all covered. Also live testing whether you can toss a spell immune target (you can't).

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It's a case of diminishing returns this week as the show sheds an Ash in addition to the still-absent Gareth. We think they might be both down that well we keep meaning to board up. Give it three weeks and it'll just be sound of wind whistling through the office.

We're joined instead by Kevin Joyce from VRFocus.com, who tolerates our usual nonsense admirably. Such nonsense includes talk of Pokémon party pooping, Guitar Hero DLC confusion, the future of 'walking simulators' and a game of Who Wants To Win A Bag of Air?. 

If you're reading this before midday on 14 October, there's still time to vote for our live episode in the Player's Choice category of the Games Media Awards. Follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GMA_PlayersChoice or do a Googles for 2015 GMA Player's Choice. Thank you!