Episode 273: Mathew Neri - Canadian Air Force Helicopter Search and Rescue Pilot

In this episode of The Real ResQ Podcast, Jason Quinn welcomes Steve Lurati, U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer #49, to share stories from a career that began during the earliest years of the Coast Guard’s helicopter rescue swimmer program. Steve takes us through his journey from San Francisco and a brief career in police work to joining the Coast Guard and finding his place in aviation. With plenty of laughs along the way, he recalls the challenges, colorful personalities, and occasional troubl...

In this episode of The Real ResQ Podcast, host Jason Quinn sits down with retired U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Keith “Flip” Griffin—a Navy Search and Rescue Medical Technician whose remarkable 23-year career took him from Puerto Rico and the mountains of Washington State to Iraq, Kuwait, Japan, Australia, and beyond. Flip’s path into search and rescue began in an unexpected place: the United States Navy Ceremonial Guard in Washington, D.C. After an injury introduced him to the medical field...

In this episode of The Real ResQ Podcast, returning guest Josie McKee shares her journey from once needing to be rescued herself to joining Yosemite Search and Rescue—and ultimately using that experience to help save the life of her climbing partner. McKee’s first encounter with search and rescue came at 17, when she and a friend became lost after skiing out of bounds. With darkness approaching and heavy snow erasing their tracks, they dug a snow cave and waited until ski patrol found them ar...

In Episode 277 of The Real ResQ Podcast, host Jason Quinn speaks with David Cicotello, who shares an extraordinary story of survival, loss, faith, and recovery. In March 2011, Cicotello and his older brother, Louis, entered the North Fork of No Man’s Canyon in Utah for what was supposed to be a six-hour canyoneering trip. During their final rappel, Louis called out that the rope was short. Seconds later, the rope ripped through the rappel ring and disappeared over the edge. Unable to reach hi...

In this episode of The Real ResQ Podcast, host Jason Quinn sits down with Dr. Steve Glassey, a public safety “pracademic” and CEO of the International Public Safety Qualifications Authority (IPSQA). Glassey’s nearly 30-year career has taken him through the Royal New Zealand Navy, emergency medical services, firefighting, urban search and rescue, swiftwater rescue, animal welfare, humanitarian disaster response, and academia. His work has brought him to major disasters around the world, inclu...