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what's going on? What's going on? Good morning, Las Vegas. Good morning. This is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5, jazz and more. I am Dave Washington, your host. As usual. I will start out with a couple of announcements. And then we'll get the show started. I want to first of all expressed condolences to Fire Commissioner in it Nance Holt and her staff of the Chicago Fire Department again, who had the loss of life of two firefighters and we certainly want to keep them in prayer. And then for things even get worse she had a one of our firefighters to lose her son in the violence of being shot there in the city of Chicago. So certainly prayers out to her and her family. And on the local level. condolences to the family and Mr. Ron Ward, lifelong Valleyview golf club member he transitioned recently in the affected services with Jess Hill on Thursday, birthdays, my grandson Karen the professor. He's an artist now he's also pursuing basketball. His birthday is this month want to say happy birthday to my grandson Karen arm again. And please consider participating in 91.5 Jazz and more spring membership Dr. At the number of 702-895-1234. This week I actually hung out with a brother John Nash and for an hour and we did hope we met his goal of $500 for that hour. With that I had intended to continue with doing Women's History Month in the month of April. However, one of my guests got sick. So guess what, God blessed me with two colleagues in the public safety industry. And they are my guest today Mr. Use of and Rudolph Mohamad. Good morning, gentlemen.

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Jason blessing Steve day.

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Yes, sir. Sure. Appreciate you guys coming on. I think we have the full time on the show today. And I want to each of you to give just a brief career history on yourself to our listening audience by the use of

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Thank you, Chief. Well, my career started in 1986 as a firefighter for the city of White Plains Fire Department. I spent 30 years on the job I retired as a lieutenant and I got very much interested to stay relevant in one sense of disaster preparedness. Once I retired from the fire department and so brother Rudolph was at asked me what I consider co hosting with him along with black hole radio. And so we've been doing that ever since. So 30 years in the fire service. Thank God for my family and their sacrifice that they put up with me in those 30 years retiring as a lieutenant in the city of White Plains, New York. Great brother Rudolph

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My career started right after high school, I went to the United States Navy. And I became a firefighter in the Navy, went to the Philadelphia shipyard went to firefighting school there. And I was on board of the USS Preble guided missile destroyer for the sixth and I became a firefighter and a disaster control specialist. And then when I got out, all right, I wasn't even out. When I finally got off. CD we came back to shore duty came back to New York, and I ended up joining the New York City merger The Medical Service, okay. And I became an EMT for them and then merged into the FDNY and did 23 years as a hazmat tech for them, and has been doing disaster preparedness ever since.

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Wow, you know what I failed to ask if either one of you guys were basically this is Veterans Affairs plus, and I do the plus side so I can talk about other topics. But generally what we do is we try to have information shared to our listening audience, particularly veterans in their family, who may be in need for different services. So interesting. So you are a Navy man. Okay. Yes, sir.

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All right. So what is Devil Dog?

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All right. So what inspired you guys to actually have this show that you do that I try to listen to every Friday on? Like you say, black radio?

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Oh, well, that show started. I only remember how I think it started. Someone had just asked me to do a disaster preparedness presentation over the radio. Okay. It was such an overwhelming response to the radio. So I think I was on WB ILS. I think that's what it was. And it was just a question and answer thing. And then the question came up, why don't you man, you got a lot of information there. Why don't you guys why don't you do a show? Our engineer the product is the engineer for us. Now. The old backhoe radio. He did something came up with the show, he called me and told me Listen, you going on the radio to get you going on the radio? I want you. I did it. And then it just kept going on week to week. And then finally, you know, I said, Man, I can't be doing this by myself all the time. And then I reached out to my brother and brother use of was gracious enough to agree. And then we just got the Sabbath day and shall go

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so when so when? When did you guys actually start? What year? Approximately?

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I think it was 2013 2013. Okay,

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well, you know what the thing that I admire so much about you guys, you bring all these different topics and for me to listen to you guys. And you know, I'll say, Man, these guys show tag team and they'll be bouncing off each other. And then sometimes brother Rudolph, you try to get into the rhyme and and stuff. And I'm like, No, you know, that ain't your lane and you have bounced back and you you put something out there and I will look at him and the brother is rolling better? Yeah, he'll be cracking up. But by the same token, you get you guys always bring value value value, tremendous value with the topics that you have on that show. So what is the general mission that you guys set out with? And let me say this to you know, I was I was doing not a professional internship but a local commissioner and another radio personality on another radio station. They asked me if I would set up for them from time to time. Okay, you know what I did? I googled, you know, how do you be a good substitute? Right, substitute host, you know, you're not the real deal. And they told me, I always have enough material this that in the end, I'm like, wow, so another group heard me when when they kind of shut the program down, because we didn't have the money to Well, another show where they heard me on the air, and they said, Hey, man, we want to we're gonna get Washington to co host this show. And we're gonna call the Veterans show on this other radio station. And that's how I got started. And then I said, You know what, the value of sharing information is good for veterans. I'm gonna start doing this show myself on another radio station, which is 91.5, jazz and more. And then they said your show was doing pretty good. Instead of one Saturday one wants you go for them like, oh my goodness, man, that's word. But I noticed how you guys bounce off each other and and bring those topics so how do you decide, uh, what do you do? Collaborate, etc, etc, to, to come up with these various topics that you deal with on a weekly basis. And I know you have various guests too.

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You know what? Sometimes I get the rally too, but I still want to know, first of all, what's your what's your main mission in that in the show? Okay,

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Chief. First of all, long story short, the objective is to bring awareness of natural and manmade disasters that everyone's community Cities are most vulnerable to right, depending on where you live, you might not experience the same as someone else in another region of the world. We we give general and some specific advice on how to prepare for, to respond to and recover from all emergencies. But you know, all is in parentheses, you know, first, let me say why, and then I'll get back to All right, and the why is to reduce fear, anxiety, and losses, didn't know what to do, you know, cheat day we say in our profession, situational awareness, knowing what to do, where to do, how to do and when to do, whether or not you're evacuating your homes and have to take refuge, or whether you have to seek shelter, whether you know how to take care of your own basic medical needs. And then everything is about practical application, we try to offer people solutions and step by step advice on how to prepare for disasters. Now back to the all. You know, we quote everybody from Maya Angelou, to any hip hop artists, to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, but Maya Angelou would say this, and I quote, you might not be able to control all the events that happened to you, but you can choose not to be reduced by them. Unquote. So that's pretty much the nuts and bolts of why we tried to bring relevant information to our listening audience. And in terms of, you know, how do you come up with various topics, and guests each week? Well, you know, rather, Dave as you being a consistent and constant listener, and we eternally grateful for you, and all of those who come on, as well as the first time listeners, that brother Rudolph, and I, we take the low in terms of being as humble as we can. We're praying men, and in prayer, you know, we're having a conversation with the God. And when we read the Scripture, whether it be the Bible of the Holy Quran, is the God having a conversation with us. So we tune into situational awareness, not only by doing our own research week, by week, but when the God through people come to us and say, Well, have you considered, then he and I, and the engineers have conversations, and the rest is up to the maker, the only the cream of the planet Earth, we just fall back and try to be humble servants. And as you know, like yourself, Chief Dave, many of our listening audience, are subject matter experts themselves. And so I dropped that as the foundation of your question. And Ruth, if I missed anything, brother moved off, I'm sure we'll pick up on it.

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Yes, sir. No, that's what he said. Well,

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you know, again, I get great joy, not only joy, but but again, a lot of information even though you know, I'm a fire service or public safety professional or had been, you know, in my 33 years of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, but I know, brother use of you were putting out the information and urging us, us from the car homes executive development is to, to listen to the show. And, you know, when I when I listened to you guys, and just see how you interact with one another, it just, it brings me again, not only joy to have two brothers to bring information that is so valid to all of us, and I'm talking about a world wide thing where I've mentioned to you, brother, excuse use, that I'm trying to locate this lady who talked about the need for such a show or such information to to be done throughout the diaspora. So I'm going to continue to try to find this person by looking at a show that I actually heard on where she brought this particular issue up, because I think it's important that we get it done. So in that vein, what can we do and I'm talking about the listening audience that I have here in Las Vegas, and our show also can be heard. If you pick up the app it can be heard anywhere in the world as your scan. So what can we do to assist because I want to make sure I carry this message at least a couple times I'm up doing my shoulder to encourage people to listen to you guys. Oh, man.

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You know, what we always say, chief is, you know, each one reach one point, each one right says no man is an island. And we are responsible for each other being here on this planet. It's our responsibility to teach the next person what you know, right? Again, practical aspects. When I do stuff hang out back in the world. Back in my younger days, when when me and my fellas used to go out, we would never, you couldn't be a part of our crew. If you didn't know something, if you didn't know how to handle yourself, you didn't have a skill or something, you couldn't be a part of the coop because you had nothing to offer. By the same token, I don't want anybody around me that doesn't at least know how to restart my pod stops talking on how to clear my airway or if I'm bleeding, how to stop the bleed. So, you know, it's really a selfish thing. Because I just want to make sure that everybody that I'm around that's around me knows. As much as I know, if not more, I will need to be the smartest person in the room. I just need to know where to find the smart. Right.

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Interesting point. But I agree 110% is actually very good. So again, with regards to the overall topic, disaster preparedness and that type of thing. What do you guys feel is three top items that people should address as it relates to disaster preparedness. And I'm sure there's more. But if you could just give me three that you think are very important from your perspective?

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Well, first of all cheap, we would ask your listening audience to consider tuning into our broadcast every friday from four o'clock to six o'clock pm Eastern Standard Time. And by that they can go to blog talk radio, forward slash black hole radio, forward slash da, F, CP. And then your question kind of comes in a few few things come to my mind, I know you said three, but it's four in one. Number one, to get informed whether they tune into our program for this wonderful program, Veterans Affairs plus, get informed number one, number two, make a plan. Number three, develop a survival kit. And number four, periodically reassess your plan in your kit. Of course, in between your program and our program, they could go to other resources, if they really want to learn about it. It's about taking that first step. Because our vision is that each individual citizen including every capable man, woman, and child, understand their personal responsibility, as Brother Rudolph said for the safety of themselves, their family, the neighbors and the overall well being of the larger community. Number one, number two is back to your question that brother Rudolph answered so eloquently is that we have what we call the community relations strategy. First, you have to invest it has to be a community investment, then a community involvement. Then a community partnership for community risk reduction. So you have to first as an individual, take a step, invest, get involved, get with light mines, his brother Rudolph, painted that picture, partnership with others who are doing what you may be doing, but your partnership with people who have other expertise, everybody can't do everything. But if somebody does a little nobody has to do a lot. And then you know, it's all for community risk reduction, or in other words, disaster witness for community preparedness.

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You know, I told you brother use of that one of my goals is to because the the team has allowed me to pick evening speakers for for our Carl Holmes executive development institute. And I was so inspired about the information that was shared on your program it was in the last week or the week before Was it prostate type cancer. But you guys had a couple of experts on there, a young woman, and a brother, doctor. And just the information that was shared man, I know that it will bring great value to the student body, at our institute. So I'm going to work on trying to get that funded some way somehow because I think it's important for us to, to share the accounting information. And I know that generally speaking, most guys, myself included, because I had some some medical issues. A few months back, man and people care, man, you need to go get your heart checked out, man. I'm okay. Every question is the doc X asked me. I said no to so I feel that I was cool. And I was when it was all said and done. But to get folks off, including my wife marks my back. I went on ahead this procedure where y'all know how to have you been married, he lit the tab that guy 50 years old about Bill. She kept all my case, man, I got it done. And he said, Look, just watch that monitor. We're gonna give you a slight sedative. And I don't care about sharing this information because they had it all out there. You know what all this social media stuff so I don't I don't match here. But they said it could take 45 minutes to allow brother Ruto. I will go I say we're gonna do it. They say we done it only took 15 minutes and you're good to go. Thank you, Lord. But but your friends and your family man, when he loves you, they can me and my family's dog Mimi, and for about a year to get this procedure done. And I finally got it done. And I'm glad that God, you know, gave me the good sense to go head on and get that done. But again, I can't recall that I did. I said wrong about what they talked about, with the use of brother Rudolph, because I want to get them at EDI for an evening session. I know. I have a lot of guests, man. If I say what the heck is he bringing this up? Because we don't remember either?

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No, I think I think you may be talking about Dr. Nell Prem of the teal is now psychiatrists by profession, as well as Dr. Anwar to Kevin Washington, right. Former President of the

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black psychologist. That's them. Yes.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, they are they are definitely you know, they enlightened brother Rudolph. And that we enjoyed it. Brother Rudolph's he has a way of he has a gift of seeing without seeing so when he heard they were gonna be on the program. And you know, we really didn't have to say much.

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In Brother Brother Rudolph, he's so good at he'll throw a rock out there and stirred upon. Dini, step back and and listen to the work. Don't you think I'll be checked? Don't be checking you out. Brother. Rudolph. Trust me. I do.

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Also, what what people need to probably use if and I used to play basketball. So we play yeah, we used to for years. We played for a team. And so it was just same thing we get. I can't run all the way down that court and faster job I could tell this hour you here can't fit. Right.

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Oh, you guys are in into two different parts of the country. As you as you do your show?

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Yes, sir. You know, we live we will be anywhere because Brother Brother uses. He's a traveler. He tried. Every week. I was asked him what I call it brother, what part of the planet are you on? I just be wanting to know when he read, you know, reporting from but I also I do a lot of traveling with the line of work on it. And with my team. So as an EMT, and EMT instructor, and my main thing is I try and help people to set up EMS systems, wherever they are living at sea. I tell people, okay, you can live in the big city. And there's the 911 system, but that still doesn't mean that when you leave an ambulance, you're gonna get one because the system still is not designed for you. So in order to make sure that there's an ambulance, when you need one, then you have to become what it takes. And I learned that from my phone lessons. So who is only black volunteer? The breakfast service, Volunteer Ambulance Corps. He started in July 16 1988. In response to We're taking 40 minutes or more for an ambulance to get to someone that dialed 911 in Brownsville, East New York Hall and South Bronx, any of those communities. So, rather than complaining about it, what I'm going to do with how to teach people and train them, and we're going to get the answer than that, if you want the service where you live, then you have to become the service.

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Excellent. Excellent, excellent advice. So please give again, by the use of the information on how to listen to your show, as it comes on each Friday.

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Yeah, so achieved day we broadcast every Friday, Lord willing, from four o'clock to six o'clock pm Eastern Standard Time. They can log on to blog talk radio, forward slash, black hole radio, Poles, spelled w h o le, forward slash, D, A, F. CP for disaster awareness for community preparedness, or they can call area code 563-999-3089. Again, 563-999-3089. If they have any questions or comments or constructive criticism, they can press one on their phone, Pat, and the engineer will bring them into the studio.

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And let me ask you this, who was the brain thrust behind the siren? That always makes me laugh, man. But I know it's for the purpose of letting you guys know that you have someone on the line that has a point to make or question to ask, how did it come about?

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I want to say Brother Rudolph was the brother farmers. Engineer. Okay. Yeah, that was that was pretty creative side of things.

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That's, that's pretty cool. So gentlemen, any closing remarks, we got another three minutes or so. But I again, I wanted to get you guys on his show. Because for the Las Vegas Valley, I think what you guys share, and to include getting more in depth of what you do, you have shared. And I appreciate you sharing the information on how folks can listen or call in to your show. And again, the name of the show is

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great, when

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you can do you'll be awake.

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Excellent. Excellent. So you guys have been going for a number of years now. And you've obviously continued to grow your show. And again, I'm gonna I'm gonna do what I can to, to continue to help that growth. Because I think, you know, with so much going on in our world, man. And I've heard you guys say it many, many times on your show, you never know when it might hit in your area or in your home. That's right. Because something is happening all over this world as it relates to various types of either man made or, or just from mother nature God, him or herself. You know, it's something that we must address. Now, a question that I have for you guys, I know, many years ago, and I don't know, since I've been gone 16 years, we used to have the CERT program where citizens come in and get trained. And they will give a packet of well you get a little backpack with various types of items from your flashlights, etc, etc. Do you guys have any contact in that way whether it's something that people will get charged for, or the grants that may exist to provide those types of things, and I know you guys do have a list of things that you encourage because I've tried to start putting some of that stuff together at my home.

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Whereas you know, go ahead brother Buddha

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instruct workshops, communities ask for them, they can get in touch with us and we'll come to you off the workshop on for

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two hours to kind of do it. Okay.

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as we as we wrap up there and I again, appreciate you guys coming on and again, this is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5 Jazz and more. As I look at my engineer Wes I I'm beating you guys have a great day and keep up the great work that you're doing.

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Thank you Chief said to you and your family

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all right. All right take care John blood. Same you're on the fence. All right thanks guys appreciate it

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