Chief Billy Goldfeder – “Billy G” as he is affectionately referred to by his innumerable fans in the fire service – has always been focused on firefighter survival. He attributes his interest to the 1970s, when firefighter line-of-duty deaths where all too common. “It really impacted me,” he says, because though, “we didn't know better back then,” it was accepted as part of the job. “I used to think to myself (but never out loud) that some of these things may be preventable, while still being good, aggressive firefighters.” To commemorate 20 years of Goldfeder’s hallmark email list, FireRescue1 sat down with the man behind The Secret List, to talk firefighter safety, the shifting paradigm and how it all began.