Firefighters are known for being there to help in an emergency, but who’s there when firefighters need help? It’s a question one Milwaukee firefighter named Joe Flick has asked himself a lot. It inspired him to launch an organization called Ignite the Spirit Milwaukee.
“I do believe we're all kind of cut from the same cloth,” Flick said about his fellow firefighters. He called being a firefighter “borderline crazy,” and he means that in the best way.
“I say this with a smile because I know I'll catch a lot of heat for it,” he laughed. “We like to consider ourselves to be some of the best of the best.”
As a member of the Milwaukee Fire Department’s Heavy Urban Rescue team, he responds to all kinds of calls.
“We go to EMS. We go to fires. It's pretty much an all-hazards agency now,” Flick said. “People call the fire department when they don't know who else to call.”