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On this episode of CityTalk, John interviews Joey Welsh from the Bureau of Fire, Carly Gedman from the Department of Parks & Recreation, and Laekin O'Hara from the Department of City Planning.
A
Welcome
to
this
edition
of
City
talk
where,
as
I
mentioned
many
times,
we
try
to
find
out
what
some
of
these
city
workers
one
of
these
people
do
all
day.
Joey
Welsh
is
our
guest
to
start
it
off
today,
and
we
have
some
idea
what
he
does
because
he's
a
Pittsburgh
firefighter
Jay
welcome
to
the
program
thanks
when
we
on
so
I'm
gonna.
Ask
you
the
first
obvious
question:
do
you
always
know
that
you
wanted
to
be
a
firefighter
from
when
you
were?
You
know,
six
years
older.
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B
I
was
a
hose
yeah
I
was
a
hose
guys,
I
was
brand
new,
so
I
was
basically
doing
whatever.
My
lieutenant
told
me
to
do.
I
knew
was
he's
a
smart
guy,
so
he
told
me
what
to
do
know
where
to
go
and
it
was
good.
It
was
one
of
those
all-day
fires.
So
I
seen
a
lot
you
know,
so
it
was
a
good
learning
experience.
How.
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B
Yeah,
that's
a
hot,
it
gets
seems
like
a
simple
answer.
What
you
know
if
it's
gets
too
hot,
they
don't
want
to
pull
you
out.
Like
I
said
like
the
captain's
and
chiefs
and
lieutenants
and
stuff
they
do
a
great
job
and
know
a
when
it's
situation
is
too
risky
too
hard
to
pull
us
out.
But
for
most
while
we
are
pretty
aggressive,
we
go
in
and
try
to
save
property
and
obviously
so.
A
B
B
Being
in
shape
helps
yes,
it
know.
If
you
move
around
a
little
bit,
that's
all
good,
but
I.
Don't
know
I
mean
it's
just
it's
just
like
any
other
job.
You
just
got
to
go
in
and
you
have
to
learn.
You
have
to
learn
your
traits
learn
what
to
do
and
as
long
as
you're
a
good
listener,
and
you
don't
have
an
ego
you'll
be
fine.
How.
B
A
lot
of
water
pressure,
a
lot
of
water
pressure,
yeah
I,
mean
they're
all
depends
like
if
you're
hugging
excuse
me,
hugging
up
some
steps
and
that
could
be
difficult
like
there
be
kinks
in
the
line
and
stuff.
Some
of
the
hoses
like
the
two
and
a
half
ages
are
more
volume.
So
it's
more
pressure
to
deal
with,
but
like
the
normal
attack
lines,
you
could
do
it
like
it's.
It's
not
that
bad.
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B
B
B
A
B
B
B
B
B
A
B
A
C
For
over
thirty
years,
City
Channel
Pittsburgh
is
brought.
You
live
gavel-to-gavel
coverage
of
Pittsburgh,
City
Council
and
now,
for
the
first
time
ever,
we
are
recording
sign
language
interpretation
for
all
televised,
City,
Council
meetings,
whether
it's
a
regular
meeting,
standing
committees,
public
hearing
or
post
agenda.
It
will
be
preceded
by
a
clerk's
office
representative
reading
at
meetings
itinerary,
and
he
or
she
will
be
joined
by
a
sign
language
interpreter.
D
A
D
Food
comes
from
the
Pittsburgh
Public
School
District,
the
food
service
division.
We've
had
a
wonderful
working
relationship
with
them
for
at
least
as
long
as
I've
been
here
and
probably
a
lot
longer.
We
have
currently
86
sites
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
for
the
Summer
Food
Program,
and
we
have
about
10
for
after-school.
So.
D
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A
D
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D
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A
D
E
Pittsburgh
was
built
by
immigrants
and
for
so
many
of
us,
we've
been
blessed
whether
it
was
a
grandparent
or
a
great
grandparent,
or
even
a
parent.
We've
had
the
opportunity
to
learn
their
old-world
customs,
to
help
to
be
able
to
understand
our
own
family's
history
and
to
be
able
to
become
a
part
of
the
mosaic
that
is
Pittsburgh,
I.
Think
many
of
our
grandparents
and
great-grandparents
would
be
so
proud
to
see
what
this
city
has
become
much
different
than
when
they
arrived
by
boat,
where
they
came
from
the
southern
United
States.
E
In
order
to
be
able
to
find
opportunity,
Pittsburgh
was
built
by
immigrants,
my
own
family,
a
part
of
that.
My
grandfather
came
over
here
with
the
second
grade
education.
My
grandmother
had
none,
she
never
went
to
school,
but
it
would
be
six
years
until
she
could
join
her
husband
in
Carnegie,
because
Congress
had
passed
a
bill,
a
bill
that
said
that
this
United
States
should
be
like
1890,
not
1922,
and
meaning
that
the
amount
of
Italians
in
poles
and
Slovak
s--
would
it
have
to
be
the
same
number
that
they
were
in
1890.
E
We
made
that
mistake
once
we're
not
going
to
make
it
again.
You
know.
Pittsburgh
story
is
that
this
country
was
built
by
the
immigrants
and
their
backs
and
their
arms
working
in
our
mills,
and
we
should
be
very
proud
of
that.
But
we
should
also
understand
that
the
sacrifices
and
struggles
they
had
to
make
don't
have
to
be
made.
A
second
time
in
America
has
a
long
history
of
being
welcoming
to
all
so
to
my
Muslim
friends,
to
my
Latino
friends,
to
all
that.
E
Our
look
now
calling
Pittsburgh
home
those
that
are
coming
here,
not
to
use
their
arms
or
their
backs,
but
to
use
their
minds
in
order
to
build
a
new
economy
for
southwestern,
Pennsylvania
I,
say
welcome
and
not
only
welcome
from
the
mayor's
office,
but
from
our
law
enforcement
officials
from
those
that
provide
the
basic
services.
Please
feel
free
to
reach
out
and
let
us
know
how
we
can
help
you
because
yes,
Pittsburgh
was
built
by
immigrants,
but
our
future
depends
on
the
immigrants
of
today.
Welcome.
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F
Side,
Lots
have
usually
stricter
setbacks,
so
in
low
density
areas,
where
you
have
usually
bigger
yards,
you
have
a
30
foot
setback.
So
you
know
most
people
with
dogs.
You
want
to
have
a
higher
fence,
and
that
is
something
that
ends
up
having
to
go
to
the
Zoning
Board
of
Adjustment
a
lot
of
times,
because
you
have
that
30
foot
setback
and
we
have
properties
that
are
only
28
feet
wide.
So
you
have
a
bigger
setback,
then
your
property
actually
is
so.
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F
A
A
F
Think
it's
really
interesting
and
it's
something
that
I
didn't
really
know
existed
before
I
graduated
from
college
and
then
you
know
I
kind
of
jumped
right
into
it,
and
I've
become
really
fascinated
by
the
different
zoning
codes
and
even
building
codes.
And
it's
just
so
interesting
that
you
know
1958
before
then.
You
know
our
code
didn't
exist
here
and
I
mean
Pittsburgh's
been
around
a
lot
longer
than
that.
So
so.
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F
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F
Yeah,
so
it's
a
related
field,
a
lot
of
it
was,
you
know,
things
like
land
surveying
and
understanding
like
Pittsburgh,
the
environment.
We
have
a
lot
of
undermining
throughout
the
city
and
slopes.
Obviously
you
know
big
hilly
city,
and
so
that
can
create
some
interesting
circumstances
when
you're
constructing
these
buildings.