Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear.
Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear. They both recently graduated from Skokie Fire Academy. Courtesy of Nancy Maroney
Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear.
Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear. They both recently graduated from Skokie Fire Academy. Courtesy of Nancy Maroney

A firefighter’s job may seem cool to us when we were kids, but it’s a lot more difficult and interesting than you might think. Mort Feldberg and his wife Karen to learn more about the job, from wearing the gear and rappelling down a building, to how to put out fires and clean hazardous waste.

Reset learns more about the program and what it takes to be a firefighter.

GUESTS: Timothy Taylor, fire prevention and public education specialist at Skokie’s Citizens Fire Academy

Mort Feldberg, graduate from the Skokie Fire Department’s Citizens Fire Academy

Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear.
Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear. They both recently graduated from Skokie Fire Academy. Courtesy of Nancy Maroney
Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear.
Karen Feldberg and Mort Feldberg stand in their firefighter gear. They both recently graduated from Skokie Fire Academy. Courtesy of Nancy Maroney

A firefighter’s job may seem cool to us when we were kids, but it’s a lot more difficult and interesting than you might think. Mort Feldberg and his wife Karen to learn more about the job, from wearing the gear and rappelling down a building, to how to put out fires and clean hazardous waste.

Reset learns more about the program and what it takes to be a firefighter.

GUESTS: Timothy Taylor, fire prevention and public education specialist at Skokie’s Citizens Fire Academy

Mort Feldberg, graduate from the Skokie Fire Department’s Citizens Fire Academy