Most of us probably assume a house fire is something that happens to somebody else — until suddenly, it happens to you.

For television and radio personality Mike Goldman, that moment came at four o’clock one morning last August when a smoke alarm woke him and his family to find their Bulimba home on fire.

The experience has now inspired him to team up with the Queensland Fire Department for a new 12-part podcast called Firefighters, telling the stories of the men and women who run towards danger when everybody else is trying to get away from it. Mike joined Damo on the show