Name: 消防局的咖啡。為我們的英雄服務 (Fire Dept. Coffee: Serving our heroes)
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and seeing first responders searching for people

but also how they came together through it all...

that really struck me as, "Wow, this is a community

and a family that I would love to be a part of."

I'm a firefighter for the city of Rockford.

on the fire department almost ten years ago.

We work long hours and long shifts with sometimes no sleep,

so coffee is an essential at the fire station.

I met my wife, Kate, while she was working at a coffee shop.

that just wanted coffee to taste like coffee.

Luke: She would point out different flavor profiles

and really opened my eyes to high-quality coffee.

Kate: I don't want to take the credit. [laughs]

Both of us decided that we wanted to be a part of the process of coffee.

Luke: We bought a coffee roaster and jumped right in.

Luke: We had to pay for our education through a lot of wasted batches.

Kate and I roasted coffee for a year before we were...

Kate: Willing to give it to anyone. Luke: Yeah.

we wanted to do something that tied in with the fire service,

and we donated a portion of the proceeds to a burn camp in Illinois.

so we started Fire Department Coffee to support my brothers and sisters.

At first, we didn't have a business plan,

and we didn't know how we were gonna grow our company.

Kate: We decided we would build a website

Luke: We learned to make the site our storefront.

That's when things really started taking off.

there are so many websites to choose from,

so those positive online reviews help people find us.

and about a third of those come through Google.

In the last year, we've doubled our production,

and we employ seven people from our community,

half of which are firefighters or veterans.

Dave's our coffee roaster, and he's a retired captain.

Dave: I drank coffee my whole firefighting career,

Fire departments are buying the coffee, so I like to put little notes on there,

sign 'em, and let 'em know that, you know,

it's a firefighter out there making your coffee.

Luke: We launched Fire Department Coffee two years ago,

and we've donated over $50,000 to different charities.

Luke: And now we're starting our own charitable foundation

to help injured firefighters and first responders.

Damien Pereira is a firefighter who was injured in the line of duty.

and the doctors told him that he would likely never walk again.

Damien's role in our charitable foundation

is to make sure that our resources are being spent

where they will have the greatest impact.

Damien: PTSD, counseling, medical supplies.

Luke: Firefighters serve their communities.

People that are having the worst day of their life are calling us,

so it wouldn't make sense being Fire Department Coffee

and not doing something bigger or greater with it

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