Robert “Pip” Piparo is a captain with the New Brunswick, NJ, Fire Department. His career and volunteer fire and EMS experience includes working as an NREMT-P, a dispatcher and an instructor. Piparo also is the director of 555 Fitness, which is a firefighter-operated not for profit. It began with the mission to reduce line-of-duty deaths within the fire service but has grown to provide motivation and free workouts to emergency responders around the globe. It awards fitness equipment grants to fire, police and EMS departments through its Strength Is Our Foundation Grant program. Piparo’s role with 555 Fitness has given him a vast amount of experience when it comes to motivating and assisting emergency responders regarding several functional fitness topics. Piparo can be reached at [email protected] and on Instagram via @555pip.