Pump Operations Mistakes with BC Robert Avsec (Ret.)
Robert Avsec is a retired battalion chief who had a 26-year career working alongside the men and women of Chesterfield (VA) Fire & EMS Department. Today, he’s a Fire & […]
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Leading Humans with Phoenix Fire Chief Alan Brunacini (Ret.)
UPDATE: Chief Brunacini passed away on Oct. 15, 2017, just about a month after recording this interview. Chief Alan Brunacini is one of the most highly respected figures in the […]
Apparatus Safety with Woodstock, Ontario Firefighter Mark van der Feyst
Mark van der Feyst began his career in the fire service back in 1998 with the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company, Station 21 in Pennsylvania where he served as a […]
New video by Avondale Firefighter Kyle Winterstein takes viewers beyond the fireline
Avondale, Arizona firefighter Kyle Winterstein spend seven months shooting and editing “Firefighter: The Next 48 Hours” for his department, and he says it’s been well-received. Winterstein, who is also a […]
My Scariest Call: BC Brad Davis, Central Ariz Fire & Medical Authority
Every firefighter who’s been on the job for a while has that one call that stays in his or her memory and feels as if it happened just yesterday. We […]
Peoria Ariz Engineer Stephen Gunn to be awarded Public Safety Medal of Valor
Peoria Fire-Medical Department Engineer Steve Gunn has been named as one of 12 public safety officers to be awarded the Public Safety Medal of Valor by the United States Attorney […]
Grant Funding with Prescott Ariz Fire Battalion Chief Cory Moser
This episode, Prescott Fire Battalion Chief Cory Moser discusses why his department got a SAFER grant, as well as what will happen when it runs out. The Prescott Fire Department, […]
Fireground Safety with Prescott Ariz. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Luedeman
This week, Battalion Chief Scott Luedeman joins us to discuss fireground safety and how Prescott firefighters stay safe. Video from FireRescue1.com: More information: “Patterns of Firefighter Fireground Injuries” report (PDF) Fact […]
Recruiting Female Firefighters: Capt. Reda Bigler, Phoenix Ariz Fire Dept.
The Phoenix Fire Department has about 1,900 employees, but just four percent of its firefighters are women. They’d like to change that. In this week’s podcast, Captain Reda Bigler tells […]
Money vs. Innovation: Chief Mary Cameli, Mesa, Ariz. Fire & Medical Dept.
Like many other fire departments around the nation, Mesa Fire is seeing more calls for service at a time when the department is also watching its budget shrink. But Mesa […]