Lessons Learned from the Charleston 9 LODD incident with Dr. David Griffin
On this show, we discuss a major line-of-duty-death incident: the loss of the Charleston Nine. It happened on the evening of June 18, 2007, at the Sofa Super Store in […]
August 2018
Why You Should Be Doing Oriented Searches with Chris DelBello
How do you conduct a primary search? I’ll bet you do it by having the whole search crew follow the walls, staying in a line, right? Doesn’t that seem a […]
Getting Others to Meet Your Expectations with Dr. Liane Davey
On this show, we’re going to talk about team-building from a different point of view. How do you get your co-workers to live up to your expectations? Let’s say you […]
Sister in a Brotherhood with Cindie Schooner-Ball
We call it the Brotherhood. It’s been the basis of the fire service since … well, forever. But of course, nowadays, women are joining the brotherhood. Not many yet—the national […]
Anatomy of a Confined Space Rescue with Mike Daley
On this episode, we take a look at a confined space rescue and dissect it. It happened in 2014 at a water treatment facility in New Jersey. An employee found […]
When to Fly a Patient with Cory Moser and Joseph Uridil
When do you request a medical helicopter to a scene? Most captains and battalion chiefs will err on the side of caution and at least put the aircraft on standby. […]
Old-School Attitude with Chris Tobin
If you spend any time on Twitter, you’ve likely seen the tweets from Chris Tobin. He’s a firefighter from St. Louis. And in the four years he’s been on Twitter, […]
Paying for Community Paramedicine with Gary Ludwig
We’ve discussed community paramedicine programs on this show in the past. They hold the potential to take a load of work off firefighters, and at the same time, offer better […]
The Dispatcher Shortage with Barry Furey
Dispatchers are the key to our emergency system. But you know that. It’s a more than a little concerning, though, to realize that there’s a shortage of dispatchers nationwide. That’s […]