Budget Realities with Brad Davison
Budgets are a lot like the weather. To adapt a famous quote, everybody talks about them, but no one does anything about them. It’s generally assumed that more money would […]
Scott Orr
The Drew Hughes Story and the Do It for Drew Foundation
On this show, we discuss the tragic case of Drew Hughes, a North Carolina boy who died much too young. We’ll talk about what happened and why…and how it could […]
Our 100th episode
It’s been fun so far! Back in March, 2017, I started this podcast because I wanted to do something to help the fire service community. Code 3 is the result, […]
Bullying and Harassment in the Firehouse with I. David Daniels
The topic of bullying in the fire service does not come up very often. But it happens. The Nicole Mittendorff case in April 2016 was a very pubic exception to […]
From L.A. to Wyoming with Kevin Grange
Fire and EMS are challenging enough in a city, where there are resources available. But in rural areas, they’re even more of a challenge. EMS, for example – when there’s […]
Special Report: Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots
On June 30, 2013, the 20-man Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew was dispatched to respond from its base at Prescott Fire Station 7 to a wildland fire burning near Yarnell, […]
Re-thinking Rehab with Tim Nowack
A major fire requires a major rehab effort. A couple of bottles of water and some shade from a rig just won’t cut it. It takes a well-executed plan to […]
Running to Remember the Granite Mtn. Hotshots with “Fireman Joe” Zambrano
It has now been five years since 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. This year, they’re being honored in an […]
Looking at the NFPA’s 2017 LODD report with Marc Bashoor
On June 11, 2018 the NFPA released its annual U.S. Firefighter Fatalities report. It showed a total of 60 U.S. firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2017. That’s the lowest total […]
Understanding NFPA 3000 with John Montes
Did you know … the US has five percent of the world’s population, but accounts for 31 percent of all public mass shootings? Communities everywhere are facing an increasing number […]