The Firefighter Podcast
Summary: Welcome to the weekly podcast by firefighters, for firefighters. Whether you are fresh out of the academy or a seasoned vet, volunteer or career, there is tons of great information for all types and skill levels on The Firefighter Podcast. We help the modern firefighter become the best they can be through a wide variety of guests and topics. Looking to improve your skills, leadership, health and fitness, personal relationships, or just trying to stay up-to-date with this constantly evolving field? The Firefighter Podcast has you covered! Interviews with guests like Shawn Bloemker from Max Fire Box, John Dixon and his discussion of Normalization of Deviance, and Lori Mercer of 24/7 Commitment will expose you to some truly inspiring individuals making an impact on the fire service. Welcome to The Firefighter Podcast - All Things Firefighting!
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Uh oh. We’re talking about marriage and commitment?! Yep! 247 Commitment to be exact. And I couldn’t be more excited about this week’s episode. One of the goals of The Firefighter Podcast is to create a well-rounded modern firefighter. To me, the term “modern firefighter” encompasses a lot – training, skills, leadership, fitness, mental health,…
Is your department or crew drifting towards failure? “Normalization of deviance” has become a passion of John Dixon’s. Despite it’s very complex sounding name, it’s a very simple concept – our everyday acceptance of small and incremental shortcuts and “this’ll do’s” could, in the long run, lead to catastrophic failures up to and including major…
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Let’s face it. We all could learn a little more about “modern fire behavior.” In our very first interview, Shawn Bloemker, the creator of the Max Fire Box chats with us about his revolutionary training tool and exactly why it’s so important to the fire service, fire investigators, and the public. He’s created a unique…
Welcome brothers and sisters! Welcome to The Firefighter Podcast! In this short episode, the host Bob Metcalfe discusses how The Firefighter Podcast came to be, his background (which is quite interesting) and what the focus of this show is all about. In short, I’m a recently-hired professional firefighter in a suburb of Rochester, NY. Previously,…
